Outlander Season 8 Release Schedule Revealed: When Every Episode Drops on STARZ

Outlander is finally coming in for its last landing. After a decade of time-travel heartache and a frankly unreasonable number of near-death experiences, the eighth and final season hits this spring. STARZ is rolling out 10 final chapters, and yes, this Droughtlander has felt endless. There is a little balm on the horizon: the prequel Outlander: Blood of My Blood is in the pipeline, with a second season that could land either later this year or in 2027. That window is... wide.

When and how to watch

Season 8 premieres Friday, Mar. 6 at 12AM ET on the STARZ app and on-demand. If you are on the West Coast, new episodes show up Thursday nights at 9PM PT. The season runs 10 episodes total, dropping weekly through the series finale on Friday, May 8.

Starring: Caitriona Balfe as Claire Fraser, Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser, Sophie Skelton as Brianna MacKenzie, Richard Rankin as Roger MacKenzie, John Bell as Young Ian Murray, David Berry as Lord John Grey, Charles Vandervaart as William Ransom, and Izzy Meikle-Small as Rachel Murray.

The final season schedule

• S8 E1, 'Soul of a Rebel' — Mar. 6
• S8 E2, 'Prophecies' — Mar. 13
• S8 E3, 'Abies Fraseri' — Mar. 20
• S8 E4, 'Muskets, Liberty, and Sauerkraut' — Mar. 27
• S8 E5, 'Send for the Devil' — Apr. 3
• S8 E6, 'Blessed Are the Merciful' — Apr. 10
• S8 E7, 'Evidence of Things Not Seen' — Apr. 17
• S8 E8, 'In the Forest' — Apr. 24
• S8 E9, 'Pharos' — May 1
• S8 E10, 'And the World Was All Around Us' — May 8

Where we left everyone (deep breaths)

Season 7 scattered the Frasers and MacKenzies across centuries, then started stitching them back together with some devastating turns. Roger and Buck made it to 1739 Scotland, reuniting with Brianna, Jemmy, and Mandy at Lallybroch. Instead of heading back to the 1980s, the MacKenzies chose 1778 and a life with Claire and Jamie on Fraser's Ridge in North Carolina.

Ian and Rachel had big news: she is pregnant. Their loyal companion Rollo passed away, which hurt more than it probably should. Meanwhile, William pulled Jamie into a rescue mission for Jane that ended in tragedy; they discovered she had died by suicide. Jamie and Claire decided to take in Jane's younger sister, Frances, for the journey back to the Ridge.

And then the twist that launched a thousand theories: Claire overheard Frances singing 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside' — a song from the 20th century that Claire once sang while holding baby Faith in Season 2. Frances said her mother used to sing it to her. The implication is wild: Faith may have survived, which would make Frances (and the late Jane) Claire and Jamie's granddaughters.

What Season 8 is actually doing

'As Season Eight begins, Jamie and Claire soon find the war has followed them home to Fraser's Ridge, now a thriving settlement that has grown and flourished in their absence. With new arrivals and changes made during their years away, the Frasers are confronted with the question of what they are willing to sacrifice for the place they call home and, more importantly, what they would sacrifice to stay together. While the Frasers keep a united front against outside intruders, family secrets finally coming to light threaten to tear them apart from the inside. Although they've left the war for America's freedom behind, their fight for Fraser's Ridge has only just begun.'

So expect the Ridge to be less safe haven and more powder keg. The show still has to pay off Frank Randall's ominous book entry that claims Jamie dies at Kings Mountain in 'a year's time.' The trailer teases Revolutionary War fallout, messy allegiances, and the kind of sweeping, doomed-romantic energy this show eats for breakfast. William and Lord John Grey should factor heavily as the conflict grinds on. And the Frances reveal from last season is a live grenade sitting in the middle of the family table.

One last trip through the stones. Try not to time-travel cry.