Nothing is lost, only changed.
And Outlander fans are about to experience a major one when the show airs its series finale May 15.
Premiering in 2014, the period drama based on Diana Gabaldon’s books introduced viewers to Caitríona Balfe‘s Claire Randall—a World War II nurse who is thrust back to 1743 Scotland—and Sam Heughan‘s Jamie Fraser, a Scottish warrior who is forced to wed the already-married Claire before they end up falling in love.
Fast forward to season eight—following much more time travel, romance, and historic rebellions ranging from the Jacobite Risings to the American Revolution—and the series finale brings viewers to the Battle of Kings Mountain, where they will learn Jamie’s fate.
“Fans should brace themselves,” executive producer Matthew B. Roberts recently revealed to TV Insider. “The question of whether Jamie dies at [the battle of] King’s Mountain is the question this entire season has been building toward. We don’t avoid it. We walk straight into it.”
As for the actual fight, it’s “everything you’d expect from Outlander at its best: visceral, emotional, and not quite what anyone is predicting,” he teased. “We don’t do anything the easy way, and we’re not starting now.”