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  1. Yes, thank you. Maybe it's just me, but I'm seeing a stark change in how Jamie's emotions are portrayed in seasons 5 and 6, and now that I think about it, it really goes back to the latter half of season 3. Maybe the writers, showrunner, directors and/or Sam are trying to show older Jamie as more measured, and less impulsive with his reactions, which is not a bad thing. But... it's not consistent with previous moments of high emotion, like Murtagh's death or the First Wife fight with Claire. In 512 and these past 2 episodes I've expected utter devastation from Jamie, since these events directly involved Claire. Showing heightened emotion doen't have to be melodramatic with a raised voice or flailing arms or wailing. In 606, it could have been demonstrated by a disheveled appearance from keeping a bedside vigil (more facial stubble, undereye circles from lack of sleep, untied stock or waistcoat, strands of hair escaping its ribbon, etc) but instead he was dressed impeccably with no hair out of place the entire episode. The monotone of his voice in 512 when he was preparing to rescue Claire from the Browns, the discussion with Claire in the barn, and now Claire's breakdown....Jamie seemed so emotionally distant (for lack of a better word). At the end of Claire's breakdown, I just wanted to give the woman a bone-crushing hug and not a hug that looks like I don't want to get my shirt wet from her tears. Many here like the more reserved Jamie and I wish I did, but I just needed more from him. Thanks for this discussion y'all.
  2. Caitriona Balfe, bravo! Her tears, her chin, her trembling hands, her begging Jamie not to die. I'm unwell.
  3. Agree with your unpopular opinion! I've been with the unpopulars for a while now. It's all good. We have snacks. ☺️
  4. Agree that Jamie would be absolutely devastated. In my mind he wouldn't blame Claire for encouraging it (at least I hope he doesn't).
  5. It's been quite a while since I've watched 409, but don't Jamie and Claire have a conversation in that ep about Bree going back to her time? If I'm recalling correctly, and I may not be since I have long forgotten S4, Jamie makes a comment that makes me think he's always assumed Bree was not staying in the 18C permanently??? With that info sitting in the back of my mind, I don't think the idea of B/R/J leaving would be unexpected for Jamie and he would understand & agree with Claire's stance on this. Although it would be much more difficult now that he & Claire have spent so much time together as a family and enjoyed life with a grandson.
  6. Regarding this point, we most definitely agree!
  7. Curious why Jamie couldn't come to Claire first? "Sassenach, can we talk?" Doesn't sound that hard to me. She didn't just shut out Jamie, but Ian too. If others had been traveling with them, she'd have given them the cold shoulder as well. Jamie and Ian were the only ones around her, and she enclosed herself in her grief and worry for Bree and Roger. If Jamie is this emotionally intelligent progressive man, he could have approached her just like Ian did. Does it ring true for Jamie to shut out Claire? She was in obvious pain too, and assumes he's angry with her over her secret-keeping. I'll never understand why Jamie's given a pass in not going to Claire, but Claire is criticised for actually going to Jamie. In my realization of both scenarios...... Claire goes to Jamie to resolve the issue first: she didn't go soon enough, she's criticized. Claire lets Jamie make the first move: Claire is criticized for not making the 1st move. In this fandom, Claire couldn't win regardless of who makes the 1st move. I think we'll just have to disagree on this topic. It's all good.
  8. I'm most definitely in the minority, but I'm #TEAMCLAIRE. Why does the burden of clearing the air fall on Claire (or all the women on this show)? Jamie had the same opportunities as Claire to approach her and discuss the situation. She did ask him if his hand was okay, and he had a curt response back to her. In the end, she made the first move to resolve #manpainlander. As a mom and wife, I would react as Claire did. While they were traveling, she would not suddenly stop grieving what's happened to her daughter (while rehashing her own role in Roger now being so far away). Being angry at the world and turning inward is peak Claire coping mechanism.
  9. My assumption is that Claire told Bree the entire story in ep 213 once Bree figured out Frank could not be her bio-father. At that time, Claire assumed Jamie was dead and Bree would never meet him. So why not tell Bree of Jamie's heroic sacrifice to save her mother? I personally had no issue with Claire telling Bree.
  10. I had no issues with Claire not outright defending Jamie to Bree, but she really didn't verbally defend Bree either. She just quietly made sure Bree knew her mom was there to help her get through this. Otherwise, Bree would have felt her parents were basically "ganging up" on her. Claire probably feels some guilt along with being angry at Jamie and I feel her anger is justified. As a mom to a daughter myself, I would probably react just like Claire.
  11. My feelings of 410 pretty much mirror yours. This episode, however, is a prime example of plot driving chracter, even though the show seems to thrive when it's the reverse. For example, Jamie tells Bree in the opening scene that he learned that revenge-killing BJR was not the path to his healing after Wentworth. This convo is just a day or 2 after Jamie exacted revenge on Bree's [falsely-identified] rapist without her knowledge. Then all hell breaks loose and Jamie is drowning in guilt over beating Roger and keeping it from Bree and Claire. So what does he do? He asks Murtagh to go get Bonnet so he can exact revenge again, and keeps it from Bree and Claire. I'm getting whiplash from this.
  12. I do. I root for Claire 100%. And at the risk of being quite unpopular, she's the #1 reason why I became hooked on the show and the sole reason I read the entire book series. For me, she's the hero.
  13. Tryon Palace is still standing in New Bern, NC, having recently survived Hurricane Florence. While not what we think of today as a "palace", it is quite the tourist attraction and the interior is quite lavish. Many school-age kids in NC are unable to escape a field trip there at some point in their life, including myself.
  14. Quite mild in the eastern part (where I am) but the western NC mountains, where Jamie and Claire are building, get quite cold in wintertime.
  15. This is a complete guess on my part. Back in episode 209 when Claire was having flashbacks of her days on the front lines of WWII, there's a scene of her speaking with the soldiers where she tells them not to sleep in wet boots. I guess they're just shooting for character continuity and assuring Claire practices what she preaches. She took them off for a completely different reason in the book (to cross the stream I think?).
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