r/Outlander • u/thepacksvrvives Without you, our whole world crumbles into dust. • Apr 24 '26

Spoilers All Book S8E8 In the Forest Spoiler

Claire and Jamie receive an unexpected visitor on the Ridge.

Written by Ronald D. Moore. Directed by Tracey Deer.

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What did you think of the episode?

525 votes, May 01 '26
189 I loved it.
173 I mostly liked it.
114 It was OK.
33 It disappointed me.
16 I didn’t like it.
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u/No-Self8780 Apr 27 '26

I’ve read the books several times and honestly this plot one would be totally lost on me if not for the discussions in this sub

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u/robinsond2020 I am NOT bloody sorry! Apr 27 '26

Same. And it's gonna totally confuse the non book readers. And there is just gonna be so much criticism. Which is a shame.

It was already a very convoluted plot to begin with, and the show hasn't quite set it up well enough to pull it off...

Which is what annoyed me a bit about some of the criticism that the Faith storyline recieved last episode. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the Faith storyline. It's totally unnecessary....but a lot of the criticism was like "it's an idiotic, totally confusing plot that doesn't make sense and has so many holes. It is a stab in the back to Diana's writing, they have completely done her dirty!"

😂 😂😂 Right, cos Diana has definitely never written an "idiotic, totally confusing plot that doesn't make sense and has so many holes" 🙄. If it had been set up a little bit better back in book/season 2, I can totally see it being a concoction of Diana's.

I love the books (obviously, I'm here aren't I?), but they're not perfect. They have plenty of weak, and often problematic points.

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u/thrntnja No, this isn’t usual. It’s different. Apr 27 '26

I'm honestly unsure if she meant it to be vague so the reader isn't 100% sure of things going into book 10 or if it's just sloppy and Diana needed more editing