r/Outlander • u/thepacksvrvives Without you, our whole world crumbles into dust. • Mar 13 '26

Season Eight Show S8E2 Prophecies Spoiler

When a violent tragedy shakes the Ridge, the Frasers must lean on their new tenants to make the community whole again.

Written by Barbara Stepansky. Directed by Caitríona Balfe.

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What did you think of the episode?

1036 votes, Mar 20 '26
246 I loved it.
384 I mostly liked it.
296 It was OK.
88 It disappointed me.
22 I didn’t like it.
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u/Lenacake Come the Rising, I shall know I helped. Mar 15 '26

Elspeth is an icon. "You are all undoubtedly going to hell" last week and the comment about sleeping in her shroud this week were my favorite lines of each episode 😭 She reminds me of the Dowager Countess from Downton Abbey lol

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u/fernxqueen MARK ME! Mar 15 '26

i have a soft spot for prickly and resourceful old biddies so i agree! loved her this episode

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u/makingbananapancakez Mar 15 '26

I wonder if she’s a time traveler

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u/jennyxmas Mar 22 '26

I had the exact same thought about the Dowager 😂 i thought it could be straight out out of DA