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She also made a point in the first or second episode of season 1 to say that when being interrogated, stick to the truth as much as possible. She tells Colum she was on her way to visiting relatives in France. She gets caught here when he questions if they are her or her husband's relatives, but the general story about relatives might easily be true.

I get the impression that they may all survive, but not all return to the house. Whether that means Mouch retires, or the new guy finds a different house, I don't know.

This is actually a more flattering picture than one I saw a few years ago.

Who should it be, JJ? They're all horrible candidates at this point, but at least there's a small argument to be made for Hope. Maybe? I don't know. Peter Reckell needs to walk back in and say, "wtf, that job's mine..." and then maybe all will be right with the Days world... ;-)

Sorry, but I disagree on your first two points. (I agree re: the first two seasons though.) Burk wasn't controlling the situation; he was panicking. Everyone else was doing the searching to determine that they weren't threats but Burk was treating them all as if they were. Considering most of the people were complying with their orders and showing their hands, etc., Burk really had no reason to lose it like he did. It was a great scene to show his PTSD, but I wouldn't say he was the one trying to control the situation. Also, Capt. Tom Chandler saved the world, not once but twice. I think he can sit in on any damn meeting he wants, and most people are going to value his opinion. It's not any more unrealistic than the rest of the show.

This is what I was thinking too. Or how Jamie says, "[What's-his-name], is that you?" without Jamie turning around.

Also, her actions are probably a bit exaggerated to convey the point on the screen, whereas in the books we could read a more subtle description that results in the same understanding by the audience.

That's not the part I'm talking about. Frank makes Claire promise to never think about her years away, not their time together. Sure, they can both talk about time spent together, that's fine. But then Frank goes and researches to learn everything he can about that time that he's forbidden her to even think about. That's just still wrong to me. He's not researching Jamie and the 18th century because that's the past he and Claire shared. As for marriage itself - of course it's work. I never meant to imply that it isn't. But I also don't live in the 40s or even the 60s, so I'm only hypothesizing on what I might do today, in the 2010s. But yes, we must have this unrealistic situation with this complete hypocrite of a man (just my opinion) to make for a juicy story.

But would you have made him promise not to do the same thing? I'm not okay with someone saying "you must promise me not to do x, but I am allowed to do it all I want." I'm not married, but if I were Frank or a spouse in his situation, I think I'd just have to move on with my life and get a divorce. It's too... weird.

Well, as a book reader, I know how it plays out, so... yeah. :-) He still never tells her though. He finds out and knows everything, but keeps it all a secret from her. Hypocrite and a liar by omission. ;-)

I think he's just a self-righteous hypocrite. He wants to act all holier than thou about cheating and what-not, but I also think he did it during the war and will obviously do it again. During Frank's "stay or go" speech last night is the only time in the show or books that I have felt any sympathy for him. Maybe it's because we saw him from a third person POV and not Claire's biased POV, but I agree with you that I did start to feel bad. I also agree that he wasn't being "Frank" there so any warm and fuzzy feelings I had towards him quickly left and probably won't be felt again.

I don't know birds, so I can't say. But even if it wasn't the same type of bird, I think it is a good theory about why Claire stopped to watch it. Your theory is also a good one, but Claire could be "free" if she wanted to be I guess. Frank told her to go or stay, he wouldn't stop her either way. (I think this is a change from the books though, because I don't remember her, as the narrator, ever being under the impression that she could go.) Here's one thing that really does bother me about Frank though, and I think it happens in both the books and show - he makes her promise not to live in the past and if they are going to continue to be together then she must let it all go and move on. Yet, he's allowed to do all that research on the past and ask the Reverend for help to find out the truth? What a hypocrite!! I'm still on book 5, but I guess it's a given that Frank knew Jamie survived, what he did, how long he lived, etc. - and he never told Claire. What an @$$. I don't care if he's doing it so he can prep Brianna, he still hid a secret for decades, after making Claire promise not to do exactly what he did. Ugh.

I think I now know. I didn't remember this on my own, but saw it posted on another forum. An observant viewer said that it was a goldfinch, and Colum used to have birds (probably goldfinches) in his study at Castle Leoch. I remember them now in the second episode, when Claire is summoned to meet with him for the first time. The bird must have reminded her of better times. ;-)

I don't know, if the ratings stay good then they will probably try to keep it. I've seen Eric do several interviews just before this season started, and he said he feels great. He's back to normal.

I've actually never seen or heard of it before, and I agree with everyone who says it's disturbing. Until I came here and people clarified, I thought the doctor was putting her under for a c-section.

I wouldn't exactly call this a filler episode, but it did veer away from what this show is best at - action and fight scenes. I kind of liked it, though. I appreciated that they tried to show the human side of these characters for once. We rarely get to see that. I could feel Chandler's struggle over deciding whether or not to come back to the Navy. Mike's continued struggle over losing his entire family was nice to see as well, especially considering that they glossed over a lot of that in seasons 1 and 2. Maybe it was realistic that the team didn't have time to mourn because they were on a mission, but I'm sure if that were a real life situation, everyone would still be grieving. I also appreciated that they filled in with a bit of backstory, meaning they spoke of St. Louis, referred to their mission and orders, and then of course the standing order carried on every ship (a reference to other ships!) to reinstate Chandler should he desire. The quick call to his kids was nice too. This episode answered some questions from the first few, which was good. As for Fletch, I don't think he's a spy. I think he was genuinely working with the US, and the appearance of this guy that he recognizes has thrown him now. I think that's why he had to sit with him, to find out what he was doing. It was odd the way that the new guy (Harry?) called him Commander, like that's not really his title, so I could be wrong. But it did seem to me that Fletch was surprised to see him and didn't know what Harry was talking about. Overall, this was a decent episode. I am going to need to see more of Lt. Green in tight shirts though...

That's a good question, but maybe as a combat nurse in Europe during a war, she wasn't trained in OB/GYN? Also, I don't know if maybe it was only an American thing and the UK did it differently?

I subscribe to Starz through Amazon Prime and it's always released at midnight on the day it'll air. I think I started it at 12:07. ;)

That was after the part I'm talking about. When they first see each other across the field; they are still dozens of yards away from each other. That's when it went all slow and the lighting changed. So ridiculous, imo, I thought they were going to run towards each other like lovers in a field of wildflowers... The speed and lighting changed back to normal as they approached each other. I want to watch it again to confirm, but that's my recollection. Also, I remember thinking, "well, Tobias isn't winning any Emmys for BJR's final death scene..." The rest was well acted, but the very final moments? Not so much.

This episode was very good, but the part where Jamie and BJR see each other on the battlefield for the first time was just too cheesy for words. I understand it was still in Jamie's dream, but the slow motion effects and glow of the golden light really cheapened the sequence, imo. I don't recall Rupert's role from the book, but I really liked him in this episode and how he faced his fate with dignity after helping others. For the first time ever, I found myself agreeing with Frank. Now, I know that won't last because he's a huge a-hole (in the books, and previously in the show, all in my opinion), but if he was actually being genuine to her in the scene where he said "stay or go" then I felt sympathy for him. I didn't understand his resentment to her wanting to pursue citizenship though; that made little sense and he was a jerk there. Also, is that really how Bree was born...? I'm excited for next week's episode - I need to see Jamie back alive and not all covered in fake blood.

I still watch it if I have nothing else to watch (it automatically records on my DVR everyday, keeping only the last 5 episodes at a time), but I'm mostly with you. It just isn't that great. Thankfully the primetime shows are about to start for the fall season so I can watch something new.

Does anyone else find it completely unbelievable that Paul is supposed to be some great MLB pitcher? Pitchers are tall and lanky, Paul is too short and stalky, imo. He doesn't "look" the part.

Thanks! She looks like she could be KA's daughter, but now hopefully she can act better than the last one.

We usually agree, but I have to respectfully disagree with you here. Not that Hope and Rafe is any great pairing with super chemistry either, but I do prefer them over Hope with Aiden. Aiden was such a drip - so boring with no personality. (OK, Rafe is similar too, but Aiden was like watching paint dry, imo.) I never cared for Chase, either, even before he was a rapist. They just didn't fit on the show, imo, they were too forced. I do agree that almost anything would have been better than what we got, but I'm obviously not sold on Aiden.

I think the Chicago "franchise" should stick to Fire and PD. Med had so much potential with Oliver Platt and S. Epatha Merkerson (sp?), but they really are way under utilized.