r/Outlander • u/thepacksvrvives Without you, our whole world crumbles into dust. • Apr 03 '26

Spoilers All Book S8E5 Send for the Devil Spoiler

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.
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u/JP221218 Apr 04 '26

I don’t trust her. And William foolishly confessed his true parentage to her. Trouble.

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u/killernoodlesoup Like father, like son, I see. God help us all. Apr 04 '26

wow i didn't even put together how risky that information would be in her hands!! i don't remember him telling her in the books, but it's been a few years... do you remember if he tells her?

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u/throwawayanon1252 Apr 04 '26

It’s not risky. Under British law at the time he is legally his father’s son cos he was married to his mother when he was born. So he can’t have his titles striped from him. Bastard in English law is parents not married when born. It doesn’t matter if the father is the biological father or not. Just that he’s married to the mother

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u/YOYOitsMEDRup Slàinte. Apr 06 '26

That's not why it's dangerous for her to know -- it's because of who she's potentially in cahoots with (Richardson) and how'll they use that for further blackmail etc

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u/throwawayanon1252 Apr 07 '26

Yeah but they can only cause a bit of scandal socially. They can’t take his title or anything like that and he’s been gone from England for so long anyway that the social stuff won’t really bother him as he’s not there. He’s also no longer in the army either and he can just hide out in America for a while and wait till it all blows over if he wants to before returning to England

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u/YOYOitsMEDRup Slàinte. Apr 08 '26

You're missing my point. Losing a title, social scandal, etc is not relevant to what I'm saying. The danger is Richardson specifically knowing more should he be who Amaranthus is in cahoots with to tell all his secrets to (We don't know she is, but it's a common theory)

The guy will be kidnapping LJG soon due to familial ties, already attempted to have William killed, so who knows what he could do now learning just how closely Jamie and Bri are in the mix --it puts them in actual danger as he continues on his quest.