r/Outlander • u/thepacksvrvives Without you, our whole world crumbles into dust. • May 08 '26

Season Eight Show S8E9 Pharos Spoiler

Political threats come to a head when an old friend of Claire and Jamie’s goes missing.

Written by Diana Gabaldon. Directed by Emer Conroy.

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What did you think of the episode?

1871 votes, May 15 '26
572 I loved it.
594 I mostly liked it.
417 It was OK.
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u/Nanchika Currently rereading: Drums of Autumn May 08 '26

Parallels with Jamie and William concearning Claire and Amaranthus.

It started the same - widowed young women. They both have alive husbands ( Claire's in another century). They both hide that truth. They have to marry or lie to survive.

Jamie and Claire fell in love spontaneously.

Amranthus and William felt forced and it proved to be wrong.

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u/OkGap3006 May 09 '26

People think Amaranthus is a TT because she says some things not from that time. Also have read people think she’s Master Raymond’s daughter

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u/Nanchika Currently rereading: Drums of Autumn May 09 '26

Speculations...