I agree with everything you mentioned after the spoiler cut. Also, in the book Claire's hand actually goes through the stone just before he pulls her back. They should have shown that; it makes Jamie believing her story that much more plausible.
Diana wrote a collection of short stories in which Roger goes back through the stones and meets the man who is Geillis and Dougal's son. She was not burned at the stake because she was pregnant. The story doesn't say whether she and Dougal ended up together though.
In a blog I read, several people wondered how Jamie knew about the witch trial. In the book, Old Alec races to find Jamie and tell him because Jamie had asked him to keep an eye on Claire while he was away.
I thought this was a wonderfully adapted episode in spite of all the things that were left out from the book.
YES! That part was rather important. She kind of starts to fade doesn't she?
[Spoiler (click to open)]We actually find out in a later book of the series that Geillis was not killed (she explains it to them herself:P) But that is very spoilery!
In the book Outlander, Jamie explains how he knew about the trial later on in the book - maybe while they are going to Lallybroch? - so I am assuming that they will have that in the series too.
As always I want more of The Frasers, but this is probably the episode I've been the most happy with. I agree about missing Jamie saying that he would have protected her either way. I also kind of wanted to see Claire starting to fade through the stones and Jamie pulling her back, because I feel like Jamie said he didn't believe her a 100% before he saw that in the books. I agree that we should have had more of the inner monologue when Claire is by herself at the rocks, but maybe we'll get some of the reasoning explained in the next episode. But in this particular episode I feel my complaints are nitpicking, so I'm just going to enjoy the parts they got right. :)
It was an awesome episode<3 Maybe even the best yet, I agree. I guess, I just love the book so much that I want to discuss the scenes in the book too:P
I also feel the need to discuss stuff from the book after watching the episodes. I always tell my poor friend how things are in the book versus what they did in the show. I keep nagging her to read the books as well.
Can't read the cut obviously but based on the episode alone, I feel very conflicted. On one hand, I loved it because it had lots of Claire and Geillis, it had WTH moments and it had Claire choosing Jamie (and I know some people feel like her reasons weren't made clear just like some people feel Jamie should have seen her fade but I just love how they both acted on faith and love and since we didn't get more, that's what we get).
On the other hand, I just wasn't that emotionally invested for some reason? I know they're going off the book but it just didn't make sense to me that everything happened so quickly/already in the storyline: Claire finding out about Geillis, Jamie finding about Claire.
From a pure TV viewer point of view, it just doesn't feel smart to burn all these bridges, you know? I'm sure they've got plenty of other storylines to go through but damn, if this isn't going fast...
It is hurried, even comparing with the book. I guess they want to get through the whole first book in the first season. There are some important scenes to come yet.
I guess that's what scares me the most. I don't know detailed spoilers but I roughly know what happens in book 2 and I'm just not here for that and I feel like I could have lived with two seasons of book 1 and the show setting up Jamie/Claire the epic way it deserves.
I agree. One thing in the book I enjoyed was her caring for the sick at Leoch, which we didn't see at all. And a lot of conversation regarding the families and Jamie and their relationships as well. But I guess this TV version is centered around action and excitement.
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Diana wrote a collection of short stories in which Roger goes back through the stones and meets the man who is Geillis and Dougal's son. She was not burned at the stake because she was pregnant. The story doesn't say whether she and Dougal ended up together though.
In a blog I read, several people wondered how Jamie knew about the witch trial. In the book, Old Alec races to find Jamie and tell him because Jamie had asked him to keep an eye on Claire while he was away.
I thought this was a wonderfully adapted episode in spite of all the things that were left out from the book.
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[Spoiler (click to open)]We actually find out in a later book of the series that Geillis was not killed (she explains it to them herself:P) But that is very spoilery!
In the book Outlander, Jamie explains how he knew about the trial later on in the book - maybe while they are going to Lallybroch? - so I am assuming that they will have that in the series too.
It was very touching and well done.
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I also kind of wanted to see Claire starting to fade through the stones and Jamie pulling her back, because I feel like Jamie said he didn't believe her a 100% before he saw that in the books.
I agree that we should have had more of the inner monologue when Claire is by herself at the rocks, but maybe we'll get some of the reasoning explained in the next episode.
But in this particular episode I feel my complaints are nitpicking, so I'm just going to enjoy the parts they got right. :)
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I always tell my poor friend how things are in the book versus what they did in the show. I keep nagging her to read the books as well.
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On the other hand, I just wasn't that emotionally invested for some reason? I know they're going off the book but it just didn't make sense to me that everything happened so quickly/already in the storyline: Claire finding out about Geillis, Jamie finding about Claire.
From a pure TV viewer point of view, it just doesn't feel smart to burn all these bridges, you know? I'm sure they've got plenty of other storylines to go through but damn, if this isn't going fast...
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