Look, I've been a huge fan of the books for about twenty two years, however I'm not naive and appreciate that it's impossible to translate such long books to the screen in a short number of episodes. I also understand that some book scenes are hard to recreate for the screen. Having said that I'm pretty annoyed that they decided to make the birth scene with Fergus and Marsali into something sleazy. It was not! Fergus only did something, which he knew from being a child in a brothel, was helpful during a long birth, then eventually they decided to try intercourse to try and move it further along, which thankfully worked. Childbirth was scary in those days and Marsali was genuinely afraid of death. Only Jamie and Claire were in an adjoining room, and at one stage Ian for a few seconds. In the book I found that childbirth part interesting and informative. The other scene which misfired was one that was both hilarious and eventually sad in the book. The resurrection of Granny Wilson. That was a real belly chuckle book moment for me. Granny Wilson deserved more screen time. They could have extended that to it full effect and left out the sleazy intercourse part, which definitely did not translate well to screen.
I think Roger's character hopefully may becoming less um, diminished? Again I am a fan of book Roger, but so far, he has seemed a washed out character, (no fault of the actor). Never mind that Roger was very tall and handsome with glossy black hair and green eyes. His presence has been lost. I always saw Roger and Brianna as a tall striking looking power couple standing together.
Young Ian now, for me in this episode I finally started to see book Ian. The depth he gives his lines about little Henri-Christian, all of a sudden there was Ian rising from the pages. Book Ian is a wonderful character and I have adored how his character has progressed from a teenager through to the latest book.
Looking forward to the Christie story this season. So far so good. Also, fingers crossed for the reappearance of the 9th Earl of Ellesmore.
Whilst I have a few grumps, still a solid 8 overall.
I think Roger's character hopefully may becoming less um, diminished? Again I am a fan of book Roger, but so far, he has seemed a washed out character, (no fault of the actor). Never mind that Roger was very tall and handsome with glossy black hair and green eyes. His presence has been lost. I always saw Roger and Brianna as a tall striking looking power couple standing together.
Young Ian now, for me in this episode I finally started to see book Ian. The depth he gives his lines about little Henri-Christian, all of a sudden there was Ian rising from the pages. Book Ian is a wonderful character and I have adored how his character has progressed from a teenager through to the latest book.
Looking forward to the Christie story this season. So far so good. Also, fingers crossed for the reappearance of the 9th Earl of Ellesmore.
Whilst I have a few grumps, still a solid 8 overall.