There is a lot here to not really like this season. The feel has become more gothic and horror and it is not a genre that I particularly care for.
Why is Claire dealing with her trauma on her own. She knows that Jamie went through a rape as well at the hands of Jack Randall so one would think they can confide in each other? At the end of the episode Jamie finally says that he will support her. According to the timeline Claire's rape was over a year ago?
In this episode, no one really goes to Claire, well maybe Jamie, and tries to help her with finding Malva in the field like that. Her daughter Brianna does not even console her and is more busy with Roger. BTW, does anyone else here can't stand this character? Roger who is suppose to have his calling does not say much to Claire. And as soon as Roger and Brianna decide that Roger will go to his minister school, they leave the next day! And that farewell scene with Jamie and Claire was pretty soft. It was almost like, "I can't wait to get out of here". While in the episode before Brianna does not leave her mom's side while she was sick?
Sure Malva story is crucial to the book but I want to see other stuff as well that deal with the history of the time. Story of Jamie turning sides and dealing with the local tribes were far more interesting. Malva's story has taken up too much screen time.
I really thought something good would happen when that guy in prison was whistling "Yankee Doodle Dandy". But alas nothing so far. I am sure it will come.
My wife who is reading the current book says the set is all wrong. There is no way Jamie and Claire have such a big estate with lavish furnishings. They just had a cabin and were building a 2nd floor on it. They did not have servants. The church gets built way later. I thought Aunt Jacosta had died and left them her inheritance. But she is still alive.
Bring back Lord John. He is more interesting. Also, I am getting tired of Jamie and Claire's "holier than thou" look. They just don't seem as nice of a people as they have in the past.
Anyways, I hope the makers of this show turn this around in season 7 or else this show will have the same ending fate that came upon Game of Thrones.