'Outlander' Season 8 Release Date: Here's When You Can See Jamie & Claire Again.

When will Outlander season 8 be released?

Outlander season 8 will premiere on March 6, 2026. Season 8 officially wrapped filming in September 2024, according to Sam Heughan's interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

How many episodes will be in Outlander season 8?

This final season will be shorter than some of the previous ones, with 10 episodes total. That may sound like not enough for a show with so many storylines, but it’s designed to be tight and purposeful—more of a send-off than a dragged-out goodbye. If we get one episode every week, what the release schedule will look like:

• Season 8, Episode 1 premieres on Starz March 6, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 2 premieres on Starz March 13, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 3 premieres on Starz March 20, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 4 premieres on Starz March 27, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 5 premieres on Starz April 3, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 6 premieres on Starz April 10, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 7 premieres on Starz April 17, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 8 premieres on Starz April 24, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 9 premieres on Starz May 1, 2026
• Season 8, Episode 10 premieres on Starz May 8, 2026

Who’s in the Outlander season 8 cast?

Your favorites are all coming back. Here's the lineup for the Outlander season 8 cast:

• Caitríona Balfe as Claire
• Sam Heughan as Jamie
• Sophie Skelton as Brianna
• Richard Rankin as Roger
• John Bell as Young Ian
• Kieran Bew as Captain Charles Cunningham
• Carla Woodcock as Amaranthus Grey

What is the plot of Outlander season 8?

Season 8 will draw heavily from Diana Gabaldon’s ninth novel, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, following Jamie and Claire as they navigate the American Revolutionary War and try to hold their family together amid chaos.

There’s also potential for elements of the yet-to-be-published Book 10 to be woven in, which could mean the show actually reveals things before the books do–a twist that longtime readers will be buzzing about.

Starz gave us a couple clues in a press release, saying, "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," the press release continues. "Although they’ve left the war for America’s freedom behind, their fight for Fraser’s Ridge has only just begun."

Is Outlander going to have a season 9?

For Claire and Jamie’s story, Outlander season 8 will be the final chapter. But the Outlander universe is expanding. A prequel series, Blood of My Blood, is on Starz now!

It’ll follow the love stories of both Jamie’s and Claire’s parents, giving fans a fresh perspective and more emotional backstory. Prepare to be obsessed.

Will the Outlander ending match the books?

Not entirely. That’s because the final book hasn’t been released yet. However, author Diana Gabaldon is heavily involved in the final season and is even writing one of the episodes. So while the show may diverge, it will still feel authentic to the world she created.