[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Outlander, Season 7 Episode 16, “A Hundred Thousand Angels.”]
Outlander could have answered a number of questions, however it additionally raised dozens extra in its Season 7 finale, “A Hundred Thousand Angels.”
For individuals who have but to tune in, now is an effective time to show again, as a result of we’re about to delve into one of many present’s largest spoilers to this point. The finale teased that Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire’s (Caitriona Balfe) first daughter, Religion, could have really lived regardless of being stillborn in Season 2’s aptly titled installment, “Religion.”
This episode hints on the risk that somewhat than staying buried in France, as they as soon as believed, Religion really lived and the Pocock sisters, Jane (Silvia Presente) and Fanny (Florrie Could Wilkinson), are her kids. Whereas this revelation, which is made in Season 7’s ultimate moments isn’t totally confirmed, it’s one which definitely excites Heughan.
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“It’s going to pose lots of questions and I believe it’s one thing you may see performed out for definitely a lot of Season 8,” Heughan teases for TV Insider. “It’s an enormous second and a extremely stunning second to additionally discover out who Fanny is as properly.”
As followers noticed within the installment, following Jane’s tragic dying, Claire and Jamie take her little sister Fanny below their wing with the assistance of William (Charles Vandervaart). Once they go to the graveyard to permit the lady an opportunity to say farewell to her sister, Fanny can also be introduced with Jane’s belongings, amongst which is a locket with the identify Religion engraved on it. Inside is a portrait of Religion herself.
Claire thinks it’s all a coincidence, however then her emotions surrounding the revelation shift when she hears Fanny singing, “Oh I Do Prefer to Be Beside the Seaside,” the track she sang to Religion after her start. When Jamie comes to inform Claire it’s time to start out touring again to Fraser’s Ridge in North Carolina, she declares that she believes their daughter Religion lived.
Season 8 should make method for some sort of rationalization, which Heughan refuses to spoil. “You’re going to have to attend [like the] remainder of us,” Heughan jokes, including, “Droughtlander, I promise can be over, however there’s a lot so that you can binge and return on and watch all of the earlier seasons.”
Nonetheless, he provides, “I promise you Season 8 isn’t going to be straightforward and it’s not going to disappoint.”
As for the place Jamie stands with William and Lord John Gray (David Berry) following this finale, Heughan admits, “Jamie actually is caught between a rock and a tough place with these two. Clearly, issues with William do get higher in some methods. They band collectively father and son and make a fantastic crew. Sadly, they’re too late to save lots of Jane.”
Relating to Jamie’s annoyance in the direction of Lord John, Heughan provides, “I believe it’s one thing that’s going to play out for a very long time as properly. They’ve been by a lot collectively, these two guys, they clearly care about one another in some methods, however they’re each as cussed as one another.”
Will amends be made within the ultimate season? Followers should wait to tune in and discover out when Season 8 lastly arrives. Till then, tell us what you considered that cliffhanger revelation about Religion, beneath.
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