28-07-2025
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Outlander's Sam Heughan teases Jamie and Claire Fraser ‘loss' in season 8
The Outlander star suggested the couple faced fresh danger
Outlander actor Sam Heughan has teased that his character Jamie Fraser and wife Claire (Caitríona Balfe) could be torn apart again in the eighth and final season of the hit Starz series.
The 45-year-old Scottish star, who has a new film role, said the last outing would see his Highlander alter-ego as "more fragile having more to lose', after a teaser hinted at Jamie's death.
He went on to address a possible separation between the two and said: 'Having lost Claire about 50 times, he knows what it is to lose her and he will do anything to stop that from happening. So yeah, it's been an amazing journey to go with them.'
Each season of Outlander has seen the central couple thrown into peril and separated by various outside forces, but it looks like season eight could see even more of this.
He went on to address the big season seven cliffhanger, which suggested their stillborn daughter Faith Fraser had miraculously survived thanks to a time travel intervention by Master Raymond (Dominique Pinon).
Heughan hinted the song from season two, I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside, would function as "the jumping off point for season eight'.
He went on to suggest the story would give answers as the series will "explore that the faith of it all perhaps".
Moreover, Heughan said the events of season eight would be mind-blowing and their world is about to change very differently".
Speaking at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, Heughan and his Outlander co-star Sophie Skelton and Richard Rankin teased what else fans could expect from the final outing.
The ending of the TV show has been of particular interest after the series surpassed the novels and takes a different path to the source material.
Rebus star Rankin, 42, explained how it was "hard' because the show didn't finish adapting the books, with author Diana Gabaldon deep into writing the 10th and final novel.
He said: 'And I think you know how do you tie up uh you know all of these stories and and make a satisfying ending?'
Nonetheless, Rankin said the cast and crew wanted to deliver a strong final season, saying "we all wanted to come back and give something that felt satisfactory" for the fans.
Season eight is also said to be 'bittersweet', a sentiment shard by executive producer Maril Davis.
The Outlander panel comes after Starz shared a first-look teaser at season eight, featuring Jamie reading Frank Randall's (Tobias Menzies) book, which stated his death as the impending war finally hit.
Claire looked shocked at her husband as he served up the big bombshell.
Despite this, there are hopes that the show will finally give an explanation about Jamie's ghost, which was seen watching Claire in the series premiere over a decade ago.
