Outlander: Season 7 part 2 teaser for STARZ drama Outlander’s eighth and final season is currently deep into production, but how exactly it will end remains a mystery. Despite being based on Diana Gabaldon’s series of novels, the author has one book in the saga still to hit shelves. The 10th chapter will wrap up Claire and Jamie Fraser’s story, played to great acclaim by Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in the Starz adaptation.
However, season eight is predicted to be based on parts of Diana’s eighth and ninth books in the series, meaning it will feature a totally different ending to what she has planned for the page. “Well, there's only so much I can say about the show, but what I can say is that it really won't resemble the end of the book series,” she recently penned in answer to a fan’s question on Facebook. Outlander fans admit concerns as author teases ending (Image: STARZ) Related articles Outlander star lands role in gritty crime drama worlds away from Starz series Outlander fans divided over major change to Claire and Jamie in season 8 “Coming into Season 8, the show-runners have/had only ten episodes (rather than the sixteen, say, in Season One)--and material from THREE WHOLE BOOKS to fit into that.
” The author explained that the series’ writers will have to “cherry pick” certain scenes, adding that the final book will offer a very different conclusion to the TV adaptation. “Unhampered by space considerations, I can continue doing whatever I.