Diana Gabaldon's comments on Episode 108
If you haven't yet seen Episode 108, there are SPOILERS in Diana's post. Read at your own risk!
we need to balance episodes of assault and violence with female bravery and also orgasms....so far the orgasm part is falling behind... I read your blog about filming, but the emotional intimacy is the only significant difference between swordfight and dying en mass on Outlander and GOThrones for example, It is the mental health, the emotional bells ringing that distinguishes Claire and her 2 long term marriages. So it is very important to the emotional clarity... The pressure is on to keep it masculine in viewpoint... even Claire has lost control of her story. She has moved from a competent and able and fearless heroine to a victim shuddering with reaction... not a pretty sight.
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July 8, 1741 - Lord John's brother Hal wagers 20,000 pounds that "the Duke of Pardloe was not a traitor" (BOTB)
July 1, 1745 - The date on the Deed of Sassine of Lallybroch, actually signed on April 15, 1746 (DRAGONFLY)
July, 1764 - Jamie realizes he will have to leave Helwater before people begin to suspect he is Willie's father (VOYAGER)
July, 1767 - Claire and Jamie find a woman dying from a botched abortion performed by the slave Pollyanne; Jamie decides to accept the Governor's offer of a land grant in the mountains (DRUMS)
July 4, 1769 - Bree starts her voyage to the Colonies, accompanied by Lizzie, on board the Phillip Alonzo (DRUMS)
July, 1769 - Roger arrives in Inverness and signs on board Stephen Bonnet's ship, the Gloriana (DRUMS)
July 27, 1772 - Claire records in her medical journal the circumstances of Rosamund Lindsay's death, possibly due to an allergic reaction to penicillin (FIERY CROSS)
July, 1774 - Jemmy learns to swim (ABOSAA)
July, 1775 - Roger's plans to be ordained as a minister are interrupted when Brianna is abducted by Stephen Bonnet (ABOSAA)
July 4, 1776 - Ian hides a gemstone up his nose (ABOSAA)
July 9, 1776 - Bree and Roger meet Jamie's illegitimate son, William (ABOSAA, ECHO)
July 10, 1776 - Stephen Bonnet is staked to drown; Brianna shoots him as an act of mercy and forgiveness (ABOSAA)
July 6-8, 1777 - General Burgoyne's army attacks Ft. Ticonderoga; Jamie and Claire flee with the other rebels; William encounters Claire among the civilians fleeing Ticonderoga (ECHO)
July 4, 1777 - Lord John meets Percy Beauchamp in Philadelphia (ECHO)
July, 1780 - Ulysses (aka Captain Stevens) and his black Loyalist troops threaten Fraser's Ridge (BEES)
July 8, 1780 - William writes to Brianna for the first time, warning her about Richardson (BEES)
July, 1969 - Roger visits Bree in Boston; they attend a Highland Festival, where Roger performs, and watch the moon landing together (DRUMS)
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