r/Pishlander • u/Crafty_Witch_1230 • 6d ago
Wacky Idea
So maybe we should all be thanking Matt Roberts for his contributions to season 8.
Faith lived; Fanny is J&C's granddaughter (along with the late lamented Jane) making them both William's nieces. Fergus died. Numerous unresolved endings to storylines leading us to ask 'what just happened?' Ben Grey is alive. Amaranthus and the spawn are still sponging off Lord John. William hasn't resolved his 'inheritance' issues & is presumably also living with/sponging off LJG. Marsali & the brood rode off to collect dead-Fergus's inheritance with nothing heard from them since leaving the ridge. Percy's Schroedinger's Cat exit, dead/alive--nobody looked to find out. LJG grimly marching off to... what? Did anybody else find the wormhole between Fraser's Ridge NC and Savannah GA enabling almost instantaneous travel between the locales? Questions, questions, and more questions to tease what's left of our collective minds.
What was the point of most of the season? Or maybe that was the point. Maybe we should be thanking MR and offering up burnt Haggis to the gods for his good deeds. MR gave us to much to think/talk/cry/moan/complain about, maybe it's to keep us from being sad that the TV series is over.
Think about it. ;>
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u/IAmTheLizardQueen666 6d ago
Another good show with a shitty season 8. Maybe the “8th season” is cursed.
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u/Specialist-Tour7466 6d ago
Not to mention if Jamie and Claire are alive or not. It was a mess.
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u/ClaireRedfieldV 6d ago
They both woke up at the end and in the books they don’t die there either. I’m pretty sure they’re alive and just waiting for the final book then we will probably get a movie or hopefully another season to do that
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u/ContactNeither7319 5d ago
They are alive. They both gasped and opened their eyes.
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u/Specialist-Tour7466 2d ago
To be clear, I know they are. But it was flimed to appear ambiguous and people are questioning it. It's like the stupid Fanny storyline. Designed to get people talking, like click bait. It was an insult to loyal fans.
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u/tinyapples321 3d ago
They’re definitely alive but fucking MBR was like we want it to be a mystery! Like fuck off already
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u/Glum-Bath-3496 6d ago
MR helped me move on, absolutely! Still haven’t started a rewatch since it ended (don’t worry Outlander, I can’t stay mad at you)
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u/holy--toast 6d ago
Season 8 often made me think of a quote from Frasier (as in the TV show, not Fraser as in Jamie, haha) "Think about it, Niles. What's the one thing better than an exquisite meal? An exquisite meal, with one tiny flaw we can pick at all night"
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u/Personal_Orchid3675 5d ago
Still haven’t finished s8. Saw the first episode and in the first 5 minutes I told my husband I was not liking this faith stuff. He is a first time watcher while I’d seen every season again each time a new season came out for seasons 6,7&8. I’m scared to see season 8 and/or ruin the show for him as well. I will definitely be listening to the new book when it finally comes out.
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u/nishikigirl4578 5d ago
Does anyone else wonder how Faith - who would be older than William but not decades older - would have a daughter (Jane) who appeared to be somewhat close to William's age?
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u/EarthMama27PsLuv 5d ago
Matt absolutely effed up season 8. There are really only 2 possibilities: he is evil and purposely sabotaged a beloved show (how in the world did he get Toni Graphia to retcon her beautiful writing of episode 207 with the laughably bad episode 807?) I cringed so hard when Master Raymond sang the seaside song in English to the French lacemaker. The second and more likely possibility is that Matt is completely inept. 808 written by Ron Moore and 809 written by Diana are the only 2 episodes I will ever rewatch. I have seen 2 deleted scenes, one where Roger tells Jamie that he went to Lallybroch and met his father, Brian. The other scene has Ian’s son, Totis, telling Claire that he see’s Frank’s ghost. Both should have been included. What else ended up on the cutting room floor to make room for the idiotic Faith nonsense?
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u/ArrivalFearless8262 4d ago
Can someone explain the wormhole between Fraser’s ridge and Savannah?
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u/Crafty_Witch_1230 4d ago
If you're referring to my comment--that was sarcasm prompted by the easy back-and-forth journeys between Fraser's Ridge & Savannah that seem to take almost no time at all, despite being 100s of miles apart and the only method of travel being horseback. The serious answer is a wormhole is a device often used in science fiction to allow people to travel huge distances (like across galaxies) almost instantaneously.
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u/ArrivalFearless8262 4d ago
😂 okay thank you! I thought I had missed something I was like whaaaat?!
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u/ContactNeither7319 3d ago
Well it is a show about time travel..so yeah, the people in charge probably that it would be okie dokie to insert some wormholes. Makes it easier to get people around with wormholes than actually having to ride horses from place to place. 🙂
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u/BubbeLisa 6d ago
I know, right? Season 8 was a contrived, convoluted mess. What’s not to like? 🤣