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I enjoyed this show but I agree that the mystery was mediocre. Of the family, I liked Greer and Will. For all her uptightness, she’s the only one with a lick of sense. And I agreed with her in episode one that Amelia should not be wandering around in her bra. But that hair color was an atrocity. I really thought a final reveal would be that Abby was pregnant with Tag’s child.

If I recall correctly, there were some Camerons that tried to raid our friends right after the Jamie / Claire wedding, so I wonder if Rob is trying to settle the score with the McKs. Or perhaps he is trying to save Geillis. Or maybe he is going to France to ensure his ex’s family doesn’t become rich. Maybe they made their wealth by selling supplies to the “Americans”.

I guessed that Jemmy would travel back but thought Rob would take the boys to the tunnel for a fun, secret outing and lose Jemmy that way. I wonder how far back in time he’s trying to go? I had assumed to some time before he got divorced but I guess it has to be the 18th century. I like how Buck now has Roger’s back and told him about the hot-eye. I think I’m going to use that expression in real life. Glad William got acquainted with the reality of war—it’s not all honor and victory. It should make him wiser going forward.

I liked the reference to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. That Cameron guy seems creepy. Poorly executed return of that Buck MacKenzie guy. Really enjoyed history class

Fugue is my favorite! All the opera!

Good for Brianna for besting those jerks of colleagues and putting them in the Eid place. That one guy who wouldn’t drink with her will be a problem. Rachel is a bit of a flirt— Ian and William! Brianna and Roger are idiots for not immediately reading all the letters. That creepy tunnel is clearly how the guy hanging around Lallybroch came through time. No idea who it could be, though. little Ian James is a cutie! We now have a target for Bug.

I thought it was because she had BJR and the time period on her mind due to conversation with Frank and Rev Wakefield

Re pining for Joan: Rewatching Morse after years of Endeavour. I always thought…

The man Thursday killed had not raped and murdered anyone and was poor Big Pete who had suffered and grown up the tough way. However, based on the what they showed it looked like manslaughter not murder— and maybe even self defense.

This really made me mad. I thought Jamie would do something unselfish with it, but him keeping it was not better than the Bugs doing so

A slow paced but good episode. We called it on Allan, but I would have preferred it if Malva was a willing participant vs. a molested little sister. I am glad that chapter is over… How has William grown up when no one else has aged a say? The youthful looks of Jamie and Lord John are jarring. Also, he should look more like Jamie. Poor little Amanda. Glad they made the choice to go to the future rather than Claire miraculously operate. Disney product placement! I can’t believe they went every year! I guess the Randalls were wealthy! Scenes with meeting baby Amanda and the goodbyes were all well done. I don’t know why everyone here seems to hate the Brianna actress—I think she has done a good job. So now we have the fire. I hope all of our friends survive. But have the Bugs been stealing? That would be sad. But if the Fraser’s hold them accountable they could reveal where a certain body is. i don’t recall any mention of Brown. I guess it will come up later

Great episode. Finally, I have some must watch TV again. I liked that they resolved the Claire prison issue. I don’t think Christie killed his daughter. I think it will be revealed to be Allan later. I also noticed he avoided the question of the baby’s father (also Allan IMO). Laughed when they embraced and the guard said “That is not permitted.” It reminded me of “No touching!” from Arrested Development. New characters that I hope we will see again are Sadie for comic relief and Governor and his wife. I really enjoyed the debate between Bree and Roger. When do you stand up for others and when do you protect yourself? I honestly don’t know what I would do if put in that difficult situation. I completely got each of their positions on the topic, which is what made it compelling. Even from the beginning, Bree plunged fearlessly and recklessly into the past to save her parents. Not sure Roger would have done that, even for reverend Wakefield.

Since it’s unclear if most people have seen the season 3/series finale I will put my thoughts in spoiler mode.

In my mind, at the end Robbie comes back and they finally have a happy and healthy relationship. But the end seemed unfinished—I assume this was a Covid issue. They were working up to a murder reveal by Cheryl— which I assumed would be the cause of Robbie coming back. Additionally, what happened to the long lost son Gary. Was he even mentioned in the last few episodes? He was a huge part of season 3 However, overall great show.

Assuming there is a second season, he may think about the timing. It was a very rough day after all… The sad thing is that he has turned out to be a great dad and Annika often relies on him as a sounding board and advisor on parenting. Michael is introduced in the first episode as the diver of the team.