Outlander season 8 trailer teases Jamie Fraser’s death as fans left ‘sobbing’
Starz recently dropped a fresh teaser over the Christmas period with new footage from the last series
Outlander fans have been left emotional after Starz released a new teaser for season eight of the hit fantasy series, not long after sharing some behind-the-scenes insight and a trailer, as well as recently announcing that Scottish music legend Annie Lennox was performing the opening title credits.
The Outlander teaser features the longline: “Nothing can prepare you for how it ends” and starts with Jamie Fraser (played by Sam Heughan) remarking in voice over: “What is the unseen threads that bind us? Woven by a hand far greater than our own.”
The video goes on to depict some heartbreaking moments, including a bombshell in which a teary-eyed Jamie tells his equally emotional wife Claire (Caitríona Balfe) about his fate.
Jamie and Claire Fraser’s love story comes to a close in Outlander season 8(Image: STARZ)
“I’ve been reading Frank’s book. He says war is coming to the backcountry and James Fraser dies in it,” Jamie says as he embraces Claire. The couple was heartbroken knowing that it might be impossible to change the course of history after previously failing to do so.
To make matters worse, the teaser also sees Jamie looking at a coffin. However, given its small size, it appears to be intended for someone else. Those familiar with the Outlander books may now have an idea about who might tragically be going in the casket.
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This is compounded by a fire as Brianna MacKenzie (Sophie Skelton) looks startled and covers her mouth in shock at the blaze. Again, alluding to Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels.
Claire Fraser holds on to hope and asks Jamie to do the same (Image: STARZ)
