Top 10 Differences Between Outlander Books & TV Show

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You might be surprised by the differences between the “Outlander” books and TV show. For this list, we’ll be looking at the biggest changes that were made when the historical romance science fiction story was adapted for the screen. Our countdown includes Frank’s personality, Brianna gives birth, Claire’s stolen ring, and more! MsMojo ranks the biggest differences between “Outlander” books and show. Do you prefer these changes? Let us know in the comments!
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[@magpiegirl3783]

The WORST departure from the book was Jamie not crying over the photographs of Brianna and then immediately telling Claire about his son, William. Completely destroyed the sense of despair he had endured over their time apart and dismissed Brianna in favour of his son.

[@lachlanw8127]

it also helps create a bit of a conflict later on Voyager when Claire finds out from John Grey, and she is very jealous of him.

[@RichardDCook]

I'm one of those show fans who hasn't read the books, I'm glad the video allowed us to read the Brianna-photos passage, which is beautifully written and far more emotional than it was in the show. BTW being a printer by trade at that point, Jamie would have great technical interest in how those were printed, it being far beyond 18th century capabilities, literally inconceivable to him. To Claire and to us they're just photos, to Jamie they would be astounding.

[@Theresebonath6077]

I agree

[@mary.gcarpenter1490]

Sandra, I felt the same at first until I saw, when reading the books, one of the chapter headings that read, and I quote "THE deepest feeling always shows itself in silence". But you are right about the son part, they should have left it where it was in the book, later on. They didn't spend enough time on Brianna. Im pissed about the whole son scenario anyway. I wonder what Claire really thought about him having a son, they only talked about the blackmail part. And that was the most rediculous thing I ever heard. Never did understand what the actual blackmail was, and he spent the whole night with her??? Yea right. MURTAGH! I don't think he's dead, and haven't the faintest idea why I think that. Do women have gut feelings? Also never did like the gay storyline either. Willie is growing up to look exactly like Jamie, what then. Just wished Lord John had picked someone besides Jamie. I'm sorry but everytime he's around Jamie it gives me the creeps the way he looks at him for everyone to see, especially when Claires not around.He better watch that when Willie's around, he's growing up too.Dont get me wrong, I have no problem with gays " to each their own" just not Jamie.

[@juliegunderson3301]

I very much agree with this statement especially. Jamie should have shown more joy for having Claire back than what was shown in the show. Completely ruined the reunion for me. Especially bringing William into the picture so early. Bringing in his "infidelity" sort of with Geneva Dunsaney. I understand the need to shorten the script too, but that's going too far as far as I'm concerned.

[@hugablestpersonever]

That scene when Jamie finds Murtagh in America gives me goosebumps everytime. Something that I wholeheartedly support the show writing in!

[@reefprayerresin]

Yes, what a huge tear jerker that was! I loved it…

[@nicolez.5530]

I’m a huge fan of the series but I think there should be at least one more season of them at a young age and not just the first two

[@valeriazenoni6478]

It's how the story went even in the books.

[@sofiehomstvedt4768]

One of the scenes from the books that made me really sad that the left out in the show was the reunion betwee Claire and Fergus, it was a really emotional moment in the books and in the show it was basically "Oh, you're not dead. Cool."

[@BlckgalAnointed]

Honestly I always felt like the show never spent alot of time on the moments that portrayed the relationship between Claire and Fergus such as the books did, but I guess I understand that some details need to be cut for time length.

[@inezlouise1615]

I did not read those books. But the moment when Claire and Fergus meet again. Was for me emotional. Maybe they could of been a little more detailed. But I liked it. ❤️

[@hugablestpersonever]

When I read that part in the book I felt like it wasn't that big of a moment and then Claire and Fergus don't meet again for ages and when they are in the same scene together again he isn't portrayed as excited to see her or anything. I'm literally up to that bit in the books at the moment. I was pretty underwhelmed by their reunion in the books.

[@renmarkable7905]

I disliked the totally one dimensional portrayal of Fergus in the show. would have been better to do nothing

[@sisterspoof23]

i actually like that they made frank more sympathetic, it adds nuance and complexity to a boring "evil husband" trope

[@magdalenedefoe7090]

i agree.

[@leonievw2466]

Yes, I really like his character in the show. One of my favorites.

[@lindatimmons3675]

I like Frank, hes a descent man in the show.

[@purplesim5242]

yeah, my mom really likes him in the show, I hate that I had to tell her that he isn't like that in the books

[@englishatheart]

​@@lindatimmons3675 Eh, he's a douche in the show as well. He should have divorced Claire if he didn't want to be with her any more. He told her she had to let go of the past, yet he was allowed to go out fucking other women because she didn't love him any more? It would have saved them both so much time had he just divorced her. Then, after Bree turns 18, he basically threatens to take her away from her mom, despite him not being her actual dad? He was a dick.

[@TheScarlettrouge]

In the show, the only thing that pissed me off about Frank was that when Claire offered him a divorce (after finding out about his girlfriend) he didn’t want one because he claimed that Claire would take Bree away from him... but when *he* asked for the divorce 15 years later, taking Bree away was exactly what he was going to do!

[@massalleh5255]

What about in the books?

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

You know.. parents offer them places to stay in divorce that and her being 18, she has a say. Frank isnt taking her away but giving Brianna an option.

[@MsNotzi]

I didn't like that, either.

[@TheScarlettrouge]

Gry Sapphire I understand that, but it’s not as if it was the next county over or even another state, Frank was going back to England.

[@aking3624]

@@SofiaBerruxSubs: Giving her an option? Are you kidding? Classic. He went behind Claire's back talking to Bree! He threatened Claire with the one thing he promissed her when they decided to stay married. To take Bee away. And when Claire no longer was a threat, he wanted a divorce. He had his affairs, married status, job & "family." Narcissists will use somone untill they no longer suit their needs. He even lied to his mistress about Claire not wanting a divorce for years to avoid leaving & losing everything... If he truly loved Bree, he would have told her the truth. About the Divorce, the move, the girlfriend & an offer to live with them. I don't remember Bree even meeting the girlfriend..Do we really think she would be keen on sharing a home with him & Bree? Sorry.. For my rant.. 😟😣😢

[@NancySimonds]

Murtagh was the best decision they made!❤️

[@tanyas6643]

Nancy Simonds Agreed!!!! But I still found his “eventual death” a bit too soon... after his last encounter with Lacosta (sp?). I wanted them to wait a bit longer.... or maybe even have his “fate” be a bit of a cliffhanger, until sometimes in season 6 or 7?!

[@dawnl3752]

I think it was worst decision they made. There’s no connection between Jocasta and Duncan where in the books she respects him but in the show she has no respect for him. Didn’t build a relationship between those two because they’re so focused on the love relationship between Jocasta and Murtagh.

[@syrazollmann2058]

@@dawnl3752 Agreed!!!

[@giuliapicchiotti]

It wasn't, it took away time from the actual story !, i love Murtagh so much, but i didn't like that change AT ALL !

[@samfisher6606]

Maybe its the difference between writing a woman in 2014 and writing a woman in 1991, but Claire seems much smarter in the show.

[@MsMojo]

Very true!

[@shelleyphilcox4743]

And lacking in humour

[@juliahochderffer6839]

Yess, that's exactly what I thought. Sadly, I watched the first 3 seasons before reading any books.

[@HavvahartKL]

Claire is SO unlikeable in the show, though! Much more tolerable in the books.

[@deannacrownover3]

No, Claire has more common sense and honor in the books.

[@flakeyjake3339]

I think what people are refusing to consider is that the level of detail in the books can never be equaled on film/TV simply because it would lengthen the show so much as to be unreasonable and expensive to produce, as much as we all would like to see the books recreated 100% faithfully. It's just not feasible. You need to enjoy the books for what they are - which is phenomenal, of course, and enjoy the show for what it offers, and leave it there.

[@Buffy8Fan]

Right. Thank you.

[@rraine4195]

I see it from both sides, and I usually don't mind the changes they make from the book. I do wish Claire and Jamie could have been part of the birth of Jemmy- I don't understand why they made that change. But the important thing to remember is Diana Gabaldon gives them her blessings...

[@magpiegirl3783]

These clips were departures from the book as opposed to leaving story lines out. Yes, most readers do get that you can't put everything into the show. It's when things are twisted around that fans are more likely to be agitated.

[@Buffy8Fan]

@@magpiegirl3783 And I get that also, but being a purist when stories go from one medium to another is illogical as there can be numerous factors from money to actors not being available to writing decisions to network interference and so on that cannot be avoided involved with why the changes are made (As an example what are fans going to do now when Laura Donnelly starts to do her new HBO show and will it affect her role as Jenny on Outlander). From the perspective your talking about its amazing how many people should of hated GoT by the time S3 started. With all that and more it seems odd to complain about the changes to the point of threatening not watching, as some have.

[@tanyas6643]

Lisa T. Diana Gabaldon is getting paid by the production. It’s in her best financial interest to give them her blessings or to at least publicly pretend to be. Her contracts with the production may also stipulated how much she can or cannot interfere with the adaptation writing and the final onscreen product. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@bellabana]

Brianna’s character on tv is unlikable a lot of the time whereas in the books it’s the opposite!

[@boorad99]

Lol, so funny, I feel it's the opposite! 😄 I couldn't stand Bree in the books (until ABOSAA, that is) but like her in the show, probably because i like the actress.

[@bookworldtraveler30]

I don’t like Bri until the 5th season lol

[@reinadecorazones29]

Agreed

[@elisabethbjuhr3775]

I like book-Bree so much better. She is so capable and smart. It might be that I do not like the casting. Niether her nor Roger are anywhere close to the characters in the books.

[@trevalondon5580]

The thing that angers me the most is.....Book Bree is just like Jamie....tall with blue eyes.....the show portrays her with brown eyes and she is shorter than Claire.....which is NOT what the books are like.....how could they have gone so far physically from the character in the books? It really really bothers me.

[@alexwiley1996]

2 things I felt a little cheated on, Jamie’s reaction to Brianna‘a pictures and Jamie and Claire being there for Brianna when she gave birth. I would have loved to see the acting skills all three actors when they played out those scenes Also, I would like to see another Top 10 differences between the tv show and the books ☺️

[@englishatheart]

There were two *actresses* and one actor. Women and men are different.

[@maestroclassico5801]

There were no complaints about letting Murtagh live....he turned out to be one of the coolest characters on the show. As is.....his death this season was heartbreaking. But we saw it coming...

[@CleliaSarai]

I like in the book, Brianna went to Jaimie's family home and met her aunt and cousins. It was nice having her spend time with a big family. In the show, she met her uncle and one cousin, who quickly took her to the doc's to find passage to America.

[@ZabinaZathanna]

CleliaSarai only because the actress who plays Jenny couldn’t make it because of another show or movie she was doing at the time.

[@sparkybish]

I was looking forward to Bree at Lallybroch and was so sad it was truncated.

[@almmason7]

@@ZabinaZathanna are you kidding me. That's crazy. I know things happen but they shouldn't have left that out.

[@ttylerbailey4693]

I completely agree, It was a much missed scene! But I guess I can understand the scheduling conflicts and need to change things 😩

[@tatiss217]

I wish we could see the scene of Clair fighting against wolfs on the first book

[@magdalenedefoe7090]

Loool im so glad they left that out. that part in the books seems so unnecessary and dumb.

[@tatiss217]

Magdalene Defoe I like fight scenes, for me it was good🤷‍♀️🌞

[@victoriascotttheclassicist3692]

I just read this scene today! And, I agree. It would have added something to her character on the show.

[@englishatheart]

Wolves*

[@alexandrebrochu4265]

I'm glad they've let Murtagh live longer. The character is different from the book not only with when he die but how he was. In the show he has a great personnality and his attachment to Jamie is really great. Me and my wife expected his death but it was still really shocking. We will miss this character.

[@englishatheart]

My wife and I* Not "me and my wife."

[@camillerains3728]

I HATE number 5. It was such an important moment in the books and the fact that they messed this up makes me mad. In fact, their whole handling of Jamie and Brianna's relationship is frustrating, especially in season 4. They missed out on so much including Jamie comforting and counseling Brianna about/over her rape.

[@clairdeighan2183]

Camille Rains I definitely agree! It has so much potential and they messed it up! It was so underwhelming!

[@lissaC.W.]

Yeah I agree. It’s really frustrating and disappointing.

[@tanyas6643]

I noticed too, for a show that has a lot of rape story lines/scenes.... the production doesn’t seem to be all that interesting in allowing the characters to work through a “proper” and “satisfactory” recovery process.

[@manuelacoelho6749]

the producers have said they really regret changing the storyline. So I have faith they will use the storyline when Bree gives birth to her daughter next season.

[@launabanauna496]

@@manuelacoelho6749 What?! Thanks for the spoiler!

[@deadhead8323]

I'm glad that they changed franks personality because the books made it very easy to root for jamie and claire. But at least for the show it made him a tragic figure because he did love her even loved brianna as his own child.

[@laurianne6089]

One of the differences that was huge for me was the return of Roger after being rescued from the Mohawk. In the TV Show, everyone is happy and it seems to be no problems with that but in the books, Bree takes a lot of time to accept what he did and he has to stay away from here until she decided that she forgave him. Anyway, it ended up well but still, this is important for their relationship! And of course, letting Murtagh alive in the TV show was very strange !!

[@haleyspence]

Honestly that doesn't bug me as much as them breaking up in the 1960s and him still following her to the 1700s. That INFURIATED me so much more. I really liked in the books the letter she sent him when she was supposed to be visiting that tipped him off she went and did that. Instead of being super fairly pissed at him for interfering with her life like that, she's both happy to see him and mad because "what if we can't go back now I didn't intend to stay damnit Roger!" and its way more believable that they're willing to get married in the books compared to just how mean they were to each other in the show. Compared to that, everybody being chill with him needing a couple of days to decompress after all the unexpected trauma and process both his unexpected fatherhood and the fact that he is a lil to blame for Bree being hurt like that, is pretty understandable. Especially since he spent the last 9 months under the impression that Bree did this to him on purpose coz he kept her parents death a secret. Also, my two favorite moments of Season 4 are when Jamie just beats the actual hell out of him when he shows up on the Ridge like "heeeeyyy, I finally found it. How's my wife doin?" it's so deeply satisfying in a tragically funny kinda way. And the second is later when Jamie comes to get him and is like "so uh, this is a huge 'my bad' situation and I was absolutely mistaken when I did this and sent you here and my daughter's BIG MAD at me about it coz...well yeah" and Roger just collapses like "oh thank Christ I didn't think I'd fucked up *this bad* or that I'd fall in love with someone who would respond like this." is pretty well acted too.

[@MrsRanchoFiesta]

TV series cuts so much of Lord John! Book version of Brianna giving birth - not only that Claire and Jamie were there for it but the conversation between Claire and Lord John is hysterical, as well as the conversations between Brianna and Lord John when he comes to River Run (when Jocasta is trying to marry her off)

[@marklinton4567]

Some of the changes have been good. I'm glad they made Mr Willoughby less cartoonish for example. But I too felt they dropped the ball with Claire and Jaime's reunion. Same with Fergus meeting Claire again. Something between the book and what we got would have been better. I think they also screwed up a bit with Bree. I like Sophie Skelton, so it's nothing against her. Dropping the whole lizzie with Pneumonia arc and having Bree collapse near Laoghaire's home both served to undercut just how capable Bree had been in getting to the colonies in the book.

[@jjdrama]

I was waiting for someone to mentions Willoughby, I thought that was one of the best changes. I like him in the book because he is such a mixed bag, providing considerable challenge and inconvenience but also some good fortune and skill. Knowing that they won't have time for all of the detail in the show, I'm glad they didn't overstretch themselves trying to show him as an irresponsible drunk and have that be the takeaway from the only Asian character in the series. I agree about the reunions too, but I haven't seen all the show seasons yet.

[@leslieshand4509]

Mark Linton they have dropped many, many balls, some quite unforgivable like Claire and Jamie NOT with Brianna when she has Jemmy. The whole storyline with Brianna WALKING into the Highlands and ending up with Laoghaire was beyond ridiculous. And Brianna meets none of her extended family, only Ian? And Lizzie has malaria and Diana wrote a malarial attack quite well

[@renmarkable7905]

@@leslieshand4509 that makes me feel better to have given up on it before I got to that nonsense

[@chrisanthemum7]

Disagree. Willoughby is a hot mess in the books but in the show he's like Mr. Miyagi's cousin. But I understand why they can't do that on network tv. Just like they left out Frank's racism. That level of dimension and complexity without the allotted time to devote to it is just going to piss off tv viewers.

[@caldineens1]

I will never forgive the way the birth scene was handled. Jamie being there to hold her hand throughout led to forgiveness and Claire being there to deliver their grandson would have been so beautiful. Who was the idiot that thought that didn’t matter? Instead their reunion was so meh! 🤬

[@reptile654321]

This whole thing disappointed me too. The book did it much better.

[@moniquelima5418]

What really makes me angry about the TV show is how Jaime married Laoghaire even knowing what she did to Claire.

[@athanasiaglyfada2821]

Do you mean Liri? Is that how it is spelled!!!!

[@SjofnBM1989]

@@athanasiaglyfada2821 yes. That's how it's spelled.

[@camilalouisem]

I get angry all the time I remember it. Marrying someone that tried to kill your wife out of pity for two girls he doesn't even know? I would go back to my time if I was Claire.

[@athanasiaglyfada2821]

@@SjofnBM1989 Well, I am from Greece and it really is bizarre. If l tried to read it... I would never manage it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@moniquelima5418]

Camila Louise exactly! In the book, Claire almost went back and there Jaime didn’t even know what Laoghaire did.

[@leslieshand4509]

Just 10? I have 30 written down just off the top of my head. Aside from one episode, the story IS told from Claire’s POV. These are not chronological. : Tamis Baxter does not exist in the books and that screen time would have been far better spent on Claire helping Losgann deliver a foal, an act that led to Colum giving Claire a jet rosary that Jamie subsequently used to save Claire at the witch trial. On the show Willie remembers Mac the groom. In the show Jamie knows the part Loaghaire played in almost getting Claire burned as a witch. In the book, Claire saves Jamie’s hand at Eldridge Manor with the help of Macrannoch, awake, with Jamie’s sense of humour in full display, and Jamie removes the signet ring brand the JACK put on him, not something Jamie did to himself. Murtagh, Jamie and Claire escape to the coast where they boarded the Cristabol to go to the abbey run by Jamie’s uncle Alexander. Jamie develops a terrible fever and very much wants to die. Claire once again saves him, using opium, the smell of lavender (Jack’s favorite sent), a knife , and, as Jamie describes it later as “fornication of his demons”. They spends weeks at the abbey. And Jamie always believed Faith was conceived the first time they were intimate without the dark cloud of Jack. In the book Jamie is not arrested by redcoats, but by the Watch, having been betrayed by Ronnie MacNab, who was subsequently murdered by the other men of Lallybroch. The Watch were never invited guests at Lallybroch and we only see Horrocks the one time. Neither Claire (who would not have a clue how to find where Sandringham is staying) nor Jamie and Murtagh visit Sandringham, there is so dual, Jamie isn’t in a fight with the MacDonalds, amd isn’t banished from Leogh, anymore than Dougal is. While at sea I search of the Bruja and it’s important cargo (a kidnapped Ian), the Artemis is boarded by the Bruja, and Claire is seriously injured, not some scratch from a tree, but a slash “from oxter to elbow”, Yi Tien Cho puts 42 stitches in Claire’s arm using the acupuncture needles to dull the pain. They end up with a black slave who they rescued from the ocean who had seen Ian on the Bruja. In the Mohawk village to rescue Roger, Ian doesn’t just choose to stay for no reason, he has met Mohawk woman (Works With Her Hands, who Ian calls Emily) and wants to stay because he loves her. Somehow the show writers have forgotten Brianna is an MIT engineer and reduce her to little more than a breast for Jemmy. Roger, who was the youngest professor at Oxford at the time he travelled is painted in the show as some idiot. The eye exam Claire gives him (with a reading chart done in Shakespeare lines instead of random letters) proves that Roger has a perfectly logical, medical reason he shoots so badly, and Claire tells him he can tell the sharp shooters that he (has the eyes of a hawk, as hawks have the same kind of vision. At NO point, until the birth of Amanda does Roger EVER want to return to the future. Jamie asks him on a number or occasions and her ensure all concerned he wants to stand by Jamie’s hand. The show wasted 3 gemstones that will desperately needed after Amanda is born. The ridiculousness of Jamie fighting a Indian dressed as a bear, instead of what ACTUALLY happened, which is he fights a live bear. And all the stuff with the Natives at the beginning of the season is all in the show writers imaginations, none of that happened in the book. Nor was the Mueller family murdered by the Natives. The hernia repair happens to John Quincy Myers on Jocasta’s dining table, not at the theatre, and certainly not in the presence of George Washington who Jamie and Claire do not meet until book 8. The amount of money Geiliss had stolen from Arther was 10,000 pounds sterling not 1,000. The amount agreed upon to pay Laoghaire? 1200 pounds sterling, not 20. And Claire doesn’t get her beautiful Highland wedding ring until they return to Leoch. Is that 10?

[@valeriazenoni6478]

The things I missed the most in the show were Brianna not meeting her aunt and cousins and Claire and Jamie not being there for Jemmy's birth.

[@servraghgiorsal7382]

By gunmies you seem to read the way I do. The one big thingw nobody mentioned was that Ulysses,her black slave was jocastas Long time lover. And her last husband Duncan Innes, had a black lover too. Jocastas body slave Phaedra. This show has rigorously stayed silent about biracial relationships except for Ian and Wakeyotenshonsa And of course Geillis fooled around at Rosehill** all that iron in her goat's blood baths!!!

[@lb1984]

In the books, which I just started after the season 5 finale, I am now just starting book 6, I like the communication. The communication between Jenny and her knowing more about her son. Really irritated that they left out the letter from Ian Sr. to Jaimie about keeping Ian in the colonies. It was so heartwarming to know that as scary as it must sound to Ian Sr, he knows his son well enough to know it's the only place that can provide him opportunities. Even if it means he likely will never see him again. On the show, it kind of feels like from Jenny's POV, they just absconded with her son and they rarely touch base again. She is so much more of a character in the books. They all are, that's why I decided to finally read them.

[@lisamunoz5017]

I personally liked the fact that they made Frank more likeable in the show. In the books he was a full on racist who disapproved of Claire working with a black man, even though they were clearly just friends. That disappointed me quite a bit.

[@toutestvanite350]

Because there is no display of frank being racist in the show means he is necessarily more likeable?

[@queerlibtardhippie9357]

@@toutestvanite350 I thought he was more likable because he was... just likable. He was a nice guy. In the show, at least. Until the end.

[@jennhoff03]

Yeah, I totally agree. Caitriona has been pretty vocal about how Claire wouldn't be with Frank if he was a total wanker, which I agree with. Also there is such a tendency in storytelling to villainize the man you don't want a character to be with. But in the real world, it usually doesn't work that way. The guy you wanna leave is usually a nice guy, and that's why it's a hard decision. I think making Frank more likeable is more true to real life.

[@kriscynical]

I've read the books but my parents haven't. I had to explain how much of an _absolute asshole_ Frank is in the books compared to the show, and conversely how much more unlikable and unreasonable Roger is in the show compared to the books. That and I'm still mad at the omission of "My god, you're huge!" / "Well whose fault do you think that is??!" when Bree and Jamie first meet. I wish the confrontation between Bree and Laoghaire would have happened at Lollybroch right in front of Jenny and Ian the way it did in the books. I was also SO hoping for the birth of Bree's son to be like it was in the books. Poor Jamie was so out of sorts trying to comfort her! Reading Jamie and Claire's parting at the stones in Dragonfly in Amber was the first time I ever legitimately _cried_ reading a book. I was practically bawling.

[@valeriazenoni6478]

Number 8 is not really true. Because yes, the first book is entirely narrated by Claire, but the other seven are really mixed. Sometimes Claire speaks but other times they are narrated in third person with the point of view of another character.

[@jjdrama]

Exactly, I was just reflecting on a few book scenes between Bree and Roger that certainly don't include Claire.

[@roosvanderklauw5937]

One of the biggest things is the relationship between Brianna and Jamie, I the books they get along so well from the first moment that they are Reunited, the show made them look so awkward with each other. Also roger is such a hairy teddy bear is the show who wears really sloppy clothes while in the books he is tall Spanish looking, and is able to fight back when Jaimy hits him, an he is just a way braver, more attractive and better guy in the books

[@mad.for.madison]

Oh my god I really don‘t like Roger in the show I have to read the books now

[@roosvanderklauw5937]

A L Yes you definitely should, the books are so much better, everything in the books is better, READ THE BOOKS 😂

[@outlandish.history]

@@mad.for.madison In the books Roger is a much more likeable character. He was actually one of my favorites. I don't like how the show portrays his weaknesses over his strengths.

[@tanyas6643]

Cilmeri I bet, the production wants more “stress” between Jamie and Roger, because they find it to be an “interesting twist” or because they don’t want him to compete with Jamie’s “more pleasant” or “more sympathetic” character “as much” or “too soon “ ?!

[@haleyspence]

​@@outlandish.history ​ @Bloom of Domino Riiiiggghhttt???? Book 4 Roger compared to Season 4 Roger is a huggggee difference. I yelled at my TV so much because show Roger was being such a jerk where book Roger acted like a bamf. For me there were *several* moments in the show that had me going "why is she with this guy?!" when in the book during that same moment I was very much like "this dude is a catch."

[@td8781]

Book Frank was vocally anti-adoption when he and Claire had trouble conceiving before she "traveled", for Claire that really stung. But he did a 180 in the books and adored Bree at first sight. I don't think he knew for sure about his own infertility until years later. Another book thing was the Frank/Claire age gap. In Voyager Claire mentions him being in his late 40s when Bree's 3 months old, so Claire's just 30-31. Claire married Frank at 18-he was a professor where her great-uncle was head of the dept. IIRC, Claire wasn't Frank's student, but that's how they met. Never hated Book Frank but he was very much a guy born in 1901 or so. Even without the time travel, IMO Claire/Frank would've grown apart, before she "traveled" she had moments of chafing at being the demure professor's wife type. I preferred the book's take on their relationship, both before Claire traveled and after her return. The marriage was strained but very much real, they still shared a bed and Claire spent years being suspicious about Frank hooking up with various younger women at the university. Echoes of how Claire/Frank met, plus Claire cheated with Jamie, and Frank could always tell how much more she loved Jamie than him.

[@jjdrama]

I don't remember Frank being particularly unlikable in the book, I think your 'guy born in 1901' sounds accurate. To me, the fact that he loved Brianna is the most defining aspect of his character. Her wanting to study history to be like him also speaks volumes about the kind of father he was. Finally, he may not have been enthusiastic about his wife becoming a doctor in the 1950s, but it simply would not have been an option for a woman married to an intractable husband. To be born at the turn of the century and help in child-rearing so your wife can become a doctor? That's pretty damn good if you ask me.

[@queerlibtardhippie9357]

Who the hell is anti-adoption lmfao wowwww

[@jjdrama]

@@queerlibtardhippie9357 A guy in that time might have worried about adoption making him look desperate or implying that he is infertile which could easily be misconstrued as impotent. Frank in particular is interested in his ancestry, and not being able to share that with his child certainly would have been a blow.

[@englishatheart]

​@@queerlibtardhippie9357 Many people are anti-adoption, even today. It's sad, because all children deserve love and a family, but many don't consider adopted kids their actual kids. Me, if I were ever allowed to be married to someone I love who wanted kids, I'd want 2 biological (no more, as vaginas are not clown cars, and the planet is already overpopulated, and I don't want only one since, as an only child, I have had an extremely lonely life, especially since the rest of my "family" is extremely neglectful or downright abusive), and would love to adopt a few if I could.

[@JackTheSt_Ripper]

Never read the books, but I was (and still) hoping for Brianna meeting her aunts and other cousins later in the show. Or maybe meet her half brother. Season 5 is ok at best, but I feel they left out so much. The first 3 seasons was amazing, but kinda died off later. I get it, the show would be even longer if they kept most of the story from the books. Still a great show. Looking forward for season 6 though

[@tanyas6643]

Jack The stRipper Well... what’s stopping them from splitting a book into more than one season or to add additional episodes. A bit of creative screenwriting could make that possible...

[@Theresebonath6077]

READ THE BOOKS THEY ARE AMAZING !!

[@mrswjr4061]

She meets them in the book, which are so much better than the show.

[@Wolfdette]

In season 5 they mixed things from both book 5 and 6 so my best guess is that season 6 will also be a mix between those books

[@kamisanchezcanche6678]

we need more Outlander top ten videos, thanks!

[@MsMojo]

We'd love to! Anything in particular you'd like to see?

[@adehudson]

@@MsMojo top 10 best Jamie and Claire romantic scenes!

[@jenna.livingston]

@@MsMojo best episodes? Season 1 episode 9 has my vote!

[@tanyas6643]

MsMojo 1: Top 10 (or more) of the best scenes in general. 2: Top 10 (or more) of best scenes of each season. 3: Top 10 (or more) of worst scenes of 1 and or 2 (listed above). 4: Top 10 (or more) best/worst story lines of the whole show or individual seasons.

[@oliviacanady8669]

Most heart breaking scenes? Because there are many

[@triton_daughter]

The biggest scene missing from this list is Brianna going to Laoghaire's when she first arrived in the past. None of that junk happened. I really hope the writers don't G.O.T. Outlander and make it Soooo unrelated from the direction the author wanted/wrote. PLEASE SAVE OUTLANDER from writers with too big of egos they must change things

[@hannakoumans674]

You know the writer is consulting on the show, right?

[@Theresebonath6077]

I hated this

[@triton_daughter]

@@hannakoumans674 yes I know, but even the writers have said in interviews that they are changing things. Also, The G.O.T team consulted with George RR Martain and we all know where that went. Consulted doesn't mean listened too

[@victoriascotttheclassicist3692]

This change was made because at least one actor of jamies family(the sister) was unavailable doing another gig at the time and could not be there.

[@maze0325]

@@triton_daughter GRRM was not consulted for the latter seasons and that's basically when it all went to hell. Diana will probably still be consulting until the show ends

[@AnneGreenwoodBrown]

One of the things that surprised me was the choice to leave John Bell blond. In the books, Ian uses his ability to pass as an actual Native American. Much harder to do as a blond.

[@servraghgiorsal7382]

He's not, he's aredhead. A ginger, actually. I think it was an R H I compatibility. IN compatibility, that caused their children to die. BUT there was no blood testing back then , so we don't know. And Lord John wasw definitely gay..Read The Brotherhood of the Blade, and how it skirts around Fergus' s story I. Ms G' s later books.. I personally can't wait for the prequel. I Also bet Jenny eventually gets married in America after the Revolutionary War. ( Read the books if you don't know what I'm talking about.)

[@wahgwah09]

thanks for the comparison, Stay connected.

[@judithhardin2783]

I just found Outlander and started watching in 2022 without having read the books. I was disappointed in Jamie’s reaction to Claire’s return, but very much in his response to seeing photos of his daughter. I will definitely want to read the book and get a better sense of what Jamie’s reaction.

[@Kelly2k1]

Adore Outlander started with the tv show first I'm still kind of new to the books on book 5 TFC.

[@bronwynschlaefer2958]

I’m curious what rankings will change now that Season 5 is done. The second half had some SIGNIFICANT changes and contractions of timelines.

[@cindyb8775]

just got caught up on season 5 and next too season 1, it is the best by far!

[@LucienSabre]

Not only Jamie and Laoghaire’s wedding didn’t last (🎉🎉)...it was never valid in the first place - because Claire didn’t die, which means that by marrying Laoghaire Jamie committed bigamy which makes his marriage to the bi*ch automatically invalid. I think the tv show made Frank that way in order to emphasize the difference between him and Black Jack Randall - upon their first Claire understands very quickly that Black Jack is not her husband and that’s due partly to Jack’s behaviour being so much different from Frank’s.

[@tanyas6643]

LucienSabre Well... if the marriage between Jamie and Laoghaire wasn’t valid because Jamie was already married to Claire.... then Claire and Jamie’s marriage would also not be valid, since Claire was already married to Frank! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ParticulaDeTacere]

@@tanyas6643 Only difference is that Frank didn't even exist then, so....

[@tanyas6643]

Alexandra Pop ... fair enough... but she did still marry Frank first. And the fact that she wore Frank’s wedding ring, during the first few seasons when Frank was still alive, in the future.... and she eventually returned to him... makes me think that even she still thought herself to be married to Frank. So... that would make her a bigamist.... and her marriage to Jamie therefore TECHNICALLY invalid.

[@BobGlassett]

Tasnima 123 In Claire’s mind her marriage to Jamie, early on, was invalid. In the books she struggled with her decision and knew she had done wrong. She confessed her sins when at the monastery in outlander. That inner turmoil was much harder to capture on the show without long voice overs. She couldn’t tell anyone she was already married because she couldn’t produce her husband or Identify herself by her current surname of Randall.

[@queerlibtardhippie9357]

@@tanyas6643 Frank doesn't exist though. Claire and Laoghaire do. It doesn't matter if she thinks she's married to Frank. Legally it doesn't matter.

[@brandithomas5382]

Surprised you guys didn’t mention the age difference. Claire was much older than she was in the show.

[@tanyas6643]

Brandi Thomas lots of tv and movie productions change ages and appearances of characters, either to fit the actors they’ve chosen or to make things onscreen “more sexy” or “appealing” to the target audience. People back in the 1700’s seemed to age faster, than today.... A 50 year old Jamie, for example, would have looked much more like a man in his 60’s or 70’s would today. (Think seriously sun-damaged skin, overall bad health from bad nutrition and “battle” or “hard(er) labor damage.” ) For more realism, the show should have aged them just a bit more. (Even with the current makeup and slightly lighter wig - with barely any obviously visible grays - Jamie doesn’t really look more than someone in his late 30’s... just like actor Sam Heughan’s actual age.) But.... I understand, they’re trying to keep things “more sexy.” 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ILovesTheOldMusic]

i’m not sure what you mean here given that in the books Claire was also 27 when she went through the stones. Same as the show. she and jaime are about 5 and 1/2 years apart in age.

[@englishatheart]

​@@tanyas6643 Apostrophes aren't used to make plurals. It's just the number followed by an "s." So 60s, 70s, etc.

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

Frank and Jamie were both good dads. Brianna was lucky to have them both as her dads. Both here dads aren't perfect and they both had relationships were they were happy and such. No one is perfect and we all have problems and reasons for doing things.

[@mauranebarragan7164]

They are many points of view in the books not only Claire's even if it's most of the time pov

[@raphaelemartinat1352]

I think there was also a small detail changed that changes everything: Black Jack and his brother Alex look a lot alike... like so alike that Claire first thinks she is in front of Black Jack when she meets him. I think, even though it would have been complicated for the actor to play three different roles, that it should have been played by Tobias Menzies. For Claire and Jamie, it was very important because, not only is Black Jack a sort of demon haunting them, he is also the face of Claire's husband, Frank. The first closest and most familiar person Claire has ever had since her uncle and it is the first face she meets when she travels and then, that familiar face turns into the face of a monster but she doesn't completely loathe her husband after her first travel because it was also the face of a pious and gentle man like Alex Randall. The same face covers three different personas she has met and she has to deal with it from three different ways... But with Alex who's played by a different actor... all the grief she feels when she looks at Jack, Alex and Frank is gone...

[@lilymorgenstern512]

Oh Alex. I'm still crying over his death. Such a nice and innocent guy... I do agree that they should have done it more like in the books, with Claire fainting at the sight of Alex, beliving he is Jack. Also they could have highlighted the dilemma with Franks/Jacks/Alexs appearece. But on the other hand I understand they didn't take Tobias for that role. It wouldn't have fitted - besides the fact that he would have had played a much younger version of himself. And as I remember, she and Jamie only think from the distance he's Jack. In addition Alex isn't a "double" of Frank like Jack. Laurence Dobiesz portrait Alex perfectly and, I mean, he looks like a younger brother of Tobias anyway. But I understand your thoughts. I also would have liked it, if they made the first sight a shocking one. Talking about Jack. Another big thing they changed for the series, was Jack beating Alex up after he died. Never understood why they showed this, wasn't Alexs death supposed to be a scene, where Jack shows his "human" and vulnerable side and not his brutality.

[@eloramaxwell7020]

YES MORE OUTLANDER CONTENT

[@emmetstone1660]

Thank you, Ms. Mojo for doing this! Huge fan of the show but have yet to read the books. I heard that the show follow the novels pretty well but I always wonder what changes they made.

[@jjdrama]

You should read the books! You just get more complex story lines, more characters, and a lot more reasoning and justification behind who each character is and the decisions they make.

[@bettylong906]

LOTS AND LOTS!

[@shelleyphilcox4743]

Got to be honest, have loved the books so much and cant wait for Bees to come out. The series started off really well but has faltered for me. Bree, Roger, Fergus and Iain are all wrong! Its not the actors, it's the script and character deviation. Love Murtagh, but again, why this weird storyline with Jocasta...kind of spoils a different plot line, just for the character to still go nowhere. Bree isnt strong enough, Roger is whiney, Ian too wet...although since his return it looks a bit more promising, Fergus and Marsali lines almost non existent! Claire has no sense of humour and hasn't got the earthiness of the book character, it's been expunged, and Jamie has become very mono dimensional, again, no sense of humour showing. So, who are these people???? Next season, let's get the characters back on track please scriptwriters! If they stray any further I will probably give up watching the show!

[@tanyas6643]

Shelley Philcox I agree with the Murtagh and Jocasta story line not going anywhere. I had expected there to be more than we got, once they kept him alive (for longer), in the show... only to kill him off, “too soon” after their final scenes together. Very anti-climactic, for me. I wished they’d have given both of them a bit more time, together... even if we’d have to wait for that, in later episodes or another season.

[@SaraDeeYT]

Lissie is a giant, Brianna meeting Jamie, How Brianna forgives Robert, Brianna's eye color, how Brianna's is a head-strong, fearless, amazon in the books, including wearing beeches when she goes back in time. And Sophie's terrible acting.

[@victoriascotttheclassicist3692]

Omg so the thing about Briannas eye color in the show that pisses me off is that she has brown eyes, which is literally impossible with her parentsge (in the show since Claire's eyes are blue too), and its something they could easily edit. Idk what her eyes are supposed to be in the books because I've not gotten that far yet, but thats just... super annoying to me.

[@sydneystuart898]

@@victoriascotttheclassicist3692 it's said that her eyes are a deep blue just like Jaime's. So deep that they seem black sometimes is what the book says.

[@carolmccannon5305]

Why did they use her with those Brown eyes? Was she that Good? I don't think so.

[@chelseacanales8763]

So, in simple terms: the book is better?

[@nnekam6153]

Chelsea Canales books are always better most times !

[@camillerains3728]

YES!

[@dedet6900]

Weeeeel Lass, ‘‘tis so much of the times, but the physical sight of a living, breathing, Jamie does have its advantages! Whew!,,

[@JeanBakula]

A book is ALWAYS better. Some things don't translate well to the screen, I don't care how good the screenwriters are.

[@eloramaxwell7020]

S1, S2, are just as good as the books. S3 and S5 are fantastic at times! S4 is atrocious and really left out a ton of good stuff from the novel

[@sillygirlkc]

It's always interesting when a character becomes beloved in the on screen portrayal and the changes they have to adjust to the story going forward. The other example I think of a lot is Lafayette from True Blood (RIP). He was such a phenomenal actor/character that they wrote him in for so long. Needless to say opinions on the show aside, the deviation from the story in the books was kind of mind boggling. Can't wait for the updated list after the next season.... Cuz I have questions after finally finishing books 6 and 7.

[@ckono105]

Murtagh’s death wrecked me in the books. I didn’t find it inconsequential at all. So glad he was around much longer in the series.

[@roberttriplet1]

Can we have a ‘The Magicians’ video plz

[@justineves3588]

very very great fun list I like it a lot great job mis mojo one of my very favorite list ever outlander is one of the very best tv shows ever with a great cast

[@brfite]

Murtagh is one of my favorites!

[@nikoskn1252]

The worst difference is making frank more likeable. This way Brianna never truly accepted jaime as her father or defended him making her character honestly unlikable at times and all that for a character we don't really care.

[@imogenonscreen8054]

I sorta liked that Frank was more likeable because it makes it more interesting (at least to me) that Claire chose Jamie over Frank because Jamie was her true love not because Frank was a bad person.

[@nikoskn1252]

@@imogenonscreen8054 Yes but with what cost. Brianna is more important than Frank. Her story with Jaime is more important than Frank's. The writers sacrificed their relationship. Brianna has never truly accepted jaime as her father and now that roger is there all the chances these characters had to interact are gone. I invested a lot of time in this relationship and once again I was let down by the writers inability to honestly choose the preexisting better option.

[@camillerains3728]

@@nikoskn1252 Agreed! I hate the way they have handled Jamie and Brianna's relationship and a lot of that is because of how they portrayed Frank and his relationship with Brianna.

[@nikoskn1252]

@@camillerains3728 Thank you. Honestly I stopped watching after Brianna's outburst at Jaime. There is no point watching anymore if the family we are rooting for isn't a family.

[@camillerains3728]

@@nikoskn1252 You're welcome. I don't blame you for not watching. I haven't watched season 5 in part because I am so frustrated with how they screwed up Jamie and Brianna's relationship in season 4. I hate how they left out the way Jamie comforted Brianna over her rape and shared his feelings with her over his. They had a little bit of that in the show, but not enough and it was not explained right. They have screwed up a lot of things and I find Brianna's outburst and the lack of her parents being there for Jemmy's birth to be almost unforgivable. You are absolutely right, there is little point in watching if the family we are rooting for isn't family. I also hated that Brianna didn't get to meet Jenny or really send time with the family in Scotland.

[@kenishadiamond1757]

Ms mojo is the best

[@fairysaurus7557]

They didn't add the small story in which Jaimie goes missing in the woods and gets paralysed for a day and Claire finds him and keeps him warm. That should've been in season 4

[@TeamSukiyo]

Yes but it would have been right after or before Claire got lost in the woods. 2 episodes in a row about basically the same thing would have felt a bit repetitive. So they chose to keep the most important of them, as Claire’s led to the finding of Ottertooth. I understand that omission.

[@fairysaurus7557]

@@TeamSukiyo it would've been an important Jaimie and Claire scene though. Fans would love it, since everyone is complaining about how the show is more about Brianna and Roger now

[@TeamSukiyo]

Fairy Saurus As were the books, at this point, 60/40

[@noeliarocio4367]

I'm watching Outlander now (a little bit late) and I felt SO disappointed when they get back together after 20 years of suffering and missing each other... I was holding my breath!!!! And then... Nothing. "Oh you're here, cool. I have a meeting now, would you mind?" 🙄 I just couldn't believe it. The writing until that point was so good, how could they ruined THE most important scene ever!????

[@rebekkalou]

Love outlander 💜

[@MsMojo]

Us too!

[@justineves3588]

me too

[@LisaMariavanHarmelen]

The only thing that annoys me... Is that Claire and Jaime don't really age. Sure... 20 to 40 isn't that big of a difference, but when you're 50 you can't really look like you're 30. And yes I know people are gonna say: ''But they look good for their age in the books as well''... but they don't even have a wrinkle! Getting older doesn't mean you need to look ugly. And you can never be ''too pretty to age up'' as the producers say.

[@mad.for.madison]

I know but it‘s not like they can do anything about that :/

[@huntergirl7275]

The Producers stated they did this because they did not want to have to apply aging prosthetics to their actors everyday. Prosthetics make it more difficult to have the feeling and emotion of acting come through.

[@sparkybish]

I think given that they can’t really age them prothestically, they could make them both greyer.

[@tanyas6643]

MissMargaret ... and strategically paint on a few wrinkles here and there. I know a tv/movie special effects makeup artist that routinely does age actors without using cumbersome prosthetics.

[@tanyas6643]

Lisa Maria van Harmelen I bet, this has everything to do with keeping things “more sexy.” Make them more “age correct” and the sex scenes may not look as appealing to a (presumably) “only youthful enough looking actors/characters should be having sex on screen” kind of audience. (Reminds me of The Tudors, where both.... Henry VIII and Charles Brandon were played by much younger and better looking actors, even toward the end when both men were actually “old and fat.”)

[@rebeccab8555]

I know everyone loves the series....and it's great...but, I couldn't keep watching it as a lover of the books.

[@thebossladya2493]

I never heard about the books until I started watching the show (am reading them now), so I'm definitely not in the camp that says the books are better. It's certainly not true that books are ALWAYS better than the screen adaptation, but it's called adaptation for a reason. If you know a lot will have to be cut out (especially with books that are so long) then it should go without saying that other things will have to be changed to make the TV version make sense. Maybe people wouldn't be so disappointed if they watched it for what it is. I'm finding it fun noting the differences, but I would rather watch the show. Some people will never even read the books, and I think the show runners have done a great job balancing that with the super high expectations of the readers.

[@englishatheart]

You and many others need to understand that adaptations are created mainly based on the fans of the source material. If a book is utterly loathed, it is highly unlikely that it will be adapted. And, as a writer and lover of books, when I watch an adaptation, I want to see the source material brought to life on screen, not the director's "vision" of it. And I would hate seeing my own creation butchered. If someone can't stay true to the source material, they shouldn't make an adaptation. Create something entirely new instead, with different characters and a different title. I understand that some things will be left out, but most adaptations leave out important things or change things unnecessarily, which there is no excuse for. To act like it's wrong for fans of the source material to want to see said source material adapted faithfully is just ignorant, as there wouldn't be an adaptation if it weren't for the fans of the source material.

[@ihavemoreshipsthanthenavy99]

I've only read the first book, but I seem to remember that at the end of the book they didn't have issues of being intimate after Jamie's rape and that was the weirdest plot point for me because it was a big deal in the first couple of episodes in season 2 (could be wrong though, it's been a while) I also remember book fans being upset at Brianna not meeting Jenny when she first arrived in the past (because the actress wasn't available), is that true?

[@Alatarielle]

huh? the first book has months of Claire nursing Jamie back to health after he was tortured. They completely skipped all that in the show. The immediate aftermath when Claire takes care of his physical wounds as well as most of the time the spent in that monastery and he needs to recover psychologically as well. It was liked they tried to press the last 20% of the book into one episode.

[@sparkybish]

They absolutely had issues in the book.

[@tanyas6643]

Alatarielle I agree. Jamie’s recovery went much faster and “seamless” in the show. But I guess, the production felt they’d want to get back to “the sexy” faster... since a “properly executed recovery” would involve less “sexy” and more “stressful” emotional and physical healing. (Let’s face it, many producers are men that were probably not looking forward to any “non sexual therapy” a man like Jamie would probably need. “Sexy” is probably more their speed.)

[@Alatarielle]

@@tanyas6643 absolutely agreed! The end of season 1 is were the storytelling of the show really started to put me off.

[@MJLOVEnow]

In the show, they were still having issues after arriving in France. Jamie was having PTSD nightmares and seeing Black Jack’s face superimposed over Claire’s.

[@DragonMama-yt3zs]

Not bad for a character that was based on a companion from Doctor Who. The Outlander books series was based on Jamie McCrimmon played by Frazer Hines in Doctor Who

[@magdavallarino110]

Great books and wonderful show

[@RheaLynnae25]

Make a superstore video!!

[@SehrKhan]

OUTLANDER IS BAEEEEE

[@MrRonald327]

They needed to make room for things.

[@sarawilliams9025]

There’s soooooo much that I disagree with here. Of course, you can’t fit these novels into a show, the show would be impossibly long. But Murtagh was not an insignificant character, at least not to me. I get he died early on but he still was very important. The fact that Laighaire (I might be misspelling that lol) and Jamie’s wedding was never a good one seems to be not mentioned...I could go on and on...I tried to love the show, but I can only like it, because it just can’t compare to the books!

[@sarawilliams9025]

Edit: by “good one” a mean a valid one...it wasn’t valid, Laoghire was a side chick, period!

[@tanyas6643]

Sara Williams by that logic, Claire and Jamie’s marriage would also not be valid, since she was already married to Frank, when she married Jamie.

[@marastuff9256]

How comes no one mentioned the most badass moment when Claire kills that wolf without any skill or weapon? Even in the books i couldn't understand why they didn't constantly mention it just to brag

[@manuelacoelho6749]

Too unrealistic. I was glad they left that out.

[@queerlibtardhippie9357]

@@manuelacoelho6749 People have done it before. Its not that shocking.

[@nevarez7L]

In the books when Claire comes back, and she goes to live with Frank he digs info she give him, and Frank knows everything, he knows she will be back and knows Bree goes to the past too that is why she knows how to shoot and I think he helps them to be back with Jammie. I love Frank, honestly. SORRY for my crappy english.

[@asuna932]

I don't think he knew about Brianna. He didn't want to believe Jamie was real but never told Claire he had found out his grave. Despite that he moved it so she could find Jamie's grave when he had died. But Brianna didn't stay in the past, there was no trace of her back there, so how would he know she traveled back in time?

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

I love that too and no matter what he loved brianna.

[@JeanBakula]

Yes, Frank researches and knows Jamie lived thru Culloden, and never told Claire, even though he sees she never stopped loving him. So Frank selfishly keeps Claire from Jamie, while cheating on her for all those years. Frank is a snake.

[@nevarez7L]

@@asuna932 Hi!! The grave of Jammie was put it by Frank, as far as I remember. I think I got the book and the show well mix :P

[@nevarez7L]

@@JeanBakula I think he wanted a family so bad, I do not agree with his actions but, he can't have any kids and she was there, maybe he think he can win her back, when they go back to Scotland after the war, he said to her that he does not care if she had something with someone when they were part working during war. He was hurt I think. btw, I love Tobias Menzies he is a amaxing actor, I hate him so much as Randall hahaha. SORRY for my bad english.

[@mrswjr4061]

All of the books are not told from only Claire’s POV, maybe the first one was...I would have to go back and read it to be sure...but the others jump around between POV of characters, especially when Brianna and Roger are in the mix.

[@kurohebie3161]

I did not get that Franck was unlikable. I kind of felt bad for him.

[@camilalouisem]

If the character is perfect, people complain they are unrealistic, if the character isn't, people complain they're terrible.

[@kerenmatias150]

considering the point of view, it's not completely correct that we only see a claire point of view in the books. in the books from the second book we start to see Roger's point of view as well and in the third book we start to see Jamie's point of view and from the fourth, we also start to see Breanna point off view. Also Frank in the books is rarely mentioned as a bad character as they did in the show in the matter of fact he is rarely mentioned as a general rule.

[@cathe8282]

Frank in the series, and Tobias Menzies's portrayal of him, is SO much better than the book. It gave me a lot of sympathy for the man. As for Claire's POV there are many points in the later books where Claire has no view...storylines of Lord John, Bree, Jamie etc that are clearly not in her POV. Murtagh's non-death is a sore spot for me as it is much more interesting IMO to see how Jamie goes through life without the major Father figures he grew up with. True Murtagh is missing from most of Jamie's post-Culloden life but the moments Jamie goes through mourning Murtagh, his grief changing through time (as grief does), his memories of Culloden resurfacing, those are great parts of the books.

[@shelleyphilcox4743]

@Catherine Eades I think Tobias Menzies as Frank and Jack Randall is brilliant. Probably the best acting outside of Murtagh and early Jamie!

[@cathe8282]

@@shelleyphilcox4743 yeah! The more I see of Tobias acting, the more I like.

[@suzannchurchwell6537]

There are a lot of things that are different. Some are down right STUPID! One of the worst mistakes they made was at the end of season one and rolls into season two. The last few chapters of book one was set in France. When he (Jamie) escaped from Wentworth prison, he and Claire went straight to a monastery in France. By the end of the book, he is much better and he and Claire are reconnected and having SEX! The series screwed that up royally. They were NOT close and they were not having sex. It was such a departure from the book that irked it me. I haven't rewatched that part of season one and two since. Writers were on their own little train that went off the cliff.

[@jameymenzer8215]

jamie and brianna meeting for the first time....was SUCHA DISAPPOINTMENT. i feel as tho the ball was dropped. Jamie is very smart and always aware...how did he not know it was her, especially since he just dreamt about her recently (where he saw a birthmark that claire never told him about). If he figured out who lord john gray was 10years later.....i feel like he wouldve known immediatly. Brianna shouldnt have had to say a word after she got his attention.

[@deannacrownover3]

I started reading Cross Stitch (the original name of thefirst book) back in the 80s and got each of the books as they came out. For 11 years Jamie and Claire have been running down a hillside to greet Rodger and Brianna coming back from the 1980s! Eleven years! This show Absolutely gutted everything honorable about the books. I watched the first season and then deleted Starz. Disgusting.

[@dorothyjaques74]

It was only titled Cross Stitch in the UK

[@huntergirl7275]

This video was posted 2 days ago, but Murtaugh died 3 weeks ago, but a number twenty you tell us we don't know how the relationship with Jocasta going to end. You literally tell us about his death in number 20, and then again in number one.

[@yvonnescottfrasor8597]

I've been frustrated at the many ways the show has deviated from the books. I know the books are 'huge' but to remove scenes from the book to then invent ones for the screen? doesn't make any sense. However, current circumstances have made me a little more understanding (although still not impressed) - in the UK we have Captain Tom Moore (100) who has raised millions for the NHS walking 'laps' around his garden. The generation of 'just get on with it'. Life has changed so much and I think the show's creators whilst making tremendous efforts to get the historical facts and looks right have failed abysmally in getting the characters right. The age you live in colours your view of things. My biggest gripe is that the writers have failed to keep the 'essence' of the characters and have looked far more at formulaic episodes than telling this beautiful story. Can't end this without saying 'poor Roger'. He had an awful time in the books but his onscreen life is even worse because they've changed him into a whiny 'I want to go home', can't do anything right sort of person when he was really much stronger than that. One tiny example - onscreen Jamie tells him he must kill Stephen Bonnet and Roger can't see himself taking a life. Book Roger asks Jamie to teach him to fight because he knows he must kill Stephen Bonnet.

[@outlandish.history]

Book Roger was confident and manly (to an extent). TV Roger is weak and doubts himself constantly.

[@shelleyphilcox4743]

In the book Roger's got guts. What he lacks isnt courage but practical skills and comfort with moral standards for the 18th century!

[@renmarkable7905]

yes. I'm of the opinion that the show failed starting in the return episode. I have just stopped watching as of about episode 10 season 3. too many pointless deviations, including desperately trying to make Claire appear "nicer"... such a shame.

[@andulka2212]

Season 6 will be based on what book?

[@valerieprieur-cote5751]

anna h. They said it’ll be book 6 and little of 7

[@safetyqueen22]

There are two changes on this list that make me sad. 1. Bree giving birth for the reasons mentioned in the video. It would have been so moving! 2. Jamie’s reaction to Bree’s photos. The book reaction seems much more likely to seeing a photo the daughter you’ve never met. Not that Sam didn’t kill it in that scene anyway and the bikini thing is from the book just a later point. I like the fact that he immediately tells Claire about Willie in the show unlike in the book. The Laoghaire thing I can live with because in the show Jamie seems to marry her more for a ready made family than herself and she was young when she did that. People can grow. Also I always thought it odd in the book that Claire never told Jamie what she did. I agree about Frank being a more likeable character in the show but also Tobias Menzies is just so DAMNE charismatic.

[@roxismith6122]

I really hated that the show was different than the book in "The Reckoning" because there was such an uproar by non-book readers when Jamie punished Claire. In the book he told her to remain with Will and told her that if she didn't what would happen to her. It's not like she wasn't warned.

[@haleyspence]

Yeah, and in the 3rd one when Ian makes him take the belt to Ian I loved the realistic sort of balance with Jamie's growth and like, realistic time standards because after he's done he gives it to Ian (i don't remember if it's young or old specifically, either way) and has them do it to him too because he also f'd up in this situation. It's a detail, but it shows a lot about the characters.

[@micheller8556]

Man I didn’t realize how much I missed frank until I watched this video

[@chrissnyder8108]

Jocasta did have a romance and a marriage in the books; she began a romance with her black butler even before her abusive first husband died, and when Jaime and his buddy Duncan (a former Ardsmuir prisoners who has mostly been left out of the TV series , Jocasta decided to take Duncan as a 2nd husband though she didn't love him, so that she would have a man to handle her business. Pretty much all Duncan's contributions in the books parts were given to Murtagh instead, since the TV series decided to resurrect Murtagh, and to leave Duncan out.

[@scaberouswretch3673]

One change that i don't really get is why in the show it's Colum Mackenzie, but in the books he's Callum Mackenzie. Seems completely pointless.

[@nurazizarenden7247]

So in the book Jamie actually force Geneva?

[@jcbaily5559]

Why are there so many shows that feel it is important to criticize the differences between the books and the series? Let's face it, they are both excellent and if the books were to be followed word for word, there would have to be a lot more episodes which would, most likely, run the costs up so much that we would probably only get a few less seasons thus condensing them even further. We should be happy we get what we do!!!!

[@sarahferguson0]

I started reading the books in 2000. The changes are bullshit. Just tell the damn story the way it's written. Also, it would be nice for Gabaldon to actually finish the story before the tv show gets to a point where they are making crap up because the author won't finish the story. According to her website she's been working on the last book since 2015.

[@mary.gcarpenter1490]

I've been saying that for years, and every year, it's the next year. Finish the books first then write something else. Looks like we will probably have another GOTIncident. Writers making stuff up. What pissed me off about the way Bree treated Jamie is that Claire let it all happen. There would not be a Bree if not for Jamie. And I'm sorry I don't think it was rape. That lady got what she asked for. I just saw a clip about that on my tablet " I get alot of Outlander clips." Jamie told her before it happened that she could change her mind which was what he wanted and she said no. So no , I don't think it was rape, what she got was her own fault, she just said no when it was too late. What would you men do in that very same circumstance.? Truthfully? And him saying it was his fault she died because he didn't love her. Bull! Talking about the blackmailer, forgot her name.

[@leonievw2466]

@@mary.gcarpenter1490whole different discussion: but yes, that is rape! Especially as a virgin, like that girl, you don't know how it feels. It hurts probably a lot, so yes: if it hurts you want it to stop. And that person has to stop. Too bad you think that most men wouldn't, luckily for me (and other women) there are great men who do! Who don't want to hurt you and stop. Because that's a normal, honorable thing to do. There are other ways to get satisfaction. I want to get that very clear for every women, girl ánd men alike, reading this!

[@bronwynschlaefer2958]

With covid 19 who knows when they’ll be filming again and they still have 3 more books to get through. We’re good. Let her write how she wants to write so we get a good book

[@queerlibtardhippie9357]

@@mary.gcarpenter1490 There's never a 'too late' to say no. If somebody tells you to leave them alone, you just leave them alone.

[@Alithia451]

Will Jamie ever travel to the future?

[@MJLOVEnow]

Diana Gabaldon says he never will. It’s his ghost that is seen watching her from the street below in the first episode.

[@newton_2019]

Omg I’m 8!!! 😱😱😱

[@vickie30]

I think they need to just show them growing old together and and it there..I love Lord John..Let's give him his own series without the drama.

[@nu-kaannuk7822]

En melena como estaba empezó en la prueba de química el no era tan guapo ,Cait lo ayudó mucho en su cambio de luc y manera de moverse ante las cámaras ,el éxito es que se amaban de verdad y esto nos deslumbró en su interpretación Amor verdadero Sam y Cait siempre

[@victoriascotttheclassicist3692]

Number 1 was a throw away since it was basically the first thing mentioned with the jocasta relationship thing. Ugh. If you're gonna do a list, do it right.

[@hiton86]

All books are wayyyyyyyy btr than any adaptation to the silver screen/ tv show

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

I understand people hate Frank but than again Jamie isnt perfect either. I mean when a girl wants him to stop having sex he continues doing sex with her. Also when his wife got taken on another ship that was infected and he in jail. He orders fergus to get him out and that he doesnt love Claire enough if he doesnt get him out. I go "What the fuck! Your telling your son that he doesnt love his mother enough because he wont let you out. When it could hurt you, his mom, and his fiance/wife. Why are you telling your son that!". I get their not blood but brianna and frank arent either yet they all are family because of love. Brianna and Frank well Jamie loves Fergus (this is non blood relative relationships).

[@ALLINONE-ht3lx]

Kindly upload ,( Age reverse movie like) , 17 again, age of adrenaline, curious case of Benjamin Button.

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

I think you mean Age of Adeline. :)

[@kellypitts8481]

I think the show has ruined both Brianna and Roger. They spent too much time on Frank in season 2.

[@giuliapicchiotti]

They spent to much on Frank period !!

[@kathyrucker8666]

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[@amygrodrigues]

wtf? Jaimie basically raped the girl in the book version then? I haven't read the books so if somebody could please explain to me. That seems so out of character for him

[@laurianne6089]

Well, they were doing 'it' and in the middle, the girl didn't want to continue but Jamie forced her to let him finish because she was the one who asked in the first place... So yeah Jamie kinda raped the girl :/

[@annabednarska6990]

I wouldn't say he did. Geneva didn't exacly changed her mind, she only thought Jamie is in great pain during the act and because she was in pain too, that's why she wanted him to stop. But after she didn't regret what happend. It was clearly stated in the book later, when they talked about it.

[@sharonrichards7656]

Anna Bednarska in the books, didn't Jamie go to Geneva's bedroom multiple times? It ended up being an actual affair for a few weeks before she went off married to Ellsmere. I am remembering it that way anyways. And when she died and her body was returned to Hellwater for burial, he went through quite the grieving process out of Scot Highlander customs. The Lord John Gray book series could have written it this way.

[@annabednarska6990]

@@sharonrichards7656 No, he was with her only one time, 3 days before her wedding, I just checked in the book :)