“Outlander” Season 8: Everything we know about the series’ grand finale

“Outlander”, season 8: This will be the end of the popular fantasy series

After ten epic years it is coming to an endcomes to an end with the eighth and final season. Farewell to the time-traveling Scot will certainly be bittersweet, as over the past decade we have watched Claire and Jamie (Sam Heughan) fall in love across two time periods (1940s and 1740s) against the beautiful backdrop of the Scottish Highlands have.

To put it bluntly: weneeddefinitely more of their epic love story. And thankfully we'll get a final season. Here's everything we know about Season 8 ofknow, including the cast, release date, plot and more.

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“Outlander”, Season 8: That’s what it’s about

We don't know exactly what season eight will be about, but we do know that this season will be our last. Unfortunately, that also means that the seriesbeforeDiana Gabaldon's novel series will end - in other words, the series will have to find its own end. This could be different from the ending of the novel series, and it could end well or go badly wrong (“Game of Thrones”).

If you take a closer look at the ninth book (and season 7), you can assume that the eighth season will deal with the rapidly approaching revolutionary war.

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“Outlander”, season 8: who is playing?

Don't worry - Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe will definitely return to continue Jamie and Claire's story. One can also look forward to seeing more of Sophie Skelton's Brianna and Richard Rankin's Roger.

There will also be some new cast members joining the series. Kieran Bew will play retired British soldier Captain Charles Cunningham, while Frances Tomelty has been cast as his mother Elspeth Cunningham. It has been confirmed that Carla Woodcock will be joining in as Amaranthus Grey.