![]() Sending Brianna, Roger and Jemmy back now adds a new, gripping element to the show that will hopefully be followed up throughout season six – while we will continue to see Jamie and Claire's (and Marsali, Fergus and Young Ian's) life at Fraser's Ridge in the run up to the War Of Independence, we may also get the bonus of seeing Roger, Brianna and Jemmy returning to modern-day life. Season one – which remains, in the minds of many Outlander fans, the best season of all – worked so well because it devoted a fair amount of time to the 1940s, as Frank (Tobias Menzies) dealt with the aftermath of his wife's disappearance.Īnd many of the fan-favourite episodes throughout Outlander have been the ones that have focused on the 20 th century and time travel – from Claire's decision and return to Jamie in season three ('Freedom & Whisky' and 'A Malcolm'), to Brianna's own arrival in the past in season four ('Down The Rabbit Hole' and 'Wilmington').Īfter all, time travel is the one element (okay, apart from the NSFW sex scenes) that sets Outlander apart from other period dramas. The best episodes of Outlander, from the very first season, are arguably the ones that deal not only with life in the 18 th century, but Claire's, and now Brianna's, adventures in the 20 th century. Oh well – whoever's idea it was, it's actually a really good one. Why Outlander's Brianna made that shock decision.In fact, the episode's screenplay was written by Gabaldon herself (the first she has written since season two's 'Vengeance Is Mine'), but when she was asked on Sunday night (after the episode aired in the US) about Brianna and Roger's departure, the author tweeted that the plot surprise was 'not my idea'. It's a coherent storyline, so I don't see any problem really in lifting pieces of the storyline from one book and condensing them with the earlier pieces from another book in order to make a contiguous line."īut sending Brianna and her family through time so soon is the boldest move the producers have made so far as it is one of the biggest twists in the sixth book. "Given what they're dealing with in terms of constraints and space, I think it makes all kinds of sense because I have storylines that can stretch out for three or four books. We've had the demise of Stephen Bonnet in last week's episode and the capturing of Claire by Lionel Brown as this week's cliffhanger ending, both of which take place in the sixth novel.Īuthor Gabaldon talked to Town & Country magazine recently about the shifting timelines between the books and the series. While this season has mainly been based on the fifth Outlander novel, 'The Fiery Cross', this is the third big storyline to have been taken from the sixth book, 'A Breath Of Snow And Ashes'. While this week's episode was set mainly in 1772, in the books it isn't until after the birth of their second child, Amanda, in 1776, that Brianna and Roger decide to go back – primarily because little Mandy is born with a heart murmur that can only be treated by 20 th-century medicine. ![]() ![]() With one more episode of season five to go, Outlander certainly delivered a whopper of a surprise in episode 11 ('Journeycake') – sending Brianna (Sophie Skelton), her husband Roger (Richard Rankin) and their son Jemmy through the stones and, we're hoping, back to the future (or to the early 1970s at least).įans of Diana Gabaldon's books will know that Brianna, Roger and Jemmy MacKenzie do eventually travel back to their own time, but in the novels it happens much later. Outlander season 5 spoilers – including episode 11 – follow.
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