Outlander fans spot important book storyline dropped from season six

16.01.2023 - 16:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk

As cast and crew continue filming scenes for Outlander season seven, fans have been using the time to catch up on creator Diana Gabaldon's books.

The current Droughtlander will finish this summer when the new series hits screens but to keep themselves busy, the show's loyal followers have been brushing up on the original book series.

And as always, they are not holding back on their thoughts about the differences between the books and the TV programme, as writes the Express.

Some eagle-eyed viewers have taken to Reddit to discuss the major moments from the literary series which were not included in the sixth outing of the small screen version.

One important scene which doesn't appear in the programme features young Ian Fraser (John Bell) and Brianna Mackenzie (Sophie Skelton).

In Diana's novels, the pair are much closer than they are on the telly programme and this culminates in a joint expedition to find some woolly mammoth bones where Ian tells Brianna about his spell with the Mohawk tribe and him having to leave his wife Emily (Morgan Holmstrom). The TV adaption sees these scenes changed to a conversation between Ian and Jamie (Sam Heughan).

Redditor Bubbly-Outcome9437 said: "So this isn’t meant to be the typical rant about how awful season 6 is. (However, compared to the books it did kinda suck).

"But I’m on chapter 70, almost 900 pages in, reading the mammoth chapter with Ian and Bree.

"And oh my god so many tears. Why didn’t they put this in the show?! (sic)"

Other fans chimed in that they felt the change to the storyline meant a wasted opportunity to explore the relationship between the adoptive cousins, a twist which may have been introduced by the writers in order to showcase Jamie's bond with Ian.

"It was such a good