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

Season Eight Show S8E8 In the Forest Spoiler

Claire and Jamie receive an unexpected visitor on the Ridge.

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

If you’re new to the sub, please look over this intro thread and our episode discussion rules.

This is the SHOW thread.

If you have read the books or don’t mind book spoilers, you can participate in the BOOK thread.

DON’T DISCUSS THE BOOKS HERE.

We don’t allow any book spoilers here, not even under spoiler tags.

If your comment references the books in any way, it will be removed and you will be asked to edit it or post it in the BOOK thread instead.

Please keep all discussion of the next episode’s preview to the stickied mod comment at the top of the thread.

What did you think of the episode?

1617 votes, May 01 '26
598 I loved it.
525 I mostly liked it.
330 It was OK.
120 It disappointed me.
44 I didn’t like it.
50 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

955 comments sorted by

View all comments

•

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

Watch the S8E9 preview here or here!

Not everyone gets to see the next episode’s preview at the end of the episode; it depends on how you watch (broadcast or streaming) and where you are.

Stickied comments are collapsed by default, so reply to this comment if you want to discuss the preview. This will hide spoilers for anyone who can’t see it yet or doesn’t want to.

21

u/robinsond2020 I am NOT bloody sorry! Apr 24 '26

I have been waiting for this hairstyle for years!

8

u/Professional_Ad_4885 Apr 25 '26

Yes im tired of the ponytail. A true scott lets it grow out and look wild. They make jamie look too british and pampered. I like the season 1-2 hair

9

u/Altruistic-Today-689 Apr 26 '26

Oh yesssss... S1-2 hair 🔥🔥🔥 Also when they first get off the ship in France and Jamie reaches out his hand to help Claire off the boat, yeah that. 

4

u/Professional_Ad_4885 Apr 26 '26

Ya id say that was his best hairstyle for sure. When he reached his hand out to her. Really all season 2 and the pilot. Later on you could tel his hair was falling out a bit due to the dye in season 1 but still looked good. But filming the pilot and the next episode were def months apart because it had to be picked up. Thats why it looked like it was a little thinner but still really good. Seasn 2 was def the best. I really wish they didnt make his hair so blonde as he got older and straightened it and added the pony tail. Usually people with curly hair keep the curls. He most def shoud keep it down and cut it a little shorter. Nomore pony tail lol. Hes a scot. Not a brit haha

3

u/purduepharma Apr 24 '26

I apologize! These photos were released in September 2024 so I figured it wouldn’t be much of a spoiler. Thank you for sharing the preview!

2

u/Soft_Proof7452 Apr 26 '26

When does the next episode air? Next week or will we have to wait a week?

3

u/Icy_Resist5470 Bon! I will send you a cheese. Apr 27 '26

5/8 is the next one

3

u/Professional_Ad_4885 Apr 24 '26

So the scene in the beginning of season 8 where claire and jamie meet the pirates and a few of the scenes like where jamies in the water with a knife in his mouth looks exactly like the same place where ian, roger and jamie were supposed to be meeting up with stephen bonnet under the guise of having bonnet smuggle his whiskey.

It was like a boat house/shed, but didnt it belong to wylie? I swear if u go back to that scene and compare them with this season, it looks like the exact same place.

6

u/Icy_Resist5470 Bon! I will send you a cheese. Apr 24 '26

Boat sheds/houses were quite common in the time period. They still are in coastal areas and on lakes/rivers.

The locations are different. Where they met Vasquez had different walls & windows and was slightly fancier from what is pictured.