The time travel series Outlander will soon open another chapter in the Fraser family history with Season 8. It will also be the final chapter, as Outlander will officially end after Season 8. When we can expect new episodes and what happens next for Claire, Jamie and Co. in Outlander Season 8we have summarized it for you here.
Start: Where and when is Outlander season 8 coming?
Outlander fans are used to waiting and have lovingly dubbed the often very long breaks between seasons Droughtlander. But the series finale could happen faster than expected: the 10 final episodes have already been filmed since the end of September 2024.
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There is currently no specific start date, but it should 8th season in 2025 in the USA on the TV channel Starz. In this country, the season will probably be offered again soon as a digital purchase version with a season pass.
To make Droughtlander more bearable this time, Starz has made provision for Outlander supplies. It will start in summer 2025 Outlander: Blood of My Blood a prequel series that brings us closer to the love stories of Jamie and Claire’s parents.
Template: What book is Outlander season 8 based on?
The TV series Outlander is based on the successful novel series by American author Diana Gabaldon. In Germany the book series is known as the Highland Saga and so far comprises nine volumes.
The days of Outlander adapting one book per season are long gone. So gripped Table 6 contains events from three novels on: A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Echo of Hope (An Echo in the Bone) and A Shadow of Betrayal and Love (Written in My Own Heart’s Blood).
The 8th and final season will now be based on the 9th novel, The Swarming of a Thousand Bees * (Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone). However, since the novel series has not yet been completed and a 10th volume is still a few years away, the series will continue and conclude the story beyond the events of the original. The end of the series should differ from the later end of the book series.
Plot: What is Outlander Season 8 about?
Season 7 left us with a huge twistwhich surprised even book fans. Did Claire’s daughter Faith, believed dead since season 2, possibly survive? Is Fanny Pocock actually the Frasers’ granddaughter? And as a result, did William unknowingly sleep with his own niece? Even the book doesn’t provide answers to these questions, which makes the final season a lot more exciting.
Check out the first teaser for Outlander Season 8 here:
Outlander – S08 Teaser Trailer (English) HD
A large part of Season 8 will be devoted to the events of The Swarm of a Thousand Bees (Volume 9). However, speaking to TVLine, co-showrunner Matthew B. Roberts revealed that the series adaptation will make some compromises:
Nothing that doesn’t involve Jamie and Claire comes in. It has to concern Jamie and Claire […] There are things where you go here and there – that’s what makes the books so worth reading and entertaining. But when you only have 10 episodes, you have to stay on track.
Here we have the remaining ones important action points summarized from The Swarm of a Thousand Bees, which could be implemented in Season 8:
Of course, the abridged adaptation of Volume 9 will only make up part of the final season. Much more exciting for book and series fans alike will be the continuation of the story, which does not yet have a template. Some surprises in season 8 are guaranteed. Among other things, the finale should finally happen the mystery surrounding Jamie’s ghostly apparition from the very first episode enlighten.
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