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Why Outlander Made that Huge Departure from the Books

Executive producer Matthew B. Roberts revealed that the change was born out of many debates in the Outlander writers room about how they could best "protect Jamie's character."

"Because we're watching it in a different medium, when you read about it Claire is taking you through it, it's easy to not delve into Jamie's inner thoughts," Roberts tells THR. "But when you visibly see Jamie on the screen, you have to play that something is bothering him, something he's holding in. When you do that enough, you have to give the audience a little bread crumb to know what this is."

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I feel so bad for the writers and producers. I've pretty much given up reading comments on these articles because it's just a bunch of book purists complaining about how they hate the changes.

And when Jamie is upset, (aka feeling guilty at himself, he does get angry with the person he's talking to. Misdirection of the anger he's carrying inside)

That's a really great insight! I'd not thought of it that way before.