I used to love the show... Series 1 and 2, I loved. I fell in love with the show and of course Jamie and Claire. I happily scored it 10/10.
Series 3 was okay, major scenes from the book were missing, a characters storyline was completely changed, the introduction of Roger and Brianna. The actor and actress of those two characters clearly didn't read the book or research who they would play as they didn't quite get it, they missed the mark of who they were meant to be. This resulted in my lowering the scoring of the show to 7/10.
Then series 4 happened. Midway during episode two, I switched it off and removed it from my Prime watch list. I won't even bother with series 5.
From series 1, I could look past that Jamie's hair is meant to be more ginger than what it is or that Lord John Grey should be blonde or that Claire's hair is meant to be more curly. These were minor details.
But series 4! Jamie's hair is darker rather than lighter and less ginger but more brown. Making Claire a depressing character to watch when she isn't and the same goes for Jamie! Playing random songs during fight scenes. Changing storylines of characters again! Major characters completely missing from the show entirely. Getting the colour of the dog completely wrong. The location of River Run's house again, completely wrong. Missing scenes which would really bring everything to life and make the show less dreary and depressing. The scenes filmed on the barge made it too obvious from the terrible lighting that it was filmed in front of a green screen.
I already wasn't looking forward to watching Roger and Brianna as I struggled to maintain watching the awful portrayal of their characters the first time around. Everything else mentioned in the previous paragraph killed the show for me.
The magic has died.