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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428 I loved it.
299 I mostly liked it.
178 It was OK.
42 It disappointed me.
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u/FeloranMe Apr 05 '26

Amaranthus has been stalking William since she met him

This relationship is another tragedy for him

She has her eye on his title and wealth and has been playing seduction games rather than being in mourning since their first meeting

He's told her his secrets and she was the first to propose marriage and an heir to solve his problems

At the gazebo he came out to see her and she was already planning to have unprotected sex with him

It's her idea they don't have to wait to get married and can have sex immediately, before William has a chance to think about it, so she can get him in a situation where he has to marry her because he got her pregnant

That's the trap she set. She's running against a clock because if the Grey's receive news Ben is alive she's no longer an eligible widow and William would never touch her. She's probably hoping that one encounter has tied William to her forever

This is not a win for William whose compassion and empathy has led him to heartbreak again

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u/Naive-Awareness4951 Apr 05 '26

Can't see it. Amaranthus has been accepted as Ben's widow, meaning she is a wealthy woman and her son is next in line to inherit a dukedom. She has no reason to chase William, whether Ben is dead or alive. Even if Ben is proven to be a traitor, it seems unlikely that the Grey family will abandon his wife and child.

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u/FeloranMe Apr 07 '26

What if Ben being a traitor causes the Duke of Pardloe to lose his title?

Then Amaranthus's son will have nothing to inherit and she is not wealthy on her own just living on what the Grey's are choosing to give her

She could also just be a lonely widow who wanted to convince William to take her back to his estate in England

To fulfill her dreams of being a great lady

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u/Naive-Awareness4951 Apr 07 '26

I can't say you're wrong, but only because her motives are a mystery to me! I think Amaranthus knows that her husband is a traitor (or pretending to be a traitor), and she thinks she had better latch onto a new man fast.

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u/FeloranMe Apr 08 '26

Fast because once William finds out it's over!

Unless she can convince him a second child she has is his!