How Television Saved My Life

(spoilers for s01e08) Unlike last episode, this episode was very much of the action , progressing the characters and showing more forcefully how Claire is being pulled between two lives. The episode begins with us finally seeing how Frank is processing his wife's disappearance. It's an alteration from the book, but then again her husband was never much of a character. This is where the show has chosen the right path by dwelling a bit more on their relationship. It becomes rather unrealistic if Claire were to utterly forget her husband just because she has got another. She does not know Jamie in the length that she knew Frank, so ones sympathy (if one is unfamiliar with the books) lies with her husband who is desperately seeking her out. you are too pretty for this world Claire goes through a great deal in this episode, emotionally and physically. It's one horrendous ordeal after another, and the episode of course ends with a bang. Oh those cliffhangers would be ...

(Spoilers for s01e07) Claire and Jamie get married, all because of ' Black Jack Randall' who would otherwise have the liberty to question her. And the episode begins at the end of the ceremony, an unexpected start, but a good one really. The build up of the episode is a rather interesting one, than the straight-forward narrative in the book, as they insert humour with little flashbacks to Jamie's three requests (besides Claire's own day).  Of course they often return to the scene of two people getting to know each other, forced to consummate the proceedings, which aren't wholly perfected of course. The scenes are much more realistic than much else that's on display these days, and that's saying something.  We've all been rooting for the pairing despite the various obstacles - and I suspect most have since Jamie threatened to throw her over his shoulder and carry her. I might add that he was drenched in blood and sweat at the time. Af...