![]() ![]() In other 1980 news: Jeremiah informs his parents that a nuckelavee, or horse-like demon from Scottish lore, is living on the property. He still feels like he’s failing, but she assures him he isn’t, and he in turn assures her that he is proud of her new job. “Who’s to say that everything that happened wasn’t part of God’s plan?” she replies, trying to buck him up. So she gently pushes and he eventually confesses that he wants to be the breadwinner, and that their changing history has shaken his faith in God’s plan. ![]() Roger offers only lukewarm congratulations when he hears the news, though. He’s very taken aback by Bree, but she proves that she knows her stuff, and she lands the job. “And what aspects of plant inspection require a penis?” she wonders, sounding more like Claire than even Claire does. “But you’re a woman,” her stunned interviewer (male, but you knew that) gasps. Meanwhile, Bree interviews for a plant-inspection position at the local dam. Roger occupies his time watching the kids and writing a how-to guide for time travelers one day, while lost in thought, he futzes with the musket ball from the chest and realizes that it’ is’s actually made of gold. Still, they’re happy, and things are going well. ![]() So massive, in fact, that Roger and Brianna aren’t quite sure how they’re going to pay for the work. We’ve skipped ahead a few years from the previous episode, as evidenced by Jem and Mandy being older and the family living in a camper parked in front of Lallybroch, which is undergoing massive repairs. LALLYBROCH, 1980 | The MacKenzies are the easiest place to start, so let’s do. Read on for the highlights of “A Most Uncomfortable Woman.” (And when you’re done, make sure to check out our chat with Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan and Mark Lewis Jones, who plays Tom.) We meet the Hunters! Tom Christie comes back from the dead! Claire and Jamie to go war (again)! Brianna strikes a blow for 1980s feminism! Max and Paramount+ for 50% Off! Starz for 99¢! Check Out Prime Day Deals for 15+ StreamersĪlso: Making the swamp piece of this week’s episode small allows for SO MANY OTHER THINGS to happen. But do I need to tread every painful, fevered, weird-ass step with him while simultaneously getting an education in North Carolina wetland wildlife? I do not. Do I sympathize with William, who in both the book and the TV show sets off thinking he’s a master spy and then gets his gorget handed to him by mother nature and a feisty snake? I do. I truly don’t remember, and I tend to skip over it during a re-read. But the chunk of her seventh Outlander novel that takes place in the Great Dismal Swamp just feels interminable. I’m usually very happy to meander wherever she wants to take me, and for however many pages she sees fit. You all know I love Diana Gabaldon’s books. ![]() My prayers at the altar of Dougal MacKenzie, patron saint of bushy eyebrows, have been answered: Starz’s Outlander chose to condense the Great Dismal Swamp part of An Echo in the Bone so greatly, it all fits into a small piece of this week’s episode, thank sweet baby Jesus H. ![]()
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