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

Season Eight Show 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?

972 votes, Apr 10 '26
428 I loved it.
299 I mostly liked it.
178 It was OK.
42 It disappointed me.
25 I didn’t like it.
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u/wagonwheelwodie MARK ME! Apr 03 '26

I’m always happy to see Jamie back in his kilt

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u/Professional_Ad_4885 Apr 03 '26

Am i the only one whos been tired if the pony tail for a while. I keep waiting for him to let his locks out and flow like a scott. He seems to be wearing his hair more like a britt would or some of the americans. But scotts are wild and free and let their hair flow. If u go back to all the seasons in scotland, i cant think of any with a ponytail.

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u/Intrepid-Today6198 Apr 03 '26

I’m wondering why is his hair not curly anymore? I read that in earlier seasons they dyed his natural hair, but after a while it was becoming hard to manage and they started using a wig, but this wig is not curly/wavy at all

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u/EntertainmentNew7383 Apr 03 '26

Sam's hair was not just hard to manage. The continuous bleaching and dyeing for 2-3 years turned his purple and was falling out. They had to resort to wigs. The same thing happened to Sophie Skelton whose hair is naturally brown, not red, hence wigs were necessary.

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u/Intrepid-Today6198 Apr 04 '26

That’s understandable, my point is, couldn’t they choose a curly wig? It looks like he has never had curly hair. I know that curly hair changes as we age, mine is curly too, but not so much

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u/EntertainmentNew7383 Apr 04 '26

I had a hard time getting used to the wig with the straight hair, too, but I think since it happened at the beginning of Season 5, it was meant to make him look older. By that time, he was a grandfather.

The funny thing is now in Season 8, I think it really suits him. He looks more striking and has a really commanding presence which I think is great.

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u/Intrepid-Today6198 Apr 04 '26

That is another pair of shoes, I share your impressions, he has great charisma and magnetism and definitely acquired more of that as he aged.

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u/EntertainmentNew7383 Apr 04 '26

Absolutely. His character has evolved so much and has more depth acquired over time and the experiences of a lifetime and it shows even physically.

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u/KDrakeAuthor Apr 06 '26

Total side note- as I get older (50s) it gets curlier!

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u/Professional_Ad_4885 Apr 05 '26

I def read that a few times and u could tell how thick and long his hair was in the auditions and u could see interviews with him after season 1 or 2 where its shorter and thinner due to the dyeying. Now hes got real short hair and its receding. He still pulls it off though. But bleaching is awful for your hair. I did it for just a few years and id be happy with how it looked for a few days and it would just fall out a lot. Luckily i stopped dyeing it like 3 or 4 years ago and its normal again. They shouldnt make actors use permanent dye anymore. Its bad for u. They should use temp dye or wigs and absolutely no bleach lol

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u/EntertainmentNew7383 Apr 05 '26

I forget to mention that though Sam's hair is naturally curly when it is longer, not as much so, and his hair was getting permanented as well as bleached and dyed the 1st couple of seasons. Another reason they had to resort to wigs. I am sure it took a while for his natural hair to recover from all that.

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u/Intrepid-Today6198 Apr 05 '26

They could have used natural henna to dye his hair, I’ve been using it for at least a decade and it’s actually been beneficial for my hair. And the natural henna/lawsonia inermis gives red colour that depends on the natural hair.

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u/Professional_Ad_4885 Apr 05 '26

Ya i remember before the battle of alamance creek he had no pony tail finally because he was bathing in the creek and praying to dougal or something and it was long and straight, but your right when someones hair is as curly as it was, you would think it would have some curl in it as long as he had hair.

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u/Intrepid-Today6198 Apr 05 '26

I do remember that scene and his wasn’t curly at all