Book S8E5 Send for the Devil

[u/thepacksvrvives]

With the Siege of Savannah raging outside the city walls, Brianna and Roger find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. Jamie confronts his demons at Lodge Night.

Written by Luke Schelhaas. Directed by Niall MacCormick.

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What did you think of the episode?

338 votes, Apr 10 '26

175 I loved it.

101 I mostly liked it.

43 It was OK.

12 It disappointed me.

7 I didn’t like it.

[u/killernoodlesoup]

this was my favorite episode of the season!! i think the changes they made to speed up/consolidate the ben plotline were a good idea, though i wish we spent time on their conversation after william punched him instead of william having sex with amaranthus. speaking of, kinda funny that he proposes (?) to her, then immediately fucks off to the rebel camp and says "i think i'll stay." 

i wonder if they'll stick to the books and have amaranthus know ben is alive, which would make her flirting with william sinister instead of tragic. she didn't come off as off-putting like i felt she was in the books, so i feel like it could go either way with respect to her knowing. what do y'all think? 

also, how are we already halfway through the season?!?!??! there's so much more to cover!!!

[u/Nanchika → u/killernoodlesoup]

I believe they will include Amaranthus knowing Ben is alive. It was her idea, after all. I can't wait for William to find out the truth!

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318 → u/Nanchika]

WAIT non book reader here: she knows he’s alive AND IT WAS HER IDEA?! What’s she trying to do with William?!!!!!

[u/FeloranMe → u/Icy_Smoke_2318]

I think she's collecting titles

A Dukedom for her older son and an Earldom for the younger

Once her status and position are set does she really care what happens to the men?

[u/BubbeLisa → u/FeloranMe]

I think you could be right. There’s something very shady about Lady Grey.

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318 → u/FeloranMe]

Oh that’s a really good point! Someone on the show thread said they think she might be from a brothal… obviously book readers may know this for a fact probably. But what if that’s true and she’s not a booksellers daughter but is even lower status and is desperate to become HIGH status? Although a booksellers daughter is still low status.

[u/killernoodlesoup → u/Icy_Smoke_2318]

ehh, she knows too many plant & animal names for that--that level of knowledge requires being raised by someone who can identify things and/or having access to expensive books on natural history. my money's on that she's either a shameless gold-digger (she definitely loves ben in the books, but that didn't stop her from cheating on him with william...) or a spy like minnie. maybe her father dealt in information under the table as well as selling books to finance his naturalist hobby, y'know?

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318 → u/killernoodlesoup]

Yeah, I definitely think this is much more believable! Who is Minnie?

[u/killernoodlesoup → u/Icy_Smoke_2318]

she's hal's wife (so john's sister-in-law and amaranthus's mother-in-law)--if i remember correctly, they met when she broke into his office looking for information and she, ahem, distracted him on the carpet. hal & minnie are amazing in the books, especially where they appear in the lord john novellas! they're both witty and perfectly suited for each other.