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Season Seven might be over, but the podcasting has just begun! This week on an all new episode of The Sassenach Files podcast, Chelsea is breaking down episode 709 of Outlander, “Unfinished Business.” Come along as she discusses her thoughts on the creative choice to include Roger's voiceover, the impact on Claire and Jamie returning to Lallybroch after a decade in America, and the use of Midhope Castle as a way to link the separate timelines together. She also discusses the much anticipated reckoning between Jamie and Laoghaire, and how Young Ian's life choices and past traumas come to a head upon his return home.

Mary & Blake discuss everything YOU had say about to Outlander episode 7.14 - Ye Dinna Get Used To It. In this episode, discuss Lord John Grey's eye injury and the surgery performed by Claire to fix it. We also touch on the introduction of new characters like Percival Wainwright and the Marquis de Lafayette, and how they fit into the overall narrative. Brianna's skills with a shotgun during a confrontation at Lallybroch are highlighted, as well as the growing relationship between William, Jane, and Fanny, and how it helps viewers connect more with William's character. Also in this episode: The hosts express disappointment that the show has not yet included the bonus version of the theme song, speculating it may be saved for the season finale. Blake feels bad for Sophie Skelton's character Brianna, noting she's had to deal with "a bunch of junk" this season compared to other characters like Roger. We analyze the introduction of Lord John Gray's stepbrother Percival Wainwright, discussing how the show made it challenging to track who he was and whether viewers should trust him. Mary points out the interesting cultural context around Brianna casually mentioning having a gun, noting how that would be viewed differently in 18th century Scotland versus modern-day America. We praise the development of the relationship between William, Jane, and Fanny, agreeing it has helped make William's character more compelling and relatable. Blake expresses frustration with the show's overuse of historical figure cameos, feeling they are being shoehorned in without serving the larger narrative. We engage in a lengthy discussion about the visceral reactions people can have to depictions of eyes and other body parts, using examples from films like Black Swan and Hostel. Mary shares a personal anecdote about playfully teasing her male friends as a teenager by flicking their Adam's apples, which Blake finds deeply unsettling. We analyze how Jamie and Claire's behavior towards Lord John Gray seems out of character, speculating it may stem from unresolved guilt or embarrassment over their past relationship.     SUBSCRIBE TO OUTLANDER CAST: AN OUTLANDER PODCAST Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify CONNECT WITH MARY & BLAKE  Like Our Facebook Page Join Our Facebook Group Join The #NerdClan Follow On Twitter  Follow On Instagram  UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE -- www.JoinTheNerdClan.com Sign up  HERE for Blake's Book Club: DRUMS OF AUTUMN CHECK OUT THE BEST MERCH ON THE PLANET: THE MARY & BLAKE STORE Shop for all of our podcasts, sayings, and listener inspired designs in one easy place. FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PODCASTS AT MARY & BLAKE: This Is Us Too: A This Is Us Podcast The Pokemon Pokedex With Rhys & Felicity: A Pokemon Podcast The Percy Jackson Prophecy: A Percy Jackson Podcast The MCU Diaries: Essays On Marvel Television Podcast  Bridgerton With Mary & Blake: A Bridgerton Podcast Keep Calm And Crown On: The Crown Podcast Minute With Mary: A Younique Network Marketing Podcast Rise Up!: A Hamilton Podcast The Leftovers Podcast: The Living Reminders The North Remembers: A Game Of Thrones Podcast Wicked Rhody: A Podcast About Rhode Island Events and Life You've Been Gilmored: A Gilmore Girls Podcast ParentCast: A Podcast For New Parents Outlander Cast: An Outlander Podcast The Potterverse: A Harry Potter Podcast The Last Kingdom With Mary & Blake: A Podcast For The Last Kingdom House Of The Dragon With Mary & Blake: A Podcast For House Of The Dragon The Rings Of Power With Mary & Blake: A Rings Of Power Podcast READ OUR LATEST BLOGS AT MARY & BLAKE: Mary & Blake's Blog The MCU Diaries The Handmaid's Diaries Minute With Mary Outlander Cast Blog A huge thank you to all of our members at the #NERDCLAN for helping to make this podcast possible. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS SuzyQ, Joanne Felci, Nadra Assaf, Siobhan M. O'Connor, Katy Valentine, Maryanne St. Laurent, Sara Zoknoen, MD, Martha, Anne Gavin, Bobbi Franchella, Peg Cumbie, Dana Mott-Bronson, Kirstie Wilson CO - PRODUCERS Kristina Mann, Candace Galbraith, Jennifer L. Dominick, Whitney Robins,  Tina Schneider, Sharon Stevenson-Kelley, Barbara Falk, Keelin Dawe, Meredith Bustillo, ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Louan, Laura Dassrath, Suzanne Moss, Sarah Dietderich, Brenda Lowrie, Dianna Anderson, Stephanie Holm, Tracy Enos,  Jeffrey Zellan, Shonna Chapman, Dianne Karpowicz, Candy Hartsock, Carolyn Needham, Patricia Barron Tardio, Angie Leith, Karen Snelling, Christine Milleker, Marilyn L. Neenan    d

Droughtlander is over!!!!!!!!!! Jamie, Claire, and Ian return to Lallybroch.    

The week on The Sassenach Files, Chelsea is slowing things down–literally–to break apart the Season Seven, Part B Official Trailer. Come along as she muses about the darker mood of this trailer, as well as the use of gun shots, bayonets, and cannon explosions to emphasize the emotional turmoil of the season. She also chats about upcoming plot points like Jamie and Claire's return to Lallybroch, Jamie's encounter with the infamous Laoghaire MacKenzie, Claire and John's developing relationship, and what we can expect for Brianna and Roger Mac in the upcoming season.

00:55 Jess & Sarah Weekly Recap 04:14 Fandom News 05:28 Our chat with Frank Gilhooley In this episode, Sarah and Jessica interview Frank Gilhooley, an actor, acting coach, philanthropist, and author. He will be most recognizable to Outlander fans as Torin the Blacksmith, who crafted Claire's wedding ring made from the key to Lallybroch, in Season One. They discuss Frank's background, his love for acting, and his experiences in the industry. Frank shares stories about his roles in Outlander and River City, as well as his journey as an acting coach. He also talks about his book, 'Avoiding the Downward Spiral of Fear,' which helps people become their authentic selves. The conversation highlights the importance of being open-minded, seizing opportunities, and finding balance in life. Frank also talks about his upcoming projects, including a film about Scottish history and culture. Frank expresses his passion for Scottish heritage and the importance of telling the true stories of the Highland clans. Overall, the conversation highlights Frank's love for acting and his dedication to preserving and celebrating Scottish culture. Check out Frank's book, Avoiding the Downward Spiral of Fear Follow Frank on Facebook Follow Frank on Instagram

#outlander Claire gets a visit from a ghost from her past. Jamie's plans to sail for Scotland are put on hold when he gets conscripted to report to Fort Ticonderoga to lead the militia. William Ransom gets sent on a secret mission, but is delayed when an accident leaves him strander in the swamp. Ian's mission to treat with the Indians gets detoured when he comes across an injured William. In the 1980s, Roger and Brianna work on Lallybroch, while trying to adjust to their new circumstances. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fandomhybridpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fandomhybridpodcast/support

#outlander Jamie and Claire struggle to pick up the pieces after the fire set by Wendigo Donner completely destroys their home. Jamie's dreams of the future may be closer to reality than expected when he tells Claire information that he otherwise would have no way of knowing. The revealed truth about the Jacobite gold leads to a confrontation between Jamie and Arch, with long-lasting consequences. In an effort to avoid fighting against his son in the upcoming war, Jamie makes plans to sail with Claire and Ian back to Scotland. In the future, a mysterious package reunites Brianna and Roger with her family. A visit to the ruins of Lallybroch leads to an unexpected surprise. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fandomhybridpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fandomhybridpodcast/support

A tribute Taco Tuesday and and an appeal to Taco Bell.We recorded on Burns Night Eve.Meg's episode choice this week: LallybrochWhiskies:Megan - Glengoyne cask strength 119.2 Proof (Glengoyne distillery, the southernmost highland scotch distillery) (and Terri is jealous)Ivy - Noah's Mill 114.3 Proof (a Willet product)Terri - Aberlour 117.4 Proof (Speyside single malt scotch whisky)Ivy's husband and Terri are both Cheeseheads.  Burns night discussion leads to haggis and chitlins discussion with a callback to Taco Bell.Terri went to Midhope castle/Lallybroch last October, and did NOT steal anything. [Production left it behind.] Also Blackness Castle (Ft. William in the show).Meg gives a rundown of filming locations and drama, drama, drama.Ivy loved getting to know more about Jenny. Wild tangents ensue. Slut-shaming sucks.Terri defends Claire sticking her neb in and psychoanalyzes Jamie and Jenny. Claire gets a vase for her first real home.Water wheel shenanigans.Ivy speculates on Jamie's motivations.What if: BJR hadn't had performance issues?Next week: Time for Honorable mentions! Popular season 1 episodes we didn't touch on yet.Please rate us on your podcast platform! If you like our pod, give us 5 stars so others can find us as well. Like & share our podcast with friends, and follow us on social media.IG: @outlanderwithfriendsFB: Outlander With Friends PodcastTW: @OutlanderwfrenzYouTube: @OutlanderwithfriendsLet us know what you think! Email us: outlanderwithfriends@gmail.com

Warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual violence. Listener discretion is advised. Survivors of sexual violence in the US can contact RAINN at 1-800-656-4673 for support or visit the website to access a variety of resources from anywhere, or chat confidentially with a trained volunteer. In this week's episode, “Jamie's Hot Girl Summer,” Pan and Beth discuss episode 1.12 “Lallybroch.” We break down Jamie's status as the original himbo, side with Jenny, and still find ways to talk about John a lot. The fic rec this week is Open to Interpretation by MistressPandora Theme music is "Hens March to the Midden," (Traditional) performed by the talented @faeriesfanficblog (tumblr). Help us make our first season finale the most hysterical by taking our quick survey! Responses close on 8 September 2022 at 11:59 pm EDT. This podcast is NSFW. Listener discretion is advised.

Ever wanted to make a shawl or a capelet that makes you feel like Claire Fraser, blazing your way through a male-dominated world with passion and tenacity? In this episode, I'm going to share with you 3 sheep breeds that will help transport you to Craigh na Dun and the windswept hills of Lallybroch. Once you learn a little about their fleece and where they come from you'll be spoilt for choice when planning your next Outlander inspired project. To learn more about my friend Anna and Olegana travel boutique click here. At the time this is published she has one spot left for her Outlander Tour for May 2022 and a waitist already started for the same trip next year. To donate to Ukrainian Human Aid please click here. And if you'd like to see some of the wonderful breeds we discussed today head to my blog post here for pictures and more information.

In this episode, we continue our A Breath of Snow and Ashes read-along with Chapter 116 “The Ninth Earl of Ellesmere,” Chapter 117 “Surely Justice and Mercy Shall Follow Me,” Chapter 118 “Regret,” Chapter 119 “Loth to Depart,” Chapter 120 “If Only for Myself,” Chapter 121 “Across the Abyss,” Chapter 122 “The Guardian,” Chapter 123 “Return of the Native,” Chapter 124 “Property of the King,” Epilogue 1 “Lallybroch,” and Epilogue 2 “The Devil is in the Details.”  Join us in Scotland! (http://podabroad.com)   Join our exclusive Facebook community! (http://outlanderpod.com/group) Support us on Patreon! (https://www.outlanderpod.com/patreon) Follow us on Twitter! (https://www.outlanderpod.com/twitter) Help us spread the word! If this episode tickled your 'Outlander' fancy, head over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! · Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-outlander-podcast/id707360955?mt=2) · RSS (https://audioboom.com/channels/1689437.rss) · Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-outlander-podcast?refid=stpr) · Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/3ca8w2I8rlQyr7K5iEeGV8) · Google Play (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0&gclid=CPqUmY3tmc8CFQbrfgodSOsMCw&gclsrc=ds#/ps/Irr5s2ri372mj5fgmte23z6dghe) · iHeartRadio (https://www.iheart.com/show/270-the-outlander-podc/) You can ask questions and comment below and leave us voice feedback via our Listener Line at 916-587-0POD.

Haigh Sassenach! Don your tartan and grab your Scotch, Barb and Sam are covering one of their favorite series...Outlander! We broke this up into 2 episodes where we discuss some of our very favorite characters (Rupert and Angus... did you think we'd say Jamie and Claire?!) Part 1 of our Outlander series covers Season 1, 2, and 3 where we visit Inverness, Paris and the West Indies. Sacrifices and goat blood? check. Claire's gorgeous dresses from Paris? Double-check. Coconut heads and lore? you guessed it... check! We debate our feelings about Frank while giving the highest respect to Tobias Menzies with his fantastic portrayal of Black Jack Randall and Frank Randall. And of course, we can't forget about Laoghaire! stay tuned for Part 2 which will cover Season 4 and 5 and discuss time travel and Jamie's ominous ghost. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fireandwinepodcast)

'The Key' is a story for Outlander fans. From Preston Mill to Lallybroch, we'll explore some of the Outlander film locations near Edinburgh.We'll explore the real-life history of these locations, hear how they were used in the TV programme and how you can immerse yourself in Outlander while on tour in Scotland.After the story, Scott Kyle aka the blacksmith of Lallybroch joins me for a chat about what it was like filming for Outlander and visiting some of the locations himself.Are you ready? Great – let's travel to Scotland!Visit our website to get lots of tips to follow this Outlander itinerary from Edinburgh.BIG THANKS to Scott Kyle for being a guest on the show!Connect with Scott on Twitter: @scottjkyle1As a thank you, we made a donation to support Scott's acting workshops.This episode is brought to you by Go Ape.Book now at www.goape.co.uk and use the code WILDSCOT to receive 10% all four Scottish Go Ape sites - Aberfoyle, Peebles, Aberdeen, Dalkeith (Edinburgh).See full T&Cs on wildforscotland.comLinksJoin the Wild for Scotland email list here.Subscribe here to join the waitlist for my Ready-Made Itinerary, launching soon!Use this guide to plan an Outlander road trip through Scotland.Join a one-day Outlander tour from Edinburgh.Access the transcript of this episode on wildforscotland.comSupport this show on Patreon and unlock bonus episodes.CreditsWritten and hosted by Kathi Kamleitner. Produced and edited by Fran Turauskis. Cover Art illustrated by Lizzie Vaughan-Knight. All original music composed by Bruce Wallace. Additional music and sound effects from Zapsplat and Pond5. Support my show on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Britt's bartending corner – the side tangent about Whisky we didn't know we needed We're back a Lallybroch!!Claire gets an icy welcome, ouch Oh boy Jamie…you got some splainin' to doSomeone from the past makes a reappearance….and ouuuuffffaaaSeriously, can Jamie and Claire ever home some peace???!And Jamie and Claire turn out to be the WORST babysitters everThank you for listening!https://www.instagram.com/shesanoutlander/https://www.facebook.com/shesanoutlanderhttps://twitter.com/shesanoutlandershesanoutlander@gmail.com

Welcome to Outlander Mistress. A weekly recap based on the TV show by Starz, Outlander.  Originally based on the series of novels by Diana Galbadan. An outlet to pour my obsession into for all of you guys out there. Please send any feedback, outrage, questions or comments or just to say hi: OutlanderMistress@Gmail.com   Twitter - BookDreamer01  Instagram - Tv_Movie_Lover 

Jamie and Claire have had a rough time, but she's finally told him that she's time travelled through some stones and has made her choice (and we are so happy with her choice). Now they are off to Lallybroch....all happiness and bliss now right?Watch along with us :)https://www.instagram.com/shesanoutlander/https://www.facebook.com/shesanoutlanderhttps://twitter.com/shesanoutlandershesanoutlander@gmail.com

In this episode:We try to figure visualize what a Moor looks like (sorry, Scotland), Brittany continues to wonder where in the world Murtagh's at, and Stacy introduces Jenny to Brittany…can she fill the hole left by Geillis?? Also, is this finally the episode where Brittany admits she likes Jamie….TUNE IN :) If you enjoy the podcast we would be so appreciative if you could rate and review. Thank you!Follow us on social media, we would love to hear from fellow Outlander fans!https://www.instagram.com/shesanoutlander/https://twitter.com/shesanoutlanderhttps://www.facebook.com/shesanoutlander 

A return to The Sassenach Files equals a return to Lallybroch for an analysis on 112 of Outlander. This episode is all about the divide that has occurred between Jamie and his family in his absence. The Fraser siblings are dealing with a lot of heart stuff including guilt over their father's death, uncertainty surrounding the Black Jack Randall situation, and the lack of communication in the four years since Jamie's departure. In-law bonding is also in the cards with a little Ian and Claire alliance.

In this final episode of season 1 of Sassenach Sisters, we break down the major events of the end of book 1 and talk about what’s different from the show! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tanya-roberts/support

Fans de la série Outlander, je décrypte pour vous l’épisode 12 (saison 1) « Lallybroch » Télécharger le Podcast OutlanderAddict – S01E12 – Lallybroch (clic droit > Enregistrer le lien sous…) Saison 1 Episode 12, « Lallybroch» Fan de la série, je décrypte pour vous ce douzième épisode de la série Outlander. L’article Outlander Addict – S1E12 – Lallybroch- Autour de l’Episode 12 (Saison 1) est apparu en premier sur Outlander Addict.

Season 4 Episode 407 Down the Rabbit Hole Directed by: Jennifer Getzinger Written by: Shannon Goss   Summary:  Roger follows after Brianna with the help of a friend. Brianna is ill-equipped for the rigors of the 18th century Highlands. Brianna remembers her daddy. Unexpected hospitality is offered. Roger becomes a crewman for a wicked captain. Brianna learns a terrible truth about her host. Ian Murray helps her to the coast. Brianna secures a travel companion and passage to The Colonies.   Brianna's Quest Brianna appears to have made a fast getaway into the 18th century because of her inappropriate clothing and purse choices. She doesn't even don gloves or warm knitwear. She watched her mother quickly prepare for her departure yet seems to have not heeded the example at all well. In a nutshell, she's on foot and trying to get to the coast from the standing stones to secure passage to North Carolina but injures herself and ends up being taken care of by Laoghaire “Damn Her Eyes” MacKimmie and her daughter Joanie at Balriggan. Brianna gets to bond with wee Joanie, who seems to be the real adult in the household. She also gets an earful about Laoghaire's deadbeat former husband. It's a perspective check that strains what Claire has said of Jamie. Brianna sees the hateful and wretched side of Laoghaire when it's revealed in the conversation who her mother is, who her biological father is, and who Laoghaire's ex-husband is. With the tongue of an adder, Laoghaire strikes Brianna. It's poetic justice when Brianna tells Laoghaire Jamie never loved her. At least until Laoghaire threatens to have Brianna arrested as a witch and locks her in her room. Joanie saves the day by freeing Brianna and taking her to Lallybroch. Uncle Ian gives her money, a trunk of Claire's old clothing, and advice to find Aunt Jocasta when she arrives in Wilmington. We also get to see the relationship she had with her daddy Frank and how the revelations about her parents' marriage and his death have taken a toll on her. Between that and the effects of her mother's secrets and subsequent return to the 18th, it's quite easy to understand the depth of trauma that has accumulated within Brianna. What the Frank? Frank returns in flashback highlighting the strain of his and Claire's relationship, his closeness to Brianna, and the last time she saw him before he died.  We see a side of Frank that has gone largely unexplored in the series. Did the obituary give him the onus to divorce Claire, tell Sandy he wanted to marry her, take the job at Cambridge, and ask Brianna to go with him to England? I find myself angry that Frank spilled the divorce beans to Brianna after his last fight with Claire. What a hellish last conversation to leave her with before he dies. At least his final words to her were “I love you.” Roger's Journey Fiona takes Roger to Craigh na Dun so that he can go after Brianna into the 18th. He's very smartly clean shaven to deter lice and fleas from infesting his facial hair.  In period clothing, he goes through and becomes a crewman of the Gloriana. The ship is captained by none other than the malevolent Stephen Bonnet.  Roger shows his grit by vehemently decrying Bonnet's actions in front of the passengers and the crew. Suffice it to say throwing an ill child out the window is not something Roger can tolerate. Roger takes it a step further and hides a mother and her baby (Morag MacKenzie and Jemmy) when the baby has a teething rash. Roger is a man of principals and does what's right even if it could cost him. By the flip of the coin, Roger's fate to live or die for his indiscretion against the captain. The luck of Danu was with him. The Faces of Laoghaire She's a lovely, generous, and kind hostess to Brianna. She's a good and loving mother. She has a skewed version of Jamie, their marriage, and what lust or love means. She turns her temper on a dime when Jamie, Claire, or alimony is brought up. She's bitter about men and tells anyone who will hear. She's unreasonable and locks Brianna in a bedroom. She sees herself as a victim. She cross contaminates her food. Did you see that cutting board? She has an ax to grind with Claire and Jamie and passive-aggressively grinds it into Brianna. Such a flaming b**ch. Bonnet, Bonnet, Bonnet The swagger. The humor. The danger. He threw a child overboard for goodness sake. The RING. And Danu. Truths Frank loved Claire more than she loved him. Laoghaire loved Jamie, but he never loved her. Frank knew Claire was telling the truth about time travel and would eventually return to Jamie. Brianna is Jamie's daughter. I thought Laoghaire would vomit right there. Frank wasn't going to ask Sandy to marry him (he did say “come with me” to Brianna when he told her about the divorce and getting a job at Cambridge). Maybe truth. Callbacks Brianna walking and walking and walking like she's going to Mordor to throw My Precious into the lava before getting rescued by a stranger after passing out, is reminiscent of Claire wandering around that blasted island in Uncharted last season. The writer of this episode wrote that one. Roger being held back by the men as he fights and yells at Bonnet is similar to Jamie being held back while the Cherokee threaten William. Or countless other times Jamie has been held and unable to protect someone from harm. Brianna's flashbacks of memories that remind her of what is going on in her current situation, such as the argument between Laoghaire and Ian. Shout Outs for Book Readers The case of the missing PB & J is solved. We meet Morag, baby Jemmy on the ship and The Weymss at the dock. 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Season 4 Episode 402 “Do No Harm” Directed by:  Julian Holmes Written by:  Karen Campbell   Summary: Claire, Jamie, Young Ian, and Rollo arrive at Aunt Jocasta's plantation, River Run. Aunt Jocasta extends every hospitality learning they were robbed. Young Ian and Rollo meet a wicked predator. We meet a mountain man. Claire's sensibilities and beliefs are on edge. Auntie Jocasta hatches a MacKenzie style plan. There's a party with the who's who of the area in honor of their arrival. An incident puts Jamie and Claire between what's right and what's the law. Themes: Jamie is again in a down and out position and feeling responsible for it all. Family matters and Jocasta needs an heir. The Confusing: The timeline isn't discernible for how long Jamie and Claire's stay is at River Run before the dinner party or the incident with Rufus and Overseer Byrnes. This is important to why Jocasta named him heir so swiftly without seeing him really acting administratively or performing the business management duties she needs help with. Jamie appears not to have looked at Jocasta's business dealings until after the public announcement. Really? One discussion with Wolff and Jocasta following his business acumen from afar. He was laird of Lallybroch for a short time with Jenny and Ian doing most of the work, he worked for Jared in Paris for a short time, yet successfully, he was in hiding, in prison, working his sentence off, and then became a seditious printer and smuggler. His bonafides don't add up without Jocasta seeing him in action. The plot device of Jamie only learning about the difficult slavery laws of the colony AFTER the announcement to make him an heir and the incident between Rufus and Byrnes. Jamie knew about other laws and even the Regulators. Surely, he would've asked about slavery and all it entailed. He was so pie-eyed and Pollyanna about working to release them if he took on the running of River Run. It is a kind and right notion, but as we find out, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Squares and Round Holes: John Quincy Myers the wild mountain man just happens to be on the property and is the one person who knows how to help Young Ian with the skunk perfumed Rollo. Then he goes poof, and we don't see him again during the episode. This screams, “Hey viewers, he might be important later, and we wanted you to meet him now.” Secondly, he's either ill-mannered or completely oblivious in speaking to Young Ian, a lad of 16, in such a way. Book readers, I think you get my vibe on this scene. The Good: Maria Doyle Kennedy as Aunt Jocasta Cameron. She convinces me she IS a MacKenzie through and through.  The other new faces Ulysses, Phaedre, Lieutenant Wolff, John Quincy Myers, and Farquard Campbell are also well cast and believable. I am always struck wondering what the experience is playing the part of a slave or a slave owner. Both cause my heart to ache. Claire and Jamie being in partnership they can't own slaves, how they proceeded together in trying for true justice, treating Rufus, and subsequently understanding his soul is what matters. They stand unified. Young Ian's sweet heart when learning about Jocasta's blindness and his compassion for the American Indians as people and not savages. He also shows great steel as Claire's surgical assistant. Jocasta's butler Ulysses speaking plainly to Claire about what is to come for Rufus if he lives and how saving his soul is better than what's to come. He'll be used as an example for the other slaves to obey. Jamie says the same thing to Claire when he realizes Rufus will not be allowed to live no matter what. I like how these conversations mirrored each other, one from each, a free man and a slave. Claire's loving and kind bedside manner connecting with Rufus as he was dying. We have seen her do this before to send a soul off peacefully and with comfort. Finally, Jamie's prayer as the clock strikes midnight, Rufus dies from the poison, and Jamie delivers the limp body to the waiting men. Jamie crosses himself and prays, “I'm bending my knee in the eye of the Father who created me. Pour down from heaven the rich blessing if thy forgiveness. Be thou patient wi' us. Grant to us savior of glory, the love of God...And the will to do on earth at all times as angels and saints do in heaven. Give us the peace.” Mixed Bag: Claire's unwavering belief that people should not be owned. Seeing her fight the need to save the young man and not to cause unintended harm, was a beautiful struggle to behold. Sometimes the right answer requires courage in action we can never see coming. The downside to this staunch and brooding belief is that she isn't culturally aware or sensitive. Did she have to bludgeon the idea home over and over. It is revolting, but she could have found a way to not sulk around and find a way through the situation without inadvertently putting the slaves in harm's way, and without threatening Jocasta's home and land, which she did. SLAVERY IS UNCONSCIONABLE. History, when allowed, will speak it loud and clear without Claire being more entrenched and rasher in action because of her 20th-century beliefs. I was struck hard at the closing sequence. I applaud the realistic and brutal portrayal of slavery as it was in the American Colonies. I believe we must confront the good and bad in our collective history through any and every medium. The entertainment industry is an important vehicle, especially when the simple and often harsh truths are allowed to be represented, and no agenda or politics get in the way. Time might heal some wounds, but others need intervention and social change to be righted even a little bit. That said, I do think like the theme of circles in episode 401, it was heavy-handed without allowing the viewer to make the emotional, ethical, and moral leaps on his or her own. Outlander viewers are by and large people who can critically think and get what the writers are trying to say. The idea Jocasta would assume Claire to be a Quaker because of her abolitionist beliefs is simply odd. The Southern Colonies had slaves, the northern Colonies did not. For some reason, viewers REALLY, REALLY need to know that Quakers may be of importance to future storylines. CORRECTION: There was slavery across the colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. And the first organized group of white people to speak out against slavery was indeed the Quakers (The Society of Friends) who stood alone as a group for quite some time. I misspoke in my critique. With the exception of Claire's speech, Jocasta may have been correct in this assumption. Things to Ponder: The color blue is seen throughout the décor and in clothing during the episode. Is it a nod to the indigo trade or something else? Will we be meeting Quaker's in the future? Will we see more of John Quincy Myers? Will Jamie take Governor Tryon's offer? Will we see Jamie in a kilt this season? He is free to wear one. Have we seen the last of Stephen Bonnet? Where's Murtaugh? Favorite Lines: There are numerous warm fuzzies from the book regardless of who the lines were given. These stand out in particular for me. We learn Jocasta has lost most her vision but has “now been gifted with hearing that would be the envy of many gossip, and the ability to scent truth from lies, if ye catch my meanin'.” There's been a run in with the scary and horrible skunk. Young Ian says, “It lifted its tail and sprayed a foul liquid from its arse.” Jocasta says to Claire, “Jenny was right about you. You are a peculiar lass.” When Jocasta adds definition to how Claire speaks her mind on all manner of topics whether she knows about them or not, Claire responds, “the same could be said for Jenny.” There's the humor! Jocasta likes her fiery spirit. Claire to Jamie after he tries to be positive about benevolent slave ownership and forging change, “Fuses often lead to explosions.” Jamie's response to Claire, “Aye, but when the dust settles, oftentimes the devil yer fightin' is gone.” Mayhaps, he's talking about Black Jack Randall? Links of Interest: About where the phrase “Do No Harm” comes from. It's not in the Hippocratic Oath. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/first-do-no-harm-201510138421 and https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6426.full About Quakers and their stand on slavery. http://web.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/quakersandslavery/commentary/themes/white_slaves.php Information about the poison Aconite Claire uses on the young man. https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-609/aconite Bottom Line: It took me two viewings before I could get a handle on this episode. I think us devoted book readers need to watch more than once to firmly separate one from the other. We have the blessing and curse of knowing the material being adapted.  I like this episode for the most part. I've a few gripes so far this season: the choppiness in the flow scene to scene and episode to episode (why didn't they discuss the ring being taken too), the sense of feeling rushed from one place to the next without taking time to savor or deepen important moments or characters, then slowing way down for one event, and being spoon-fed what the writers deem important. If the writing is solid, there's no need to put the point on repeat.     Please share your thoughts and comments to 719-425-9444 or contact@adramofoutlander.com. Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. The entire Outlander book series is written by Diana Gabaldon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook. Visit Outlander Starz on social media, like or follow: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and the official website. All photos are the property of Starz/SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INC. 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The next installment in Nikki and Sher's Outlander sub-series! We'll be reviewing all the episodes of Outlander, in honor of droughtlander. We'll continue reviewing episodes until the end of the series! As usual, this episode is only pretending to be about Outlander, while Nikki and Sher catch you up on their lives and comment on Lallybroch. *spoilers for the books and episodes* Please rate and review us! Become a Patreon patron to unlock exclusive content. Like us on facebook for news and events. Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review!

THE COUNTDOWN TO OUTLANDER S4 CONTINUES!   News: The official Season 4 opening credits and the music was released on October 6thduring an Outlander panel at the NYCC. Bear McCreary masterfully creates the connection to the colonial south of America by once again altering The Skye Boat song to reflect where the story is going while maintaining its Scottish roots. The credits also combine the familiar beginning with snippets from the season that include the sweeping expanse of River Run, the backcountry cabin on Fraser's Ridge, Brianna touching the stone at Craigh na Dun, traditional dancing, a handfasting, and more. Outlander stars Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Richard Rankin, and Sophie Skelton, producers, Maril Davis, and Ron D. Moore, and writer Diana Gabaldon were at the NYCC doing autographs and participated in panels. The official Outlander panel audience members were surprised with a showing of S4 E1.  Rewatch Season 3 episodes 1-3 then listen to my thoughts. Here are the episode synopses from Outlander Starz: Ep 301 The Battle Joined - After living through the Battle of Culloden, Jamie is at the mercy of British victors, until his past provides his only hope of survival. Meanwhile, a pregnant Clarie attempts to adjust to life in 1940's Boston. Ep 302 Surrender - Hiding in a cave, Jamie leads a lonely life until Lallybroch is threatened by redcoats pursuing the elusive Jacobite traitor. In Boston, Claire and Frank struggle to coexist in a marriage haunted by the ghost of Jamie. Ep 303 All Debts Paid - In prison, Jamie discovers that an old foe has become the warden - and has the power to make his life hell. Claire and Frank both put their best foot forward in marriage, but an uninvited guest shatters the illusion.    

This week we’re drinking John Barr Blended Scotch Whisky. And be sure to watch the episode “Lallybroch” (S1, E12) along with us.

Drums of Autumn Chapter 40 Week 21 “Virgin Sacrifice”   Breaking News: Outlander S4 will premiere in November 2018 with 13 episodes based on Drums of Autumn and adapted for television. The television series has been renewed for S5 and S6 with 12 episodes each season. S5 is expected to be adapted from Fiery Cross and S6 from A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I will be doing a read-a-long for FC in 2019 after S4 ends.  Summary: Brianna and Lizzie make it to Wilmington. The girl has been sick with fever multiple times. The next stop is Cross Creek. Lizzie learns Jamie Fraser will be at his Aunt's at River Run for a trial. Roger arrives mere days after Brianna in North Carolina and reaches Wilmington on her heels. He finds her. She is happy and upset. They are handfasted in the Scottish tradition and consummate their marriage multiple times in a shed. Brianna learns a truth. Feeling betrayed she storms back to her rented room. Roger vows to return to her. He leaves to secure a gemstone. Lizzie thinks MacKenzie raped Brianna.   Inside the Chapter: Chapter 40 Virgin Sacrifice Wilmington, the Colony of North Carolina, September 1, 1769 Brianna and Lizzie are in North Carolina waiting for Lizzie to improve from another attack of illness. Poor frail Lizzie is fevered and weak. They were riding from Charleston when the illness struck again. Brianna was terrified her companion would die in the wilderness but pressed on to Wilmington the next day when the fever temporarily broke. Brianna needs to find her mother to help with Lizzie and for herself. Taking care of Lizzie helped Brianna appreciate her size and strength. Nursing is tough work. Brianna decides it must be malaria-causing the fevers. Mosquitoes were a plague upon them once the land was in sight. Brianna could feel her mother's presence as she cared for the ailing girl (p666, Nook).  Quinine and other derivatives were the chief medicines to combat malarial fever since WWII; Claire would use Jesuit bark (cinchona bark) in the 18th century. When they arrived in Wilmington, the landlady at the inn called for an apothecary when she saw how ill Lizzie was (p667, Nook). The man left with fright and warnings. Brianna didn't exactly know how to care Lizzie but knew bloodletting wasn't the answer. She reflected on how the bugs stayed away from her, and she had vaccinations for many diseases, including malaria before she went through the stones. She wondered how many other diseases were prevalent in the sweltering city and caused by bug bites. Exhausted, she was too tired to change out of the many days worn clothing. She knew she had to find her mother as quickly as possible to help Lizzie. The small maidservant could die from another round of fever. She planned to sell the horses and take a boat upriver to Cross Creek in search of Aunt Jocasta's home, River Run. The thought of meeting more family gave Brianna a thrill. Certainly, she would be able to tell Brianna how to find Jamie and Claire. Finally, she undressed and lay naked on the quilt on the floor, drifting quickly to sleep.   The next morning Lizzie remained weak but fever free. Brianna pays the landlady extra money to keep an eye on the sick girl while she goes out to tend to the business at hand. Brianna managed to sell the horses and obtained the name of a man who took people upriver to Cross Creek by boat. When she returned to her room, Lizzie was dressed and eating. She is much better. Lizzie had been doing the washing and ironing. Brianna worries the girl will overexert herself and become ill again. When the girl explains the discovery, she'd had Brianna listens (p670, Nook). This MacNeil knows her father, mother, and Jocasta Cameron. Lizzie explains what the man said about Claire (p671, Nook). It turns out Jamie is in Cross Creek because of an upcoming trial he must attend. Brianna starts calculating the time needed to get upriver, so she doesn't miss Jamie. Roger arrived in Edenton just ten days after Brianna arrived in South Carolina. She must be in Wilmington by now, and he is determined to find her.  Roger details his journey to Wilmington (p672, Nook). He knew she was here. She had to be. It was the most logical place to secure a guide to go into the mountains to Fraser's Ridge. He learns there are twenty-three taverns where she could have taken a room or maybe in a private residence he thinks. By the time he had reached the fifth tavern people had begun sharing their sightings of her (p673, Nook). Roger was considerably worried for Brianna after hearing the stories. He was also hungry, thirsty, and lacking funds. He decided on a place to spend a couple of pennies on dinner, and maybe, just maybe he would be allowed to sleep in the stable. He saw a newspaper office and wanted to throw a rock through the window. That damned notice is what got both into this situation. Entering the Blue Bull, he sees Brianna sitting by the hearth (p674, Nook). Roger tries to make her come with him. A seaman from the cargo boat yells at Roger (MacKenzie) to let her be. Brianna finally tells the protective man she knows Roger. The man reluctantly backs off. Lizzie freaks out that Brianna may go with him. Brianna assures her it's okay and she'll be back later. Once outside, she wants to know why he's there. He takes her to a shelter. Again, she demands to know what he's doing there (p675, Nook). He kisses her, hard and tells her it will be alright. She is horrified that he is there (p675, Nook). Around and around they go. She has the temper of both her parents. Instead of throttling her back, he grabbed a handful of hair and kissed her as hard as he could, she fought him, at first. Then gave in ending in tears and sobs (p676, Nook). There it is, she didn't tell him she was going because she loved him. Now they tumble on the ground like wrestlers.  He let go of her hair, she took her arm off his neck, but Roger couldn't stop touching her neck. He makes her say it (p677, Nook). She lay in his arms weeping. They are dirty, bruised, and he is most certainly hungry. They will find a way back to the twentieth century, somehow. She is happy to see him regardless of not wanting him to follow her. He asks how long she'd been planning the trip, though he probably knew the answer based on the changes in her letters. Six months past when she went to Jamaica instead of to Scotland to see him. Of course, she had asked him to come with her, but he refused. She kept dreaming about her fathers, Frank and Jamie. There was one dream that stood out (p678, Nook). That dream is what caused her to go to Jamaica. Since the trail of Jamie and Claire was lost after 1766, she figured she would give it a shot. Maybe they had gone to Jamaica first. She began to search cargo ships since The Indies were a trade spot. She found the Artemis with a Captain James Fraser that “sold five tons of bat guano in Montego Bay on April 2, 1767.” She explains further finding the solution to Jamie being a Captain of a ship with known crippling seasickness (p680, Nook). She didn't find the freed slave, but she did find the death notice dated 1776. They are there early enough to warn her parents. Roger understands at this moment why parents or a spouse would beat them (p681, Nook). He was angry. He thought she found someone else because of her letters. He wanted to beat her because she made him think he'd lost her. She apologizes. How did he find out she'd left anyway? He tells her about the boxes arriving and the last-minute conference that had kept him in Oxford longer than expected.  She realizes he followed her even though he thought she'd found someone else (p682, Nook). He touched her under her loosened shirt. Did she mean it? The unspoken words of her body tell him she did mean it. Then her words urged him (p682, Nook).  He takes her to the nearby shed. For a moment, Brianna thinks about Lizzie. Roger didn't know who that was and didn't care either. He had her in a safe, private place behind the inn. Before they go further, they are handfasted as is a Highland's custom because a minister will be difficult to find on short notice. Roger will not lie with her unless they are married (p683, Nook). The handfasting allows for marriage for a year and a day before a final decision is made to wed or being married in the church legally. They are wed in a shed behind the Blue Bull tavern. They explore each other in the dark of the shed. She reaches down, and humor invades the exploration (p684, Nook). She quivered in his arms, but not from laughter. She was naked, and the feel of her amazed him. He remarks how he's never been able to kiss a girl without stooping down. Brianna's nervous humor invades again. He couldn't stop kissing and touching her to get undressed. She helped him out of his breeks and shocked him by reaching down to grasp him. His senses were filled with the tastes on her lips, the smell of her body and hair. He asks her to let go of him for a moment; she has a bit too strong of a grip. When she moves to her knees, he is stunned (p686, Nook). His coherency and blood leave his brain in quick order. She asks if she's doing it right. He thinks so. This is the first time anyone has done this to him. So yeah, he thinks so. He likes it well enough. Before he completely loses himself, he disengages, pulls her to her feet, and lays her down on the straw. He has only tried giving oral to a woman once, but she smelled of Sunday church flowers. Brianna did not. She drove him to abject lust. Instead, he kisses her on her lower belly (p687, Nook). He gets to his work enjoying the myriad of sensations and tastes. He felt a quiver move through her into him. He asks if he is doing it right (p687, Nook). He wonders how exactly she KNOWS he's doing it right. She laughs. They work through the awkwardness of her eagerness.  Finally, she relaxes into him. He tells her he loves her. She simply puts her hand on his face and opens to him. At the point of no return, he takes it slowly, she urges him forth. She asks if he is big. He thinks average and asks if he's hurting her a lot. She needs stillness for a minute. She reaches down his back touching his behind. She gives him the go-ahead (p689, Nook). I call this maneuver the pull and pray technique.  She declares her love for him.    After they recover, tangled together they talk (p689, Nook). He is astonished she learned so much from a book. He tells her it's terrible books go around telling young women how to do sexual things. How else would she learn if not for books? Roger must check his Victorian Presbyterian thoughts on female knowledge. He tells her there's more to it than what books can say. She's eager for him to show her more. When she woke from a light sleep thinking about how they fit together, how he had made love to her three times through the night, how she was sore and happy (p691, Nook). What a beautiful piece of writing.  Roger apologizes for them not having a proper wedding and proper bridal chamber to consummate their marriage. She assures him it was very good for her. She reaches for him, but he needs a rest. She's not the only one who might be sore. She tells him she's never been so happy and if they never get back to their own time, it is okay as long as they're together. He tells her he thinks there's another way and explains his trip through the stones and the diamond Fiona gave him. Gemstones might help to steer the traveler. He recited a poem from the grimoire (p692, Nook). Brianna thinks the poem is bonkers, but Roger points out insanity doesn't mean it isn't correct. The poem has old Celtic ritual and witchcraft within it. Roger doesn't think the blood sacrifice is needed, but the metal and gems might be necessary. He asks Brianna what she wore when she went through. The bracelet he gave her and the pearls. They discuss the possibilities of traveling through the stones and how the gemstones assist travel. They need to get a hold of some to help with their eventual travel back to their own time. The thing is, it is difficult to find gemstones outside of a large city, and the expense is too much as well. Roger has an idea where he can get one, but he must leave immediately to have a chance at it. Brianna cannot wait for Roger there, because she found Jamie Fraser. Roger wants her to wait instead of going to Cross Creek without him, but with Lizzie being sick she needs to find her mother as soon as possible. He agrees but asks her to wear a dress instead of her breeks.  She doesn't want him stealing the stone, but he says it's no big deal since the man likely stole it from someone else. The dispute was ended by one more role in the hay. Roger speaks sometime later saying he thinks he married his great-aunt six times removed. It had just dawned on him that they are related way back through the MacKenzie bloodline. The method of birth control they used throughout the night caused him to think of Geillis Duncan becoming pregnant. Brianna figures they are sixth or seventh cousins or something near that. Brianna doesn't care if it's nothing near incest. Roger couldn't give up the thought though (pp696, Nook). When Brianna learns Roger hadn't been to Lallybroch, she wants to know how he found her. Then she becomes angry realizing he had found the blasted newspaper article and never told her. She is in a rare fury. He tries to explain when he found it and why he hadn't told her. He doesn't think they can change the past (p698, Nook). He couldn't stand the idea of her being hurt. She felt betrayed that he kept it from her. It was not his place to choose whether she knew about the death notice. This reminds me of Claire yelling at Jamie sometimes.  Roger digs a deeper hole for himself (p698, Nook). She is Fraser angry now. She pulls on her breeks while cursing under her breath. She yells at him, tells him to get hanged I he wants to and that she is going to save her parents with or without him (p699, Nook). That is a terrible way to end things. It's not as if communication is simple in that era. Lizzie isn't sleeping when Brianna returns in a flurry of emotion. Brianna says she's fine, but from outside the window, Roger Mac can be heard (p699, Nook). Lizzie was frozen for a moment. She could see the change in Brianna's expression. She looked as if she had the blood fury like soldiers had. She was a Highland she-devil. She asked in Gaelic if Brianna was okay. Brianna told her to go to sleep. Lizzie simply lay awake worried what Brianna might do. Then she realizes Brianna is shaking and she feels guilty for allowing her to be hurt. Brianna finally fell asleep. Unable to sleep, Lizzie slipped from the bed, opened the shudders, and began to tidy things up. She picks up Brianna's discarded clothing (p701, Nook). She thinks Roger assaulted Brianna. She smelled Brianna's clothing, and it wreaked of a man. As she washed Brianna's clothing with lye soap, the water turns to red. She's sure Roger took Brianna's virginity and thought it by rape.   Oh, the boy has Lizzie got this wrong, but she has so little information to go by it's a logical conclusion. Roger and Brianna fighting is no good thing with separate tasks ahead of them. Where do you think Roger is getting the stone? The seaman had called Roger, MacKenzie. This is the name he is going by in the eighteenth century. It is the name Lizzie knows the dark man by too. Will Brianna tell anyone she's wedded by handfasting? Will she get to Cross Creek and meet Jamie in time? Four sexual encounters in a night, pull and pray or no, could she be with child? Will Roger get the gemstone? Will he return to her? As the last point, I love how Diana wrote the whole scene surrounding their coupling. Roger is a man of honor. He wants all of her forever.   What's Coming up? Chapters 41-42 Drums of Autumn (DOA). 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Drums of Autumn Chapter 35-36 Week 19 “Not So Hot on Her Trail” Summary: Brianna and the Murrays secure her passage to the Colonies. She shows her big heart and Fraser stubbornness when she insists on taking the contract of a young teenage girl instead of a strapping male to be her servant. She leaves Scotland with sadness and loss for the place and family she has known for such a short time. Roger experiences déjà vu as he walked through Inverness in 1769. He finds Brianna in the passenger books and secures himself passage as a seaman. He'll be on his way to the Colonies the next day. Inside the Chapters: Chapter 35 Bon Voyage At the port of Inverness, the desperate and needy people remind Brianna of puppies at the pound. She wants to help all of them. Young Jamie and Ian Murray are helping secure her passage and encourage her to find someone who can travel with her as a servant to keep her safe and assist her with anything she needs. Of course, she didn't think she needed a servant. That stubborn Fraser bloodline. Though annoyed with the Fraser/Murray menfolk, she is thankful to know her mother is safe in the Colonies with Jamie, her father. He sprang to life for her when she read his letters. Young Jamie tries to get her to choose a manservant. She is not impressed with the pickings on the dock (p608, Nook). Distracted by delicious smelling hot beef pastries, Brianna pushes her way through to buy one. Her height makes quite a stir (p609, Nook). Feeling self-conscious, she retreats to eat. The self-consciousness does not abate with her knowing she lacks undergarments as is the 18th century way. As soon as she bites into the warm bridie, she forgets about everything else (p610, Nook). She notices a slight, fair man looking to get her attention. He is looking for someone to take on his daughter as a servant. He cannot afford to keep her, and a man will ill sexual intent is going to buy her contract. The man is embarrassed by what he's certain will happen to his daughter if he doesn't find someone quickly to secure her contract. A veritable “pound puppy” is wheedling into her heart. She cannot say no even though her Murray relatives are unhappy with her taking on Lizzie Weymss. Clever Brianna has it her way when she has Lizzie eat some of her food. The girl owes her. Brianna presses her advantage over the men (p615, Nook). Young Jamie and Ian reluctantly agree. She too has the Fraser stubbornness (p615, Nook).  Joseph Weymss loved his daughter so much he put her on a ship to the Colonies with a stranger, so she could have a better life even though he might not see her again.  As the ship leaves shore, Brianna is feeling sad about leaving this place and the family she barely knows. Regardless of the newness of knowledge about her paternity and culture, she feels no less grieved than saying goodbye to her mother or losing her father, Frank. Lizzie, on the other hand, was seeming not distressed in the least, though Brianna suspected deeper feeling underneath the veneer. The two shared the arisaid Jenny had given Brianna for warmth.  She knows it will be okay. She has survived all the parting of ways up until now, and she will no doubt survive this. Though she wished she could've stayed longer in Scotland. She would return to Scotland and Roger after she follows through with her plans. She feels the bracelet of silver Roger gave her warmed from her skin. Tears fell silently from Lizzie's eyes. Brianna wiped them away without a word. They stood there still as could be until they could see Scotland no more. Chapter 36 You Can't Go Home Again Inverness, July 1769 Roger walks around Inverness. It is different and the same. He notices the similarities and what's missing, like Reverend Wakefield's church and manse. Where the manse would be built the area is filled with foliage, cinquefoil, sweet broom, and a small rowan sapling. The smell of car fumes was replaced by the distant tang of raw sewage. The churches were missing, but Loch Ness looked much the same. As he walks, he notices Mountgerald a large home at the end of High Street that was built with human sacrifice in the foundation (p619, Nook). He opens the door to a pub with a sense of déjà vu. The name of the pub was different, but it smelled like beer. His first sip was surprising in its strength. He heard the business of a port pub being done around him. He notices a ship's captain interviewing those who wanted to emigrate to the Colonies. He listened unobtrusively to see where the ship was heading and what the different levels of passage entailed and cost. If money were an issue, people would enter indenture as a means to travel. Roger witnesses a family getting sized up for this purpose. Roger leaves the pub and knows he doesn't have enough funds for travel. He was only able to collect a small amount of coin before going through the stones. Roger ponders the ways he could travel to the Colonies. He could work for more passage money. Unfortunately, it could take him a year or more to earn enough. First, he must find her among the passenger lists, so he's sure where she's gone. The harbormaster's office is in the same location it is in the future (p623, Nook). Roger painstakingly goes through the passenger ledgers looking for Brianna Randall. It took more than one slow read through. He wonders about some of the names he sees on the pages. If he didn't find her in the pages, he would head to Lallybroch. Finally, he reaches a name, Brianna Fraser. She was going by Fraser. She had taken the Phillip Alonzo to Charleston, South Carolina on July 4, 1769.  Why South Carolina? No other ships went to North Carolina in July, so she must have picked the closest destination with the plan to travel overland once she arrived. He struggles with surety that it is her, but he presses forward. It was a big enough risk for him to follow her through the stones, and now to board a ship to the Colonies without knowing for certain. He's a driven and brave man. Roger learns there's a ship heading to the Colonies in short order, the Gloriana. Captain Bonnet is the man to see to secure his spot as a seaman. He finds Captain Bonnet in the pub. He gives his name as MacKenzie, thinking he could do what Brianna had done. Roger finds Bonnet to disconcert him. His green eyes penetrated Roger uncomfortably. With position secured, Roger is to report for duty by sundown. Roger sizes up Bonnet as a man who seeks out and takes advantage of any weakness (p628, Nook). Both chapters are building tension, expectation, with the action rising. We are going to see exactly what Roger is made of during his journey. We already are seeing the grit Brianna has within. Imagine Brianna's response to What's Coming up? Chapters 37-39 Drums of Autumn (DOA). 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Drums of Autumn Chapter 34 Week 18 “Lallybroch” Summary:  Brianna did it. She went through the stones. She arrives at Lallybroch. She meets the Murrays to their surprise and happiness. She also meets a vengeful woman and her brother. Brianna stands up for herself and her mother. A lengthy letter makes it wild and worth the trip. She bonds with her Uncle. She clears the air of her intention. She connects with this place so a part of her though she's never been. To the Colonies, she will go.  Inside the Chapter: Chapter 34 Lallybroch Scotland, June 1769 Brianna is on horseback. Brutus is his name. He flawlessly, if not swiftly has carried her on General Wade's old military roads, the bad roads, and the red deer track trails on her way to Lallybroch. She looks out over the valley below and sees Lallybroch. It matches the description her mother told her, down to the kailyard. Rising smoke from the chimney indicates someone is home. She is nervous and excited. Who would she meet first? Will they believe her story of who she was and why she had come? Her story was based on as much truth as possible. She brought evidence with her. They would have to believe her. Could her parents be there right now? A horse carrying a tall brown-haired man approaches her from behind. He was wary of her until he got close enough to realize she was a woman. She's a big woman and looks like a man from a distance. This is to her advantage when traveling alone. She tells the man her name, he's puzzled and shares his with her, Jamie Fraser Murray of Broch Tuarach (p576, Nook). His reaction is perfect. Jenny is going to birth some form of an animal to be sure.  Brianna notices the carved lintel over the door, Fraser, 1716 it said. Brianna instinctively ducks while going through the door (p576, Nook). She thinks how little family she has in the twentieth century, one distant cousin of her dad Frank. Here she will have a large family connection to her. Jamie's son Matthew goes running past being chased by his sister Janet. Matthew comments on Brianna's choice of clothing (p578, Nook). Matthew discloses Jenny and Ian are in the back parlor with a man and a woman who are eating a large amount of food. Jamie sends the boy to get his granny, Jenny. Jamie tries to get Janet to guess who Brianna is related to. She figures it out with great surprise. Enter Jenny Murray (p579, Nook). Just as Young Jamie is introducing Brianna, the woman from the parlor joins the group (p579, Nook). Jenny admonishes Laoghaire for her foolishness and tells her this is a lass, not a man. Laoghaire looks at Brianna for the first time (p580, Nook). The realization Jamie Fraser could have married again chills Brianna to the bone.  She thinks of her mother and is horrified she could have found Jamie with another wife when she went through the stones. She wants to run out of the house and keep on running. She is like her mother in some ways. Young Jamie steers her to a place to sit. In the room she sees two men, one asks her name. It's Ian Murray, her uncle. She feels safer in his presence until Laoghaire comes in havering up to high heaven (p581, Nook). I need a dram or two after this scene. Brianna asks after her mother, Ian assures Brianna that Claire is with Jamie. Laoghaire cannot help herself. She says the pearls are hers by right (p583, Nook). Brianna snatches the pearls off the table and holds them tightly.  Brianna addresses Laoghaire without success. Laoghaire calls Jamie a bastard and says he married her under pretenses four years earlier. Laoghaire explains that Jamie left her (p584, Nook). As if insulting Jamie and her mother wasn't enough, she insults Brianna, calling her a witch's child (p585, Nook). The Fraser anger rises in Brianna, and she lets Laoghaire have it (p585, Nook). Hobart leads a stunned Laoghaire out of the room to take her home. Laoghaire must have the last words and leaves Brianna with a parting twist of the tongue (p586, Nook). I am in love with Brianna here. She is coming into her own as a confident woman, as a Fraser daughter. They finish dinner with the joy of Brianna, the joy that Jamie has his child. She's thankful that Laoghaire's accusations of Jamie were untrue. He was the man her mother said he was. Brianna asks if they know where her mother and Jamie are. They basically do, and Ian offers to show her a letter from her parents. Following Jenny, Brianna stops and notices a portrait on the wall with her father as a child in it. Jenny shows her a painting of her mother, Ellen. Brianna gasped when she saw it. Brianna looks remarkably like Ellen MacKenzie. The painting will hang in the National Portrait Gallery in two hundred years. Ellen painted the portrait herself. Brianna's talent for drawing and painting comes from her grandmother. Jenny explains how she came into possession of the painting. Ned Gowan brought it to her from Leoch. Brianna feels a stab of grief for those lost. We learn that Jenny never saw Leoch for herself and now it's gone. Brianna follows Jenny into the bedroom. Jenny finds the letter and explains they live in the Colony of North Carolina but not near any towns. She explains it's difficult for him to write since his hand was broken “that time.” Brianna knows the whole story behind the broken hand; Jenny does not. Brianna recognizes the writing. The letter is from the prior September. Young Ian sent a porpentine (porcupine) skull for Young Jamie's boys. Jamie included a gift for Jenny. He explains Claire's manner of communicating with the elderly Indian woman who made it (p591, Nook). He goes on to document his homesteading work and the local bear population. Fergus acquired a new large kettle, and a hearty stew was made in it (p592, Nook). Tomatoes have an interesting and rich history. The white sow is close to birth, so he placed her in the pantry. This does not please the sow or Claire. Tuscarora hunters came looking to hunt the bear. Young Ian and Rollo accompanied them on their journey. There was quite an adventure in the night of the 22nd (p593, Nook). Jenny interrupts Brianna's reading to ask if she still plans on going to such a wild place and to show her the leather bag that Jamie sent. She is relieved Brianna is not afraid to go to the Colonies and on to Fraser's Ridge, but she wants her to stay for a couple of days. Now alone Brianna rereads the letter slowly, and she can almost see the man in the letter in front of her. She gets to the part she was interrupted by Jenny (p595, Nook). There were still two more pages to go. By now it was mid-October. Jamie and Ian wrote (p597, Nook). Young Ian told of his measles illness and his restored health. Brianna thought Lallybroch to be primitive, but the Colonies were indeed a more wild and dangerous place. Ian takes Brianna on a tour of the farm and the property. She sees all is in good condition and the animals healthy. Ian was sporting his kilt to the surprise of Jenny and Young Jamie (p599, Nook). Brianna thinks about how the kilt, swords, pistols, and bagpipes were hidden away after Culloden. At first, she thinks of the items as symbols of pride conquered, but that wasn't quite right (p599, Nook). Ian was pleased Brianna asked to see the property. She'd be leaving in a week's time to board a ship to the Colonies. She thought it was a beautiful place. Brianna thinks she sees a cairn (p600, Nook). They walk a long way and up to the top of a hill. They can see the whole valley. Ian pulls out a stone bottle and remarks it was Claire's doing he has teeth (p601, Nook). Ian thinks Claire knew what she was about seeing how braw Brianna is. Ian wishes he could see Jamie's face when he meets Brianna. She is so much like him. Ian explains there wasn't much time during his last visit with Claire to Lallybroch to tell them about her and there was a great moil. He lets her know why Jenny is anxious for her to leave (p602, Nook). Brianna asks what Jenny had to do with Laoghaire. Oh, GIRL, your hair is going to curl when you hear what she had to do with it. Ian is surprised at how much knowledge Brianna has of Jamie's history. He goes on to explain Jamie's countenance when he returned from England after being in Ardsmuir and the contrast to him after Culloden (p602, Nook). They climbed up to where Jamie had lived as Dunbonnet. Brianna entered the cave and immediately felt entombed. She had no idea how Jamie lived there for seven years but thinks maybe she could if she had to. She was a Fraser after all. She sat outside the cave becoming part of the nature surrounding it. This is something her mother and father do. She connects to it and thinks she understands why Jamie could tolerate his time in the cave. One word explained it, solitude (p604, Nook). She leaves a small memory offering before heading down to Ian. She asks Ian about the legality of wearing his kilt. Soldiers hadn't come in a long time. There was nothing left of value to the soldiers; only the land was left. Ian asks Brianna to have a question answered by Jamie when she finds him (p605, Nook). Brianna assures him Jame wouldn't want to change who has Lallybroch and Brianna doesn't want it. Ian thinks she knows an awful lot about what Jamie will do even though she hasn't met him. Of course, Claire would have told her all about Jamie (p605, Nook). Claire was indeed special. Brianna asks about something Laoghaire said. She had used the word fetch when going on about Brianna's mother Claire interfering with her marriage to Jamie (p606, Nook). Getting back to why Jamie married her, Ian tells her Jamie was like a ghost with no spark in him (p606, Nook). Jenny made the match with the intention of helping Jamie (p606, Nook). Brianna is relieved at hearing the tale of Laoghaire and Jamie's response to Claire's return. There's much to unpack in this chapter. First, Jamie has a child, and his family is shocked. Second, the Laoghaire incident. Brianna was brilliant! Third, the worry over Jamie wanting Brianna to have the property. Four, Brianna finding her connection and realizing she's no longer alone. She has a huge family. Five, the letter from The Ridge and the realization it is a dangerous and precarious place she will be going. Six, Jamie and Claire are together and happy. Seven, Jenny has guilt, and she's terrible at direct communication when it counts. Thankfully Ian is excellent at deciphering and communicating what is necessary. Eight, Jenny Murray is a sensitive person underneath her steel. Nine, Brianna has come into her own as a woman. She has matured and has the combined strength of her mother and her fathers. There are so many literary elements at play and excellent depth of character development as we see through Brianna's eyes the family she's only heard of and her realizing her mother did an excellent job in relaying who they are.  I think Claire prepared Brianna extraordinarily well without meaning to for her journey back in time. We cannot forget about Frank being an expert on this time in history. Brianna certainly would have read his works.   What's Coming up? Chapters 35-36 Drums of Autumn (DOA). How can you participate? Send your comments to contact@adramofoutlander.com or call the listener line at 719-425-9444 by Friday of each week. If you're reading ahead, you can leave comments for any part of the book too. Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. The Outlander book series is written by Diana Gabaldon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook All images are Wiki Commons. Click on picture for attribution link. 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Temporada: 3 Episodio: 8 Título: La batalla continúa Año: 2017 Director: Brendan Maher Guion: Ronald D. Moore Reparto: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Duncan Lacroix, Laura Donnelly Sinopsis: Con la imprenta perdida deciden regresar a Lallybroch, Jenny no los recibe de buena manera. Claire se entera del secreto de Jamie, ahora esta casado con Laoghaire. Luego de que Laoghaire los ataque, Jamie le cuenta la razón de su matrimonio y que al igual que Claire y el fallecido Frank llevan vidas separadas. El segundo matrimonio resulta invalido y por tanto Jamie debe pagar a Laoghaire una gran cantidad de dinero. Para conseguir el dinero, Jamie busca un tesoro que encontró hace años y no tomo. Debido a que no puede nadar,el tesoro se haya en una isla, el joven Ian va en su lugar y cuando regresa es capturado por un barco.

Temporada: 3 Episodio: 1 Título: La batalla continúa Año: 2017 Director: Brendan Maher Guion: Ronald D. Moore Reparto: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Duncan Lacroix, Laura Donnelly Sinopsis: Después de dejar a Claire en Craigh Na Dun, Jamie pelea en la Batalla de Culloden. Cuando la batalla acaba Rupert lo encuentra entre varios cadáveres, entre ellos el de Jonathan Randall. Los sobrevivientes escoceses se refugian en una granja, pero son encontrados por los casacas rojas que tienen ordenes de fusilar a todos los jacobitas que encuentren. Aunque Jamie quiere morir, contra todo pronostico sobrevive. Lord Melton, quien lidera el grupo, lo reconoce y para pagar una deuda de honor, en nombre de su hermano, lo oculta y lo envía a Lallybroch. En el futuro Claire retoma su matrimonio con Frank, quién acepta al bebé como suyo. Se mudan a Boston con el fin de que Claire olvide todo lo ocurrido, aunque le resulta difícil y tienen varias discusiones. Tras el nacimiento de su hija deciden darse otra oportunidad como pareja.

Drums of Autumn Chapters 10 Week 6 “Consider River Run Yer Home” Summary: Down but not out, they dress in their best to meet Aunt Jocasta. River Run is a beautiful and large plantation. Jamie shares their woes. Ian and Rollo meet a scary skunk. They tour the turpentine works. A meeting takes place. There's a pitch explosion. An awkward luncheon ensues. Contracts are signed. The charade is explained. Three letters arrive. Young Ian is put into their keeping.   Inside the Chapter: Chapter 10 – Jocasta Cross Creek, North Carolina, June 1767 Cross Creek was a bustling town, and it smelled heavily of turpentine. The pitch, turpentine, and tar were used by the shipyards. The British Navy was a huge purchaser. Underneath the resinous scents, was another familiar odor, rum and perhaps other distilled spirits. His nose for such things was still in good order even though it had been twenty years since he worked for his cousin Jared in Paris (p174, Nook). Of course, Young Ian must take a deep breath to see if he can distinguish any other scents. No, he only smells turpentine. Jamie has a great concern he looks like the beggar he is as the time draws near at meeting Aunt Jocasta. Claire looks him over carefully. He looks tidy and appropriate except for the shoes. There hadn't been time to have any made. She notes the coat and waistcoat with sober pewter buttons made him look like a prosperous Quaker. She tells him he's beautiful. Young Ian, on the other hand, looked quite a grubby mess. Once his coat was brushed and hair combed, he looked a bit more suitable. He wants to know if Jamie's going to tell Aunt Jocasta about the pirates (p175, Nook). River Run was several miles up from Cross Creek, so Claire was able to tend to her cleanliness after ensuring the men were tidy. She had no choice but to put on the cream gown she wore to the dinner with the Governor. She thought it might be a bit fancy for daytime, but her other options were too grubby or threadbare. She tied her hair back and shined up her silver ring. She couldn't look at her left hand missing the gold ring. When her ablutions were complete, they were nearing the River Run dock.  A young boy was keeping watch and ran to announce their arrival. Claire was in awe of the grandeur of the grounds and house. She decided her dress was not too much at the sight of it. People were coming out of the house toward the boat, but Claire spotted Jocasta easily. She has the bold Viking face of the MacKenzies. She is tall and striking, with long white hair. She heard some of the young boys speaking Gaelic. Jamie steps up to Jocasta and simply says, “Aunt, it's Jamie.” Jamie had a look about him that tells Claire Jocasta must look like his mother, Ellen. Aunt Jocasta was touching him with tears in her eyes (p177, Nook). He introduces Claire. Her hand reminded Claire startlingly like Brianna's. Claire notes she smells like mint and verbena. Interestingly she felt like she “had come under the protection of some beneficent deity.” Do you get the idea that Jocasta will simply be charitable and kind? After introductions to Fergus and Young Ian, she calls for her butler, Ulysses to escort them back in for tea and food. The house was large and airy on the inside. It appears Hector Cameron must have been quite successful. They went into Jocasta's private parlor. It is a more intimate and homey space, but just as well furnished as the other rooms, they passed by. Jocasta is already seated. She offers them a dram of whisky. Hector had taken it in trade, but it became illegal for anyone but the Crown to sell spirits. They ended up with two hundred bottles. Jocasta toasts them hoping they'll find River Run home. Keep your eye out on this. Is she simply trying to be courteous? The whisky is very good. Claire enjoys the warming effects as it hits her belly. Jamie also relaxes a little. Jocasta mentions she'll have Ulysses write to Jenny to tell her of their safe arrival with Young Ian. Jamie takes this as the opening to tell her about the pirates and the problems with their finances because of it. She has the proper response to the tale and wants them to consider River Run their home (p180, Nook). Jamie is thankful for his aunt's reply but is also embarrassed. The house was furnished simply with everything beautiful and well made. Young Ian had been moving about the room touching objects to the annoyance of the butler, then he remarked on a painting (p181, Nook).  That is the third time she mentions she hopes River Run will be their home. Rollo becomes agitated. There's a skunk outside in the garden. Jamie and Young Ian's reactions are priceless (p182, Nook). Rollo had chased the skunk into view. Young Ian is not impressed there's anything dangerous about it. Before Claire could get Young Ian to call Rollo off, the skunk sprayed them. Claire heard Jocasta rise from her chair. She wants to know what is going on. Claire realizes Jocasta is blind. Jocasta handles the situation with utmost grace (p183, Nook). She is well humored and practical it seems. In the morning after being soaked in the river then scrubbed with tomato from the garden, Young Ian and Rollo sat at the far end of the table near the open door. Jocasta takes this in stride. Claire notices her remarkably nice teeth.  Jocasta suggests they take a ride “out to the turpentine works in the forest above River Run.” It will take the day to go out and return to the house. The plantation must be very large. She says the bees give a hot and fair report for the weather. Bees come up throughout the Outlander books. Fergus asks to borrow a horse to go into town to post a letter to Marsali in Jamaica. Jocasta mentions for a fourth time to consider River Run your home. In the short span of twelve or so hours, she has brought it up. I believe she has a plan. She is a MacKenzie after all. When Phaedre, Jocasta's body servant ties a cloth around Jocasta's eyes, Claire can't stop wondering what caused her blindness. She'd love to get a peek into her eyes. She can't help herself. She is a doctor. When they get to the stable, Claire expects they'll take a coach to the turpentine works, but Jocasta is planning to ride her horse alongside the rest of them. She asks Jamie to confirm the horse's leg is healthy. She had gotten spooked by a snake and injured herself. The Auntie has a plan. The horse groom tells the story of the snake and subsequent injury. Just like the young boys speaking Gaelic, his Aberdeen accent and verbiage are fascinating, though he's not Scottish (p185, Nook).   River Run IS a very large plantation; its longleaf pine forest covered a third of the colony. Tobacco, indigo, timber, pitch, and turpentine were among its production. It hosted its sawmill and river rights. The largest contractor of River Run was none other than the British Navy.  Jocasta explained all the businesses in great detail to Jamie as they rode. They came upon a turpentine tree, and she explains the processes of getting the sap out. One of her workers appears utilizing the help of a mule. Clarence the mule to be exact who brayed happily in greeting. If you haven't read past DOA yet, he has importance. The worker had been disfigured by a pitch explosion. Jocasta says he's lucky to be alive. They arrived at the sheds at the turpentine works. Three uniformed British Naval officers and another man were waiting for them (187, Nook).  This particular friend of Jocasta seems too happy and agreeable in meeting Jamie. He knows something odd is going on (p188, Nook). Jocasta says it's too hot for her to go back outside. She stays while the men conduct business. Claire heads out for a tour of the grounds. Claire takes in the processes. Turpentine is cooked down to pitch and takes many workers to accomplish it. It can be a dangerous undertaking. Claire looks back at the shed. The naval men, Campbell, and Jamie are all in deep discussion over the papers, while Jocasta stands in the corner listening intently (p190, Nook). Chaos erupts behind Claire. There's an underground explosion. Thankfully no one was hurt. Apparently, pitch explosions are commonplace.  It's a dangerous business. I wonder if this is a foreshadowing of something Claire is going to be doing in the future. Poor Jocasta was left in the shed without anyone giving her detail. Farquard steps in to explain all that has happened.  Jamie diffuses the awkwardness by pointing to lunch. Wolff needs to sign the contracts. Claire learned much about how the contracts work. She also learned that Wolff is bigoted against Scottish people (p193, Nook). Even after the younger ensign interrupts the horrid line of thought Wolff comments on Claire's beautiful, non-Scottish accent. Getting Wolff drunk on the good whisky is the way to his signature on the dotted line. Jamie was helping get the area cleaned up after the explosion. As another form of lubricating the deal, Jocasta has a second bottle of whisky put in the Lieutenant's saddlebag. Campbell puts the papers in front of the man to sign, and he does. Doesn't Wolff know you should never go shopping when inebriated?!   Jamie is worse for wear after helping re-order things after the explosion (p195, Nook). He doesn't care about being dirty; he wants to know what the heck is going on and why he was put into the position of business without consent. After a drink, the explanation gets down to business (9196, Nook). So this Wolff was spurned by Jocasta after Hector's death adding to the delicacy of the business matters (p197, Nook). Jamie wants to know what intent Farquard has toward Jo (p197, Nook). Jamie comes into play because the overseer is a drunkard and mismanaged the contracts once. The physical side of running the estate and business is difficult because she is sightless. Campbell shares a proverb that explains it deftly (p199, Nook). Farquard was going to help Jocasta, but Jamie's timely arrival had her come up with a better plan of action (p199, Nook). She hoodwinked him into helping her because she wasn't sure if he would agree with the deception. Cunning Auntie Jocasta is a MacKenzie through and through (p200, Nook). Jamie may have found his match in her. Fergus returns from town looking as if he's been up to no good. He met with some French fur traders he helped translate for, and they gave him a meal. When he was at the postmaster, there was an envelope waiting for Jamie. Three letters were inside. One from his sister and two others. He chooses to read brother-in-law Ian's letter first. Jenny's letter will require whisky. Claire sits next to Jamie to read it with him. He calls Jamie brother as the salutation. Jenny no longer wants to harm Jamie (p201, Nook). He tells of Lallybroch life and the hardships. He gives a word of his children and a new grandchild. Simon of Lovat visited them. He's looking for regimental recruits. He's making a name for himself in the Colonies. The grandchildren were so enamored with his stories they played Indians (Savages) and included some of the adults to act as the Highland Regiment. Scots were emigrating at epidemic numbers to the Colonies. The second letter from Ian was marked private and had a wax seal. This letter is not to be shared with the larger letter. He asks if Young Ian can stay with Claire and Jamie (p203, Nook). They are worried Young Ian will get pressed into military service. Poverty is rampant, and there's little hope for anything better in the Scottish Highlands. Even if it means serving the German usurper (p203, Nook). It's heartbreaking. He can say things to Jamie he doesn't want to verbalize to Jenny. He goes on to say the other boys Young Jamie, and Michael will not be tempted by a soldier's life, but undoubtedly Young Ian would with his adventurous spirit (p203, Nook). Jamie had been correct on how there is worry over Young Ian's future. The letter stopped and started. Ian writes of the look in Simon's eyes since Culloden. He fears for him. He goes on to say he has seen the same in Jamie's eyes and feared for his soul since Culloden (p204, Nook). He further states Simon's only link to humanity is the care he must take of his men. He closes his letter (p204, Nook). We don't often hear from Ian Murray like the some of the other characters. These two letters give great insight to him as a man, husband, father, friend. He's often the quiet behind the bold Jenny. He's a good man. He's a brother to Jamie. Jocasta proves she's a MacKenzie in her opening play. The woman is good. I'd say she's even dangerous. She clearly wants Jamie to “take over” the running of the estate. She has no heir or husband. I imagine she's a woman who nearly always gets what she wants. Claire doesn't have much to do with this chapter; she's the observer. I would love to be a fly on the wall when she and Jamie go to bed and talk. It looks like Young Ian is staying with Claire and Jamie. He'll be thrilled to pieces over the news.      What's Coming up? Chapter 11-12 Drums of Autumn (DOA). How can you participate? Send your comments to contact@adramofoutlander.com or call the listener line at 719-425-9444 by Friday of each week. If you're reading ahead, you can leave comments for any part of the book too. Join the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday nights at 6 pm PT/9pm ET using the hashtag #ADoO. Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. 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Drums of Autumn Chapters 8-9 Week 5 Of Promises and Pirates Summary: Jamie hates boats. Aunt Jocasta fancies Cameron men. Fergus fancies himself a landowner. Marsali prepares for the birth in Jamaica. Young Ian is not a scholar. Claire receives a tremendous anniversary gift. Jamie worried for Young Ian's future. They prepare to meet Aunt Jocasta. Claire reminisces. Pirates board. Bonnet lacks honor. Rollo is injured. Claire tries to swallow her pride and joy. The gems are gone. They survive the robbery. Tomorrow isn't solid, but home is where the heart is. Inside the Chapters: Chapter 8 – Man of Worth Jamie hates boats. Selling the Ruby afforded them to keep the horses and wagon. Duncan set off with the heavier goods by land with Myers as a guide. The rest were aboard the Sally and with Captain Freeman to Cross Creek. Sally Ann was not a large boat. The quarters are cramped, and it floated mere inches above the water line.  The waters of the Cape Fear are described as peaty brown.  Nonetheless, Claire is happy to be away from the Governor and his offer. Claire reminds us of Jamie's severe seasickness. It's his one true physical weakness. She offers the acupuncture needles. He declines and asks her to distract him with conversation instead. She asks about Aunt Jocasta. Jamie hasn't seen her since he was two. Jamie can't give a decent description of her. His mind wanders, wondering if Troklus needs help with the steerage of the boat. Though elderly, he seemed to know what he was doing without aid. Jamie doesn't like feeling useless and unable. He then gives the background he knows of Jocasta. She married Cameron of Erracht before his mother and father married. That husband died, and she married his cousin Black Hugh Cameron of Aberfeldy. When he died, she married Hector Mor Cameron of Loch Eilean. As Claire points out, she had quite a taste for Camerons. Jamie recalls the Camerons to be wordsmiths, specifically the one who was part of the Rising. They were still in the harbor, working to clear it. She recalls how she last slept upon Jamie's knee in a taproom during final preparations. He begins to massage her neck while telling the story of the Camerons. He moves to sit behind her (DOA, p132, Nook). Cameron had prepared himself for the disaster of Culloden. He escaped the battle, made it home, loaded all he could in a coach and fled to Edinburgh for a ship bound for North Carolina. They made it out of the Crown's pursuit. When Hector died, he was 73. Jocasta had not seen it necessary wed again, yet (DOA, p133, Nook). (6:00) The river travel was slow going. Young Ian let his annoyance known before going to speak to the Captain. Jamie tries to wink at Claire lewdly, but since he cannot wink…Young Ian butts back into the sexually charged conversation (DOA, p133, Nook). His teenage energy is driving Jamie bonkers. It was also very hot and sticky. Claire and Fergus talk. Fergus is thrilled at the idea of 50 acres to homestead. Claire is dubious about Fergus' ability to farm with only one hand and his background. He's keen to have a house built so he can send for Marsali and the baby. He left her in the protection of friends and his patron saint in Jamaica to birth their first child.  Claire wants to know if they will call the baby Dismas after the saint (DOA, p135, Nook).  She asks why he's not in Jamaica. He doesn't believe he would be of any help in Jamaica, with childbirth being woman's work. At Fergus pondering the dangers in this new place, and Jamie needing his help, they pass a corpse of a man hung on a stake. This is how pirates were dealt with if they couldn't be taken for hanging in the city. (11:00) The next sighting of interest is an alligator gliding into the water. The Governor had given Jamie the book, The Natural History of North Carolina. Fergus launches into a Lawrence Stern story (DOA, p138, Nook).  Leave it Fergus to discuss copulation in such a way. Poor Young Ian is stunned. (13:00) Cape Fear is a tidal river; the tide surge moved them along faster giving the freedman relief from the pole and reduced anxiety over the slow pace. Everyone relaxed into the rhythm of the boat moving swiftly. Jamie presents Claire with a present (DOA, p140, Nook). Claire is thrilled with the luxurious doctor's kit. Instruments, bottles, microscope. She's in clinical heaven. Turns out this amazing box and the clinical notebook was owned by a Dr. Daniel Rawlings. He never came back for them like he was supposed to. The woman he lodged with went to the sheriff, the justice, and the constable. No one could find him.  He disappeared the year prior. Claire remembers the doctor's bag she left in the 20th century (DOA, p142, Nook). Jamie found the box at the goldsmith's shop. He intended to buy her something else; then he saw this.  Claire thinks he was trying to make up for having to send money to Laoghaire (DOA, p.143, Nook).  He's a romantic and Claire has no idea what day it is. It's not been a year since she's been back. (19:00) Claire notices the plantations and the greenery as they ride the tidal surge. When the tidal surge ran out, they stopped and ate by the river, but slept on the boat because of the water moccasins (agkistrodon piscivorous), that like to snuggle with campers on the shore. In the morning, Claire awoke with Jamie drowsy and aroused behind her (DOA, p144, Nook). He means to take his time of it when they finally can get sexy time. Claire spent her time going over the clinical casebook, while Jamie tried to give Young Ian a Latin lessons. It wasn't going at all well. Young Ian was adept at mathematics, but not at languages like his uncle, who spoke several languages. Claire was thankful Dr. Rawlings preferred English to Latin in his clinical writings.  As she reads, she gives a proper diagnosis to a patient entry (DOA, p146, Nook). Jamie continues his frustrating lessons with Young Ian, while Claire reads further. The lessons reach a loud end with Jamie yelling at Young Ian and him back (DOA, p147, Nook). Claire peeks around the corner and is swiftly brought into the conversation by Jamie (DOA, p148, Nook). Jamie is concerned for Young Ian's future. He should be at the university. Young Ian says his father was fighting in France at his age. Jamie recounts joining Ian Murray four years later when he was outlawed. This would have been after his flogging by Black Jack Randall. They fought in Flanders with a Scottish regiment (DOA, p149, Nook). Young Ian has never been told tales of his father's time in France. He thinks his mother babies him. Though admittedly she'd skelp him if he went home at that moment. Jamie goes on to explain what his parents would want for him (DOA, p151, Nook). As always Young Ian pushes back and wants to know if Jamie did what his parents wanted him to do. Jamie puts him in his place while letting the boy off the hook (DOA, p151, Nook). Jamie takes his turn at the pole, but unlike Troklus or anyone else, he wouldn't take off his shirt. Instead, he takes off his breeks then ties his shirt between his legs. Jamie will not show the scars on his back openly. He flashes Claire a smile, hands her his breeks, and recites a poem (DOA, p151, Nook). A wee bawdy and getting the lessons across to young Ian.  Jamie is a man of worth in his choices and actions. He wants what's best for his nephew, but the boy has wanderlust and adventure is where his heart leads. He is also the baby in his family; his mother wants to hold him more tightly because of it. He terrifies her. Claire is well pleased to have Dr. Rawlings medical box and journal. She can treat more effectively and efficiently with the tools of her trade. We are seeing how their paths with form, by Fergus speaking of the land grant and Jamie providing this useful box. (31:00) Chapter 9 – Two-Thirds a Ghost Everything in the opening paragraphs of chapter 9 describes the landscape and processes as the alchemy of water and trapped sun with the heat soaking into the ground and water. Jamie comes alongside her. His brief touch causes sweat to erupt. The air is thick with moisture. Claire thinks it smells wonderful though, of all the green things and sun-warmed wood (DOA, p152, Nook). Rollo settles down next to them while Young Ian is learning how to cheat at cards. Jamie knows Ian is a young man and knows his own business, even if it might cause trouble or send him the devil's way. Claire thinks he listens to Jamie, but he's still with them and not in Scotland as he was meant to be Jamie reminds her. Near the narrowing river, an opossum with babies on her back appears, Jamie and Rollo both wonder if they can catch her.  Claire hands Jamie roasted peanuts to try. He likes them. He's amazed at how easily crops grow here. Claire isn't sure and reminds him of events to come (DOA, p155, Nook). Claire tries to convey it might be their fight if they stay in that region. The war is coming. She reflects on Jamie's age with thankfulness. He's still in his prime, but no longer young. He may be tempered now not to run off into every battle that presents. North Carolina is big, and perhaps they could find a place that could remain untouched by future events. Jamie cautiously thinks of Claire as a planter's lady (DOA, p156, Nook). Jamie worries he hasn't given Claire enough material goods. Brianna is enough for her. This is Brianna's country in her time. She's an American. Jamie is willing to fight if he can make it a better and safer place for her. Claire left the heirloom pearls with Brianna. All she needs is the silver wedding band (DOA, p157, Nook). I love how they return to the simple truths between them. The inscription inside her ring is part of the love song by Catullus. These moments continue to strengthen and bond them. He wants so much for her, and she needs so little. She only needs him.  I couldn't put my finger on why I dislike the ring in the TV show so much. As I podcast prep chapter 9 of Drums of Autumn the reason for my dislike hit me. The Catullus inscription reminds us of their connectedness and foundation. It's a reminder of their beginnings. There's no specific promise the ring or their relationship hangs upon, except their vows, what they are to each other. Therefore, this is why I dislike the ring in the show. It's not only unattractive to me; it holds brokenness as it's lasting meaning. Lallybroch was barely his to give her when they married. He was an outlaw and only laird in name. It was a promise of a home he couldn't return. Then once he signed it over to Young Jamie because of the Rising, the ring becomes a broken promise. He had no home or place to give her. He was no longer a laird. The key was to someone else's door. The inscribed Celtic ring from the book never alters with the passage of time or events. I know others see it as special because it's all Jamie had to give her.  (39:00) As they rest for the night, Claire contemplates the Highland notions of hospitality and kinship, the family line, and what Jocasta MacKenzie Cameron Cameron Cameron would be like. Jocasta was the baby of the five siblings. Claire, of course, had known Dougal and Colum quite well. She thinks Jocasta will be tall and maybe red-haired. Claire ponders what Jamie will say when asked about the last time he saw Dougal or Colum. Remember Jamie had killed Dougal in her defense before Culloden. Colum had died of his disease just before. She joined Jamie in sleep after remembering his ease of sleeping anywhere. (40:00) Claire wakes to them being boarded by pirates. Rollo tried to bite one of them. He was injured. Claire told one of the masked men she wanted to help the dog. He waved her on with his pistol. Rollo was conscious and whining. Claire found him to have a strong pulse. He's not seriously injured. Ian even has to hold him back from going after the pirates once more.  The leader of the pirates is none other than Stephen Bonnet (DOA, p161, Nook). Claire is hearing bottles breaking leaps up to go after her medicine box (DOA, p162, Nook). After being drug back on deck, the robber she'd hit pulled at her rings. She was reluctant, but Bonnet told her she must. She took off Frank's gold ring, but Jamie's silver ring was more difficult to release from her finger. Instead of handing them over, Claire decides to swallow the rings. Ouch! Going down and coming out will not feel pleasant. Jamie crushes Claire to the deck to protect her. Bonnet stops the other man from mortally harming either of them. Bonnet's version of debt repayment is a skewed and honorless one (DOA, p154, Nook). Bonnie came for the gems he'd heard about, and he also claimed one of her rings off the deck. Everyone scrambled to get things back in order after the men left. Claire likely had a concussion, as well as a few other cuts and bruises. Jamie is angry and according to Ian enough to do physical violence, though he doubted he would raise a hand to Claire. Claire made the situation worse by trying to swallow the rings and clubbing the robber on the head for messing with the doctor's box. She tended to Rollo with Ian's help. Her throat was sore; she had no idea which ring she maintained possession of.  In an unusual move, Jamie took off his shirt to help the freedman use a pole to move the boat. When they were sufficiently moving, Eutroclus took the pole from Jamie. (45:45) Jamie turns his attention to a nervous Claire. He means to help her dislodge the ring (DOA, p167, Nook). Every time I read this passage my guts roil, and I get nauseated.  His method worked, though Claire is none too happy with him (DOA, p168, Nook). Stephen Bonnet has Frank's ring. The deck is back in order, and Claire holds a cup of applejack near her face. She's unable to drink anything just yet but finds it comforting nonetheless. They had gone from potential riches to rags, and the only goods that remained were a bag of beans and her medicine box. Claire felt powerless like she was falling down a well having their circumstances and even future altered so swiftly and unexpectedly at the hands of Bonnet. Jamie must feel even worse. He was responsible for so many. He'd sent Laoghaire money, and she was far better off than they were now. What would Jamie do to Bonnet for this injustice? Jamie had allowed Bonnet to escape. He had helped him. Was Jamie concerned over the countless others that might be harmed by Bonnet being loose? Jamie thinks himself a fool, though Claire tries to say he was kind and is not to blame. Someone had told Bonnet of the gems they were trying to sell. Likely one of Lillington's servants. He apologizes for Claire losing her other ring. She tries to say it's okay but can't (DOA, p171, Nook). They stood without talking, the rain waiting to break over them. Her hand looked frail and pale without the ring, in Jamie's larger hand. Her hand the same as it ever was an instrument of healing, but different somehow without it. She lifted her ringed right hand and pressed it against her heart to reassure Jamie.  The rain began (DOA, p171, Nook). (51:30) Claire is momentarily comforted by what she still has. The safety and comfort of the silver ring and Jamie. How might she feel in the future? Remember back to the attack by the soldiers after they were wed and she had to kill a man. She felt okay at the time but later felt that Jamie didn't protect her. That he put her in a bad position. Will the loss of Frank's ring be brought up again? What else might it mean to her? She's an honorable and loyal woman. She never took Frank's ring off when she married Jamie. He mattered to her. She never took Jamie's ring off when she returned to Frank pregnant with Brianna. They represented all that was dear to her upon the instruments of her work. How with this effect Jamie in the future? What will he do to Bonnet? How will they arrive at Jocasta's? Will she accept them seeming like beggars? Will the loss of the gems and their lowered circumstances press Jamie to accept the Governor's offer of land even knowing what it means? These are pivotal chapters indeed. The title of this chapter leads me to think Stephen Bonnet is the one who's two-thirds a ghost. He should be dead. What's Coming up? Chapter 10 Drums of Autumn (DOA). How can you participate? Send your comments to contact@adramofoutlander.com or call the listener line at 719-425-9444 by Friday of each week. 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This week on Can I Just Say, Part 3 of our 4 part Outlander Series. Daphne is joined by Lauren Sarner and Barrie Hardymon to discuss Outlander episodes 307-310. And we are not gentlewomen.We can’t wait to get back to Lallybroch even though the reception is…… mixed?Then we hit the high seas in some very very familiar ships and learn that the 18th century version of millennials are consistently the best.Read Lauren’s interview with Nell Hudson hereRead Barrie’s article on Outlander Season 3 hereFind all of Lauren’s brilliant articles hereSupport us on Patreon for Black Sails commentary tracks, bonus episodes, and our undying love.Buy Elizabeth's Book or See Daphne's JewelryFollow us on Twitter! @JustSayPodcast and use the hashtag #CanIJustSayE-mail us at Podcast@CommonRoomRadio.comMusic - Me and Billy Barnum by Josh Woodward. Free download: www.joshwoodward.com

This week on Can I Just Say, Daphne is joined by Lauren Sarner and Barrie Hardymon to discuss Outlander episodes 307-310. And we are not gentlewomen. We can't wait to get back to Lallybroch even though the reception is...... mixed? Then we hit the high seas in some very very familiar ships and learn that the 18th century version of millennials are consistently the best.

Mariano (Tv Ate My Brain) joins me this week to talk about Claire and Jamie's return to Lallybroch, dealing with the ramifications of her relationship with Jenny, as lil Ian continues to idolize his Uncle Jamie and Auntie Claire. Twitter:@BookDreamer01 To support the show: Sign up for Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Tvmoviemistress paypal.me/TvMovieMistress Leave a 5 star review on iTunes & Stitcher. Itunes Link: https://t.co/eKbxTcDMrq Stitcher Podcast Link: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=59748 https://www.facebook.com/TV-Movie-Mistress-90185

First Wife 309 Written by Joy Blake Directed by Jennifer Getzinger I loved this episode. It could've gone sideways on so many levels, but delightfully did not. It's emotional, deep, funny, heartbreaking, hopeful, painful, connecting, and raw. The characters are spot on. The direction is beautiful. We meet favorites and a someone we'd rather forget. We see their hearts out in the wide open. This episode is near flawless.    Here's the outline to the podcast this week. I warn you, it IS a rather lengthy listen at 92 minutes. There is so much to cover I couldn't do it in any less time.  Enjoy! Starz Synopsis Claire returns to Lallybroch with Jamie, where she does not receive quite the reception she was expecting. Unbeknownst to her, Jamie's made some choices in their time apart which come back to haunt them with a vengeance. Key Players Claire, Jamie, Young Ian, Jenny, Ian, Young Janet, Laoghaire, Joan(ie), Marsali, and Ned Gowan. Key Scenarios Claire and Jamie bringing Young Ian home.  Claire returning after 20 years with no word in between.  Jamie repairing his relationship with Ian and Jenny.  Claire wanting to tell the truth to Jenny and Ian about who and what she is like they told Murtagh. Jamie's Secret Wife and the interruption of him about to tell Claire. Ian putting Jenny in her place.  Claire confronting Jenny about Laoghaire and their reparation. Laoghaire shooting Jamie while trying to shoot Claire. Young Ian bonding with Aunty Claire. Repairing the Laoghaire with Claire Dispatching of Laoghaire since marriage is invalid. NED GOWAN. The treasure to pay for the alimony Entrusting Jamie and Claire with Young Ian to go to get treasure and go to France with them. Claire having doubts over the realities of being back with Jamie. How hard it already has been. Jamie assuring her she is meant to be there. They are mated for life. Favorite Quotes from Episode (you need to listen to fdind out) Excellent direction, music, writing flowed well, it felt cohesive and not rushed, even though much ground was covered. A promising and marked improvement over the missteps in 307. Follow Outlander Medicine to get details on the surgery. What's to Come Jamie and Claire must figure out what ship he is on and where it is going to follow him and get him back. Hello South Africa Black Sails filming locale. Must tell his sister and Ian Young Ian was kidnapped. Must come up with money for Laoghaire and the girls. Yi Tien Cho and Fergus should show up in the next episode. When do we find out about Murtagh?  Their wild adventure officially begins. What's Coming up? Episode 309 The Doldrums How can you participate? To have your questions, comments for email or call in to the listener line after the show airs. Join the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday nights at 6pm PT/9pm ET to discuss the previous latest podcast chapters using the hashtag #ADoO. Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. The entire Outlander book series is written by Diana Gabaldon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook. All pictures are the property of Sony/Starz. Visit Outlander Starz on social media, like or follow: Twitter,Instagram,Facebook, and the official website.   Follow A Dram of Outlander Thank you for sharing posts, joining the discussions, and following this website or pages listed below!  Facebook,  Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, YouTube To financially support the podcast, go to my Patreon page. Call 719-425-9444 listener/reader line to leave your comments.

Creme de Menthe Written for Television By: Karen Campbell Directed By: Norma Bailey     Claire is back for just over 24 hours and all hell is breaking loose.  Listen to my podcast to get my in-depth thoughts! Welcome to the party pal back to safety of the 18th century Claire.  Claire's fighting for her life. The man is mostly dead, not dead. He's an exciseman working for Sir Percival. Jamie is at odds with Claire wanting to doctor him. The casks must be moved and sold. Bromancers young Ian and Fergus to the rescue. Two used car salesmen if I ever met any. The apothecary was totally 18th century hipster. There's a shakedown by Sir Percival and the One Eyed raven bad guy. The exciseman died even though Claire employed a truly vicious tool (trephine) to his skull. Call the cleaner from John Wick.  Young Ian and Fergus celebrate, and it's decided Young Ian is to lose his virginity that night. For no reason. Just' cause. She meets a fortune teller and his ill sister. ABANDAWE ABANDAWE ABANDAWE - Claire is given a vision by Margaret Campbell. Young Ian and the lass are getting busy in the back of the printshop.  Claire is melancholy and wants to move out of the brothel. Jamie is worried about the bottom dollar and it's rent free.  Ian is stunned to see Claire.  Ian Murray comes looking for his son. The runaway Jamie is harboring and putting to work. The bastard lies to Ian.  Ian gives Jamie some sage marital advice. Young Ian sends the lass away, he fights with the one eyes man.  The shop is lit on fire. The one-eyed man escapes, and Young Ian doesn't. Claire glares at Jamie.  He shouldn't be lying to his family. He's not his father. Stab, stab, stab.  Lies, meh whatevs Claire. You've lied too. Neener neener. Jamie gets fork tongued and a little nasty.  Claire assures him her marriage to Frank was not love and passion. FIRE FIRE FIRE in Carfax Close. Jamie does his Batman impersonation and goes in to rescue Young Ian. But first he must save the portrait of Willie. What about the photos of Brianna? HMMMMM He heroically jumps to the printshop floor, gathers up the boy, and climbs up Bonny to get out. The print shop is a total loss. Plans are made. Young Ian is to go back to Lallybroch. Fergus is to intercept the one-eyed man. WTAF Jamie has a wife. A WIFE.  Yi Tien Cho makes himself scarce. From the ashes will come a new life for Jamie and Claire.  And fade to black.  Snippy. Sullen. No kisses. Frustration. Who the hell are you anyway? Who do you think you are? Is this worth it?  What's Coming up? Episode 308 First Wife. How can you participate? To have your questions, comments for email or call in to the listener line after the show airs. Join the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday nights at 6pm PT/9pm ET to discuss the previous latest podcast chapters using the hashtag #ADoO. Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. The entire Outlander book series is written by Diana Gabaldon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook. All pictures are the property of Starz. Visit Outlander Starz on social media, like or follow: Twitter,Instagram,Facebook, and the official website. Follow A Dram of Outlander Thank you for sharing posts, joining the discussions, and following this website or pages listed below!  Facebook,  Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, YouTube To financially support the podcast, go to my Patreon page. Call 719-425-9444 listener/reader line to leave your comments.  

Of Lost Things Written for Television by: Toni Graphia Directed by: Brendan Maher This week's Outlander episode is brought to you by boxes of tissues and excellent tunes. Shout out to Bear McCreary the musical mastermind.  You must listen to the podcast to get my full thoughts and rantings.  Long story short, Jamie is protective of those he loves. He's willing to do what he must for their gain or to prevent their harm. He's a man of deep compassion and honor. When faced with blackmail and coercion, he rises the occasion. He wins the Dunsany's over when he saves their grandson. Jamie's a hero. His sense of normalcy and place, is shattered as the boy begins to resemble him. The man is given his leave and heads back to Lallybroch after 8 years serving his parole at Helwater. He adds the young Ellesmere, the son he cannot claim, to his list of lost things as the episode closes. He never expects to see the boy again. Lord John Grey and Lady Isobel are to be married. They will raise young William together. It's a beautiful friendship they have developed. Hopefully we will see John soon. Claire is at her end. Roadblocks since Ardsmuir, Jamie seems nowhere to be found. Brianna and Roger try to be uplifting and supportive, but she calls it quits, saying it's time to go home. Brianna and Roger share a kiss. The relationship is budding, but Brianna leaves with her mother. With they become more in time? There were a few misses with social status all but forgotten and that damned snake was just weird. Anyone remember the dragonlfy in amber paperweight Claire gave to Jamie at the stones in season 2?  This episode is full of bittersweet joy and sadness. It's life affirming, yet loss is great.  Will home be what it once was for Jamie or Claire? Can they go back? This is the gorgeous Bob Dillon cover that brought us all to tears. A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall What's Coming up? Season 3 Episode 5. How can you participate? To have your questions, comments for email or call in to the listener line after the show airs. Join the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday nights at 6pm PT/9pm ET to discuss the previous latest podcast chapters using the hashtag #ADoO. Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. The entire Outlander book series is written by Diana Gabaldon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook. Follow A Dram of Outlander Thank you for sharing posts, joining the discussions, and following this website or pages listed below!  Facebook,  Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, YouTube To financially support the podcast, go to my Patreon page. Call 719-425-9444 listener/reader line to leave your comments.  

Surrender  Directed by: Jennifer Getzinger Written by: Anne Kenney Podcast Episode 101   That's a whole lot of storytelling to digest. Anne Kenney did an amazing job with the material given, but it definitely felt like too much for one episode. I wanted it to slow down to a more comfortable pacing. Overall, I liked it. There was a good flow to it. The direction was thoughtful as well. Here are my basic thoughts on Jamie, Claire, and Frank. To get my deep thoughts and ideas, you'll need to listen to the podcast.  It's 1752 at Lallybroch. Six years since the Battle of Culloden.  Jamie Fraser, aka Dunbonnet and Red Jamie, showed us a desolate, purposeless, and wounded man. He was emotionally isolated and barely spoke when he was amongst the family. He was a ghost of a man, until he again found a purpose to live for. He looked dirty and without care for his own comforts or needs. Jamie's relaxed posture when Mary McNab shaved him was a subtle beauty. When he shed a tear as she gifted him with wholeness the night before he left for prison, was gut wrenching. Sam Heughan can convey emotion without much speech or overacting.   I wanted to know more about his time in the cave though. I wanted to see him dream of Claire, as she did of him to give layers to his desolation. I want to know why he wore his hair down underneath the brown hat.   Claire is trying her best to re-integrate into married life with Frank and to mothering Brianna. She's also desolated and emotionally isolated. She thinks she can be one place in her mind and heart, while going through the motions in real life. She cannot. At one point, she wakes Frank to have sex with him saying, "I miss my husband." That is top level cold right there. I am dumbfounded they would write that depth of disconnect into Claire. That was downright mean. She thinks Frank won't notice her lack of intimacy while he is connected to her body, ultimately her internal betrayal sinks Frank's ability to be close to her. It is awful to watch play out. I don't like to think of Claire as so selfish. Hurt, grieving, acting out...sure, but cold like this, it's too much. In the end, being a stay-at-home mother and wife isn't enough and she enrolls in medical school. On her first day, she meets her soon to be BFF Joe Abernathy.  The heavy handed play of her being a feminist is over the top. Claire goes to medical school because she must. It's not to further a feminist agenda. She can't not be a doctor. She finds her deeper purpose there.  Frank Randall is a good man who keeps hoping Claire will open to him and be his honest to goodness wife. He loves her. He wants her. After the dinner party, the jig is up. He knows for sure she is thinking of Jamie while giving her body to him. It's too much. Something broke revealing that truth. He chose to stay. I feel so terrible for him.  I wanted to see more of their everyday interaction to reveal what type of husband he was overall. what were his expectations of home and hearth? I think it's a missed opportunity to flesh him out more than Claire being a cold bi*ch to nice guy Frank.  The shot panning back from their twin beds was an absolute acknowledgement of the type of relationship they moved into, after that fateful night.  Jamie surrendered in a literal sense to the British, for the betterment of his family. He went from one prison to another to serve a greater purpose.  Claire surrendered to her different life, different marriage, and found purpose in going back to medical school. She found a lifeline.  Frank surrendered to being a father to the only child he would ever call his own, and to be a husband in a loveless marriage. All pictures are the property of Starz. Visit Outlander Starz on social media, like or follow: Twitter,Instagram,Facebook, and the official website. What's Coming up? Season 3 Episode 3. How can you participate? To have your questions, comments for email or call in to the listener line after the show airs. Join the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday nights at 6pm PT/9pm ET to discuss the previous latest podcast chapters using the hashtag #ADoO. Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. The entire Outlander book series is written by Diana Gabaldon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook. Follow A Dram of Outlander Thank you for sharing posts, joining the discussions, and following this website or pages listed below!  Facebook,  Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, YouTube To financially support the podcast, go to my Patreon page. Call 719-425-9444 listener/reader line to leave your comments.    

Voyager Chapters 27-53 Overview Part 2 It's ON! Jamie had to save Young Ian from the burning printshop. It turns out, someone is after Jamie and trying to connect his legit work with his smuggling life.  With Edinburgh being unsafe, it's decided they will head to Lallybroch to return Young Ian after picking up a shipment of smuggled goods from a ship in Arbroath. That plan goes haywire too when excise men appear at the meeting site. Jamie and his smuggling crew het away, but they find a hung exciseman on their exit. This means whoever is after Jamie is trying to frame him for murder, as well as, smuggling, and creating seditious materials. Someone means SERIOUS business.  They continue to Lallybroch. All seems well after smoothing out Young Ian's return and coming up with a fit punishment for uncle and nephew. Claire is reunited a little coolly with Jenny Murray, Jamie's sister.  This is about the only place Claire has ever felt like home. She's so happy to be back. A wonderful night spent in Jamie's arms, until morning comes and three riders could be seen coming onto the property. Claire and Jamie are getting in some pre-breakfast lovin', when a ferocious knock at the door and entry into the room shockingly break the mood. A young woman takes in the scene and asks Jamie, "Daddy! WHO is THAT woman?" This is Claire's worst nightmare...Jamie has a family. He has a wife and children. Jamie's face turns white, the same shade as Claire's thighs. He gets dressed and follows the young woman downstairs, leaving Claire to stew. She gets dressed and fumes with rage.  When he returns, they have an all-out knockdown, drag out, row. We learn the young woman is Marsali, Laoghaire's daughter. Laoghaire is Jamie's wife. Jenny breaks up the fight, sends Jamie away, and tends to Claire.  Claire leaves without saying goodbye to Jamie. She plans on going back to the stones. She is devastated to her core.  Before she can get back to the stones, young Ian catches her up and says Uncle Jamie is dying. Reluctantly, Claire returns to treat him. She hits him up with penicillin multiple times and he survives. They work out their problems, and get Jamie properly divorced. They need money to pay off the fees he owes Laoghaire for the divorce. They plan to use a gem from the Seal Island box he found back when he was at Ardsmuir. The plan goes awry and they must go after the Bruja who took the gems and young Ian. To sea they go. Seasickness. Sharks. Pirates. Turtle Soup. A man o' war. Separation. Typhoid. Storms. All this, before they both end up on Hispaniola. Claire meets Lawrence Stern and Father Fogden. Jamie pretends to be a French Captain. Then they are reunited. Fergus and Marsali are married in a fantastic midnight wedding by the inebriated and nutty Father Fogden.  They get a lead on Young Ian after Claire accidentally must buy a slave after starting a melee at the slave market.  That is certainly an enormous amount of adventure! What's Coming up? Voyager roundup chapters 54 to the end and the current S3 news. We're counting down to the September 10th Season 3 premiere of Outlander. How can you participate? To have your questions, comments for the regular read along, email or call in to the listener line by Thursday. Join the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday nights at 6pm PT/9pm ET to discuss the previous latest podcast chapters using the hashtag #ADoO.  Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. The entire Outlander book series is written by Diana Gabaldon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook All photos are wiki, please click on photo for attribution. Follow A Dram of Outlander Thank you for sharing posts, joining the discussions, and following this website or pages listed below!  Facebook,  Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ To financially support the podcast, go to my Patreon page. Call 719-425-9444 listener/reader line to leave your comments.

Season 1 Episode 13: The Watch The Watch comes to Lallybroch on the drama train. A&W discuss book and show comparisons, what they liked and didn’t like about the new storyline, and how it was Jamie’s turn to just keep quiet.

Voyager Chapters 1-26 Overview Jamie wakes up on the moor of Culloden thinking he is dead, but he is not. He survives only to be secretly sent back to Lallybroch by Lord Melton to honor a family debt. For seven years Jamie lived in the cave as Dubonnet to avoid the English soldiers. After a close call, he decides to have himself turned in for the reward. Off to Ardsmuir he goes where he becomes the chief of the Jacobite prisoners. The incoming Governor is none other than Lord John Grey arriving under scandal for a cooling off period away from society. John is forced to ask Jamie to help him. He does and keeps the spirit of the agreement while running away to seal island to find out if there are clues of Claire. From there they resume the weekly meals to go over the needs of the Highland men, play chess, and chat about cultured things.  John makes a grave error and Jamie takes drastic measures. Back in 1968, Claire, Roger, and Brianna are searching high and low for Jamie. He is found as the legend of the Dubonnet, then on a prison roll. Continuing they find an A. Malcolm printer who's writing matches that of Jamie's on the deed of sasine.  It's a go for Claire. Preparations complete, Roger and Brianna send her back to through the stones on Samhain.  Claire makes the journey from Inverness to Edinburgh, finally finding her way to Carfax Close.  There she enters the printshop. She scares Jamie into a faint when he realizes she is real. The reunion is sweet, tender, awkward, and too short. They are off on a misadventure, retrieving an associate Mr. Willoughby from the World's End. Such a raucous occurs they must flee down the backstreets to the safekeeping of a brothel. Jamie has a standing room and is friendly with Mme. Jeanne the proprietor. Claire is suspicious until she learns the nature of their relationship.  They share a wonderful reunion of flesh and soul. The morning comes and it's a free for all of people coming and going. Claire has no clothes, so it's a tad bit unusual. She ventures out wrapped in a quilt to find a dress and food. Brunching with the whores, her appetite is sated. Madame Jeanne is none too pleased to find her in the company of the working girls.  Another misadventure awaits before Jamie returns. Fergus, Willoughby, and an exciseman are involved. It ends badly. Jamie is a printer AND a smuggler, and who knows what else at this point. They have A LOT of catching up to do. What's Coming up? A Voyager roundup chapters 26-roughly 50 counting down to the September 10th Season 3 premiere of Outlander. How can you participate? To have your questions, comments for the regular read along, email or call in to the listener line by Thursday. Join the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday nights at 6pm PT/9pm ET to discuss the previous latest podcast chapters using the hashtag #ADoO.  Comments or messages may be included in the podcast or a written post. The entire Outlander book series is written by Diana Gabaldon. You can find her on Twitter and Facebook   Follow A Dram of Outlander Thank you for sharing posts, joining the discussions, and following this website or pages listed below!  Facebook,  Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ To financially support the podcast, go to my Patreon page. Call 719-425-9444 listener/reader line to leave your comments.

Hey guys! It’s episode 41 of The Totally Normal podcast, and the 4th edition of our live hangout, In the Waterweeds where we get deep …. so deep … in the slippery waterweeds of Diana Gabaldon’s third outlander novel Voyager. This time we are getting ever so super romantical with the big event of Voyager - the reunion between Jamie and Claire in A. Malcolm Printer’s print shop. We have thoughts about Willoughby, Jamie’s forthrightness, the plethora of hijinks and of course … reunion sex. Join Beth, with Bekah, Courtney, and Karen as we navigate these tangly waterweeds. (We've officially grossed ourselves out with that innuendo.) Also, join us next time on Feb 27th at the same Totally Normal time - that’s 10pmEST/7PT - LIVE for the next edition of In the Waterweeds on Part VII of Voyager  - back to Lallybroch.   We’ll have much more to talk about, including the newest Outlander news - the season 3 premiere happening in SEPTEMBER of 2017. Yikes. Thanks so much for listening, everyone! Subscribe and enjoy!  Follow our Outlander Coverage online and Join our chat on TN's Boozy Book Club on Goodreads!  

The Watch comes to Lallybroch, Jenny gives birth, and Ian gets his groove back.  

We meet Jenny, we see pecker, and we can't go home again

Temporada: 2 Episodio: 9 Título Original: Je Suis Prest Título Español: Je Suis Prest Director: Philip John Escritor: Matthew B. Roberts Sinopsis: Claire y Jamie se reúnen con sus hombres y a ellos se les unen Angus, Rupert y Dougal quienes por su cuenta han decidido unirse a la causa. En los días siguientes, Jamie y Murtagh se dedican a enseñar a los hombres de Lovat y de Lallybroch a ser verdaderos soldados. Por este motivo, al verlos entrenar y pelear, Claire comienza a tener flashbacks de sus experiencias traumáticas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Jamie le promete que pase lo que pase siempre se asegurará de que ella estará a salvo y que nunca estará sola. Días después, Jamie toma finalmente su lugar como jefe guerrero y hace que Dougal quede subordinado a sus órdenes. Una noche aparece en el campamento un jovencísimo Lord John y atenta contra la vida de Jamie. Este lo tortura hasta lograr que les confiese información valiosa sobre el campamento de los ingleses. Jamie y sus hombres aprovechan esta información para hacer una incursión nocturna en el campamento ingles e inhabilitar sus cañones. Luego de este éxito, Jamie decide que sus hombres están listos y marchan al encuentro del príncipe Carlos Temporada: 2 Episodio: 10 Título Original: Prestonpans Título Español: Prestonpans Director: Philip John Escritor: Ire Steven Behr Sinopsis: Jamie y el ejército jacobita se disponen a librar su primera batalla contra los británicos en Prestonpans. Junto con el príncipe Carlos, Lord George Murray y O´Sullivan estudian la mejor manera de sorprender a los ingleses, pues la ciénaga que los separa parece un obstáculo insalvable. Gracias a la ayuda de Richard Anderson, el hijo de un propietario de la zona que conoce el terreno como la palma de su mano, consiguen sortear el pantano que separa a ambos ejércitos y los escoceses atacan a los británicos, totalmente desprevenidos, a través de la niebla. La batalla es muy cruenta pero los Highlanders salen victoriosos, tal como predijo Claire, pero Rupert resulta malherido y cincuenta Highlanders son abatidos en el campo de batalla. Angus, que en apariencia está bien, aunque algo aturdido por la explosión de un cañón, muere a causa de sus graves heridas internas.

Temporada: 2 Episodio: 7 Título Original: Faith Título Español: Fé Director: Metin Hüseyin Escritor: Toni Graphia Sinopsis: Jamie ha faltado a la promesa que le había hecho a Claire. Claire se debate entra la vida y la muerte en el Hospital des Anges, donde es trasladada y pierde al bebé, al que la Madre Hildegarde llama Faith. Mientras tanto, Jamie es encarcelado en La Bastilla por haber infringido una orden directa del Rey Luis XV. Al enterarse Claire de la verdadera razón por la que Jamie rompió su promesa, y una vez recuperada del aborto, acude al rey para pedir la liberación de su marido. Pero antes, el rey solicita a Claire que haga de juez, ejerciendo de Dama Blanca, ante el Conde de Saint Germain y el Maestro Raymond, ambos acusados de artes oscuras. Finalmente, el rey concede el perdón de Jamie con la premisa de que ambos deberán volver a Escocia. Temporada: 2 Episodio: 8 Título Original: The Fox's Lair Título Español: La madriguera del Zorro Director: Mike Barker Escritor: Anne Kenney Sinopsis: Jamie y Claire regresan a Escocia y a su hogar en Lallybroch donde esperan encontrar la paz luego de todo lo vivido en París. Todo parece perfecto hasta que llega una carta, con el sello del príncipe Carlos Estuardo, en la que aparece el nombre de Jamie como aliado de los Estuardo, por lo que se ve obligado a apoyar la rebelión jacobita y nuevamente es un traidor ante la corona inglesa. Jamie y Claire, por orden de Carlos buscan la ayuda militar de su abuelo, Simon Lovat por lo que parten hacia Beaufort de inmediato. Allí encuentran a Colum, que quiere pactar la neutralidad de ambos clanes junto con Lord Lovat. Junto a Colum también llega Laoghaire que pide perdón a Claire por haberla implicado en el caso por brujería y quiere que la ayude a ganarse el perdón de Jamie. Jamie le dice a su abuelo que Claire es una Dama Blanca tanto para protegerla como para intentarlo convencer de que apoye la causa jacobita. Este le ofrece su apoyo a cambio de las tierra de Lallybroch. Más tarde Claire le pide ayuda a Laoghaire para manipular al Joven Zorro para que los apoye en su causa. Gracias a una afortunada intervención de Claire, Jamie no firma el pacto con su abuelo. Al final el viejo Zorro se sale con la suya y logra hacer ver que el Clan Fraser de Lovat participa por cuenta propia de su hijo mientras que el permanece fiel a la corona mediante el pacto que firma con Colum.

OUTLANDER Episodio 13 "La Guardia" La Guardia llega a Lallybroch. Esperan a otro hombre, Horrocks, un desertor inglés, que chantajea a Jamie con revelar que es un proscrito. El parto de Jenny es inminente y Claire debe ayudarla. Mientras, el líder de la Guardia convence a Jamie e Ian que se unan a ellos en una emboscada con fatales consecuencias. Episodio 14 "La búsqueda" Claire y Jenny emprenden la búsqueda para rescatar a Jamie de los soldados británicos. Murtagh se une a las mujeres y Jenny puede regresar a su casa con su bebé recién nacida. Claire y Murtagh elaboran un plan poco ortodoxo para intentar encontrar a Jamie. Se enteran por Dougal que los ingleses se han llevado a Jamie a la Prisión de Wentworth.

OUTLANDER Episodio 11 "La marca del diablo" Claire y Geillis son acusadas de brujería y llevadas a juicio en Cranesmuir??. Ned Gowan actúa en su defensa y varios testigos las acusan abiertamente. Jamie llega en el último momento y consigue rescatar a Claire, quien se ha enterado del secreto de Geillis. Claire le cuenta a Jamie su historia de viajes en el tiempo. Él la cree y la lleva a Craigh na Dun para que regrese a su época. Episodio 12 "Lallybroch" Jamie lleva a Claire a su casa de Lallybroch, donde choca con el fuerte temperamento de su hermana Jenny. Asumiendo su papel como laird es reprendido por Claire respecto a la manera en que está actuando con su familia. Jamie y su hermana curarán viejas heridas del pasado.

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Mary and Blake discuss The Devil’s Mark and Lallybroch with Mike Barker, the director of each episode.  In this interview you’ll learn all about: how he came aboard Outlander, making the courtroom a lively experience, the process of putting together an episode of Outlander, how Mike and Toni Graphia acted out all of the scenes […] The post Outlander Cast Chats w/ Outlander Director: Mike Barker – Episode 26 appeared first on Outlander Cast.

This week, Claire Gendel and Alicia Lutes talk about "Lallybroch," the twelfth episode of 'Outlander' on Starz. They discuss the Fraser's history, their relationship with Black Jack Randall and coming to terms with their father's death. 

In this episode, we discuss recent announcements and 'Outlander' Episode 112 “Lallybroch.”

Hosts Mary and Blake discuss the twelfth episode of Outlander entitled, “Lallybroch.”  In this episode, you’ll learn all about: how listeners call out Blake on his crap, why the listener reaction truly surprised us, why this is the decanting episode, why we’re into the twig and berries, taking a breather is good, LJR, Blake’s real […] The post Outlander Cast: Lallybroch – Episode 22 appeared first on Outlander Cast.

In this episode, we discuss recent announcements and Episode 102 “Castle Leoch.” Correction: The flogging/whipping that took place in episode 2 at Lallybroch was not the first flogging that Jamie receives in a week. Both of those take place at Fort William.