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Of course she does. She goes the library, selects a microfiche of something that clearly existed in the timeframe she needs with the qualities she needed and then she goes to there and places the ad. Of course, she would then have to check the microfiched version to check and see if she made it and then everything goes to hell. The technology was well and available and had been for a century by 1968.

Oh that's a good one. I thought the OP I replied to (I don't know if that was you) meant they would speculate about Geillis, not just the bones in general and I couldn't figure out how they'd get there.

Really? Where? I haven't seen any questions about a woman being murdered that they don't know dies anywhere? Nor have I seen any questions about her being psychic. I'd love to see these discussions as well, they must be pretty funny :)

She was marginally less dreadful this time around. But yes he's going to have to carry it until or if she gets it together. I too have absolutely no idea why they didn't just hire an American. I am certain there was an American actor who would have looked more like Sam and been better than Sophie struggling with the material and accent.

I remember the other guys, but only by name, not details. The whole thing wasn't really very much covered at all beyond "There was a warning and the colonists kicked ass." I think you're right about where you grew up. I grew up in Michigan - I can tell you all kinds of things about the French and Indian war - from the French side - but the specifics of the War for Independence? Notsomuch. Most of the streets and places in my hometown had French or Indian names - no British at all.

Or how about "Look for an ad in the personals section saying that I am well of the XXXX newspaper for details about whether or not I made it and if I found him." Or "I will write a diary and self-publish it." Of course the minute you do that, then you start messing with things and perhaps everyone goes *poof* in a probabilities bubble.

It's only because of the books that anyone knows. They won't even think twice about it.

Not really a podcast, but from the script annotation for episode 4: I really do not understand Sophie...

Yes, but the point being that the writers of the TV show had to somehow give the same bit of hint that you got in the books. Precisely because I have read the books, I was able to identify the hint.

When John is telling Jamie about Hector's death he makes mention that Hal drags him away out of embarrassment at John's display of more than friendly grief. It seemed obvious to me, but perhaps that's due to the fact that I have read the books.

Book Hal knows as well I do believe. The kiss would have been good, but I love that they left Jamie's horrified reaction that John was going to marry Isobel and sentence her to a fully sexless marriage.

Can I *please* have an episode that doesn't end up with my face all wet? Thanks. Well done given the condensation of timelines and whatnot. Sophie continues to drag everyone around her down - I tend to find Cat a fine actor, but she just doesn't work well with Sophie. Interestingly, when she's not talking, she's much better. So maybe the people up above saying that she's concentrating so hard on being American that it's destroying any ability she has to act are onto something. David Berry is a shining gift to this cast. And wee Willie! In all forms! Awwww. Sam needs many, many awards and a very long career. That will be all.

Having read the books, I would say it's almost a third a Brianna story. One I rather like actually.

Yes, and I've read the books and was considering letting it go knowing how much Brianna is to come. Edit: Also, the suck apparently made it feel like forever.

She's terrible in every scene. In a show that has it's casting as strong as Outlander, she sticks out like two sore thumbs and a sore bum while we're at it. That girl is BAD. She's so bad, I wish they'd recast her RIGHT NOW. I wouldn't mind at all. I very nearly stopped watching last season because she is so terrible she pulls me out of the story in every way. Hell, she even manages to drag down every superb actor she works with making them awkward. She's a vortex of suck. I have absolutely no idea how they made such an obvious misstep. (I'm sure Sophie herself is a very lovely girl, but perhaps she should go to accounting school or something.)

He didn't. He got Claire's reservation times messed up and thought they were an hour earlier - the girlfriend was intended to arrive and pick him up to go somewhere long after everyone had cleared out.

Duncan eventually betrays Jamie RE: the gold does he not? Murtagh will never, ever do so. I was sad when Frank died in the books - he'd been ready to finally start a life on his own and then...poof. Dead. But Tobias really brought it and utterly broke my heart for Frank. I never saw him as a cad in the books and never understood people's investiture in making him into one. Edit: I'm looking forward to an episode that DOESN'T leave me in tears at some point. FFS.

Christ Jesus. This entire episode was just gut wrenching.

People were, on average, much thinner then. Food was healthier, less available, and generally something to be saved for hard times combined with much greater amounts of manual labor in simple daily life. Today's people, particularly Americans, are grossly overweight in general. We've just recently had to come up with a category PAST "morbidly obese" so the medical community could adequately communicate about their patients for heaven's sake.

I read the books after the first season specifically because I was horrified and wanted to be sure she made it home to Frank... I felt awful for them...

He's not her parent. In fact, they barely lived together a couple of years, no?

So my friend pointed out that the entire Fellowship of the Wight is unnecessary. Simply take a PoW or criminal sentenced to death north. Put him in a cage. Perform the necessary execution and wait overnight for him to wight-ify. Take him back south. In and out in 24 hours or less.

I think it's not working, in any way, for me because what, in their...2nd or 3rd scene together, she was already starting with the moon eyes? Each scene had been them spending approximately...30-45 minutes together over the course of several weeks? With Drogo, you saw her sale, captivity, slow integration into the Dothraki way of life, mutual attraction, love, and respect develop over a significant period of time with her and Drogo. The screen time made it believable. I don't believe a damn thing about Dany and Jon. It's just bad. Really not satisfying.

She grew up thinking she'd marry Viserys. The Targaryans married brother to sister all the time. There's no ick factor there in her mind, even once she finds out.

For the sake of book Jaime only, I will be sorely disappointed if that's the end of him.