I know many die hard fans of Outlander (both the books and the TV show) are not going to like what I have to say. But it needs to be said. I really liked the 1st 5 seasons as the story was interesting and I could really believe in the characters. They felt real to me.
Now it just seems like they are cardboard cutouts. The acting is stiff and I don't feel the chemistry between the actors and characters. Is it the show or that the source material is getting weak? Episode 1 of this season feels totally different from episode 2. Looks like episode 1 was made last year and would have been aired last year had it not been for the restriction in filming due to the lock down.
I thought Fraser's Ridge was a community but where are those people when Allan Christie gets killed by Young Ian in broad daylight. Yes Mrs. Bug sees them but how can Claire and Ian carry his body and no one notices? Where is Richard Brown and his law? It's like they just disappeared.
Where is the story of how Roger and Brianna and especially Jemmy who has never experienced the future integrate back into the future after coming through the stones? We see them walking away with all their colonial clothes to being with family in their fancy clothes and having the operation done on the baby! What happened in between?
When Claire came back the first time, the whole story of how Frank takes her back in and the adjustments she needed to go through was very interesting and realistic and brilliant. Now it just feels like a Marvel movie. "I am here in another timeline so just get accept it".
The baby has no birth certificate in the future, no identity. How did they convince the health care system to do this operation? How did they pay for it?
Now that I think of it, how did Roger, Brianna, Jemmy and the little one get from 1980's USA to Scotland with no money or ID on them? I guess they sold the jems for tons of money? But won't they need the jems if they ever wanted to come back to the past?
Ah, it is too confusing. What irks me the most is that a show as great as this has lost its storytelling. It is all based on emotions of what is going on and have totally left out any logical explanation of how and why things happen. And the show runners are just banking on the loyal fans and audience of Outlander to see the rest of the story through. Oh well, enough said for now.
Now it just seems like they are cardboard cutouts. The acting is stiff and I don't feel the chemistry between the actors and characters. Is it the show or that the source material is getting weak? Episode 1 of this season feels totally different from episode 2. Looks like episode 1 was made last year and would have been aired last year had it not been for the restriction in filming due to the lock down.
I thought Fraser's Ridge was a community but where are those people when Allan Christie gets killed by Young Ian in broad daylight. Yes Mrs. Bug sees them but how can Claire and Ian carry his body and no one notices? Where is Richard Brown and his law? It's like they just disappeared.
Where is the story of how Roger and Brianna and especially Jemmy who has never experienced the future integrate back into the future after coming through the stones? We see them walking away with all their colonial clothes to being with family in their fancy clothes and having the operation done on the baby! What happened in between?
When Claire came back the first time, the whole story of how Frank takes her back in and the adjustments she needed to go through was very interesting and realistic and brilliant. Now it just feels like a Marvel movie. "I am here in another timeline so just get accept it".
The baby has no birth certificate in the future, no identity. How did they convince the health care system to do this operation? How did they pay for it?
Now that I think of it, how did Roger, Brianna, Jemmy and the little one get from 1980's USA to Scotland with no money or ID on them? I guess they sold the jems for tons of money? But won't they need the jems if they ever wanted to come back to the past?
Ah, it is too confusing. What irks me the most is that a show as great as this has lost its storytelling. It is all based on emotions of what is going on and have totally left out any logical explanation of how and why things happen. And the show runners are just banking on the loyal fans and audience of Outlander to see the rest of the story through. Oh well, enough said for now.
