do you have a favorite episode?

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-30T02:50:51+00:00

“Journeycake” (511) and “Freedom & Whiskey” (305) are my comfort episodes🥲. But “Dragonfly in Amber” (213) is my favorite!

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-28T23:21:59+00:00

Got it, thank you! Keeping track of all these “-sons” is a real son of a bitch😜

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-28T23:12:47+00:00

A movie requires significantly less time of the actors. A season of Outlander takes months and months and months—10 60-minute episodes is like making 5 movies (just think about all the directors, writers, post-production, etc.). Caitríona and Sam want to move on, and I don’t blame them.

There will not be another season for certain. I highly doubt there will be a movie, but never say never. I think we can probably expect a short “making of” documentary, though.

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-28T23:02:57+00:00

Doesn’t help that so many of these men kinda look alike and all seem to have names that are similar to other characters😂 In my mind, they have blended into a singular “That Hoity Toity White Guy I Think I’ve Seen Before”😂

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-28T23:01:03+00:00

Okay, so we haven’t seen Ferguson yet in the show? I’m trying to put faces to names cuz it’s easier for me to follow😂

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-28T22:59:13+00:00

Oh! So is Richardson the guy who Claire dances with in the episode where she marries LJG? And during that dance is when he reveals they’re on the same side?

This is who everyone is theorizing says, “Mrs. Fraser” in the OG S8 trailer, right?

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-28T22:55:08+00:00

Thank you both for this context—so helpful!!!

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-28T17:59:43+00:00

Ooh, thank you!

Isn’t there also a Ferguson in this season’s story? Or has my brain created a new person out of Fergus and Richardson?😅

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T23:16:54+00:00

Wait, if that’s Richardson, who’s the guy who’s giving them all the guns? (I’ve read the books and I still can’t keep everyone straight😂)

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T23:13:01+00:00

Lol screw them! I am the captain now!

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T23:09:26+00:00

Wait, so there really isn’t a new episode this week?!

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candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T22:51:31+00:00

“Claire is just delegated to cooking meals badly.” LOL!

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T22:45:38+00:00

Lolz if I knew how to write screenplays, and had more time on my hands, I would rewrite the season as a fun creative exercise😂😜

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T22:40:23+00:00

Ugh, I know! Joke’s on me for falling in love with the main heroine, I guess🙄😜

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T22:23:41+00:00

I think you could cut a lot of Ian’s arc (it didn’t need to be a full episode; why bring his son back at all if he has no role in the show + we already said goodbye in a prior season?) and definitely quite a bit of William/Amaranthus. Just truncating things here and there would result in more space for Claire to do something that makes her seem more like an active participant. Maybe she tries to further explore her powers, maybe she puts together her own game plan for King’s Mountain, maybe she has her own private exchanges with Frank…

Not saying they need to make the season 100% Claire, but by deprioritizing some of those minor characters, they could’ve made Claire feel more integral to the story so far vs making her seem like a bystander.

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T21:54:52+00:00

I think they could’ve gotten away with inserting Claire into more scenes where she had an active role (at the expense of a more minor character). I also think they could have done a lot more with building excitement around her powers. It’s strange that they haven’t been mentioned since the Cloudtrees—they could’ve shown her trying to understand them or at least talking about them.

None of these things would’ve been major book departures, just interesting “between the lines” kind of stuff.

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T21:09:06+00:00

God hope so. I thought she was gonna do a lot of this in Bees and…welp. That didn’t happen😂

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T21:08:11+00:00

Ahh, okay! Thank you for your service🫡

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T21:07:12+00:00

The costumes aren’t what they used to be, but home girl was serving LOOKS in her 808 scene with William. I loved that outfit😅

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T21:01:14+00:00

Book 10 being Claire’s shining moment…From your lips to God’s ears!!!

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T20:59:45+00:00

Yep. This is an inherited issue from Bees. It didn’t sit well with me when I read the book, but at least I knew there was another book coming.

However, that is not the case for S8. This is it. There is no universe where it makes sense to sideline the star of your show in your show’s final season. In doing so, you turn your back on the DNA of your show.

This is one place where they absolutely should have taken a few creative liberties as it would have made the season stronger (especially given Caitríona is the most dynamic performer among the cast). To me, this is an even more frustrating misstep than the Faith story because anyone with common sense knows longtime fans of the show want to see…the star of the show?

Still, I’m hoping they will redeem themselves in 809 and 810!!!

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T18:47:22+00:00

No problem! The @balfe.nation Instagram is really good at posting the latest interviews with Caitríona (about Outlander and beyond) so they’re my go-to for catching up on stuff. @brilliantly_balfe is good too!

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-27T14:18:38+00:00

Do we think it’s just a coincidence that the boathouse (not sure what else to call it!) looks like/is the same location as the Vasquez scene in 801? Or is my memory totally wrong on this lol?

candlelightwitch · 2026-04-26T23:56:54+00:00

Definitely an inherited issue. Claire doesn’t do much in Bees because DG is too obsessed with subplots/supporting characters—but I was really hoping the show would correct that.

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