The Outlander Season 5 trailer dropped earlier this month. I’ve broken down the trailer into the top takeaways, ready for the new season.
There has been plenty of talk around specific reveals in the Outlander Season 5 trailer. We’re especially curious about one major Jamie moment, which may or may not be a spoiler. However, there are many other big moments that have gone unnoticed or just aren’t talked about as much.
I’ve spent the weekend watching the trailer over and over again, picking out some of the biggest moments. Here are my top 10 findings and what they could suggest for the future.
10. Connections to past seasons
At the very start of the Outlander Season 5 trailer, we see Claire talk about the past. There are clips of her and Jamie from previous seasons. Does this suggest there are some connections to past seasons? Will we get flashes to the past (we know there’s likely a 1960s scene) or are these just reminders between Claire and Jamie?
9. Murtagh and Jocasta
There’s a moment of Murtagh kneeling next to Jocasta and she’s crying. It suggests that this the end of their relationship. Everything was great while it lasted, but Murtagh is on the opposite side of a war to Jocasta. She’s not going to side with the Regulators just yet. Let’s get to the main Revolutionary War for her to make that jump.
8. Possibility of death
As Claire and Jamie talk at the start of the trailer, it’s clear that they know there’s a possibility that one or both will die. There are moments in the book that touch on this, bringing more intimacy and connection between them, so I’m glad to see this included in the season. There’s a later moment at the very end of the trailer where Claire is genuinely scared Jamie will be one of those who won’t survive, but he promises her he will.
7. Reminder of the oath
Governor Tryon isn’t going to let Jamie out of the oath that he made for the land. This isn’t all that surprising considering all those in history who made this sort of oath had to fight for the British Army; at least at first. And to be honest, most of the Jacobites never did want a complete abolishment of the monarchy but a Stuart king on the throne. Tryon reminding Jamie of the oath reminds us that Jamie doesn’t really have a choice right now.
6. Jamie wants his family to be safe
In the Outlander Season 5 teaser trailer, we knew that there would be a moment Jamie would want his family to head back to their own time. It comes up again in the trailer. Jamie knows that his family will be safer in their own time. Like in Season 2, he’s willing to make a major sacrifice to know that they will be alive and well. However, they’re not willing to make the same deal.
5. Brianna and Roger talk of family
In the teaser, we knew that Brianna and Roger would talk about Roger’s wish to return to the future. However, the trailer goes deeper. We see Brianna raise the point that their family is in the past. This time, we hear Roger tell Brianna that she is his family. He has nothing in the future there. This is why he’s always chosen to remain in the past despite all the bad that’s happened to him.
4. Claire develops her surgery despite “playing God”
The idea of Claire “playing God” comes up again. Brianna seems to think that what Claire is doing is wrong. However, is it ever wrong to try to save people? Throughout Outlander Season 5, we’ll see Claire develop her surgery. She wants to bring some modern medicine in a time when there isn’t enough. She’ll try to understand illnesses to find cures that suit the 18th century. Is that really wrong?
3. Jamie considers preventing a major battle
Jamie and Brianna discuss the ramifications of Jamie’s considerations to change history. He wants to stop a battle from happening, and I assume it’s the Battle of Alamance. This was a major turning point in the lead up to the Revolutionary War. Brianna makes it clear that it has to happen if America is to become America.
2. Jamie in a Redcoat opposite his friends
This is the moment that has everyone talking. Jamie stands on the opposite side of a battlefield to his friends. We get a glimpse of Kyle Rees’ John Quincy Myers and it almost looks like Fergus just behind him. Of course, they may not be on the opposite side to Jamie and it’s just some good cutting. It’s possible they’re the militia against the Regulators.
Either way, though, Jamie is with the British. There’s that jarring moment of Jamie wearing the uniform of the British Army. I’m still not sure how to feel (except for being excited to see how it all plays out).
1. The praying scene
There’s a moment in the earlier part of “The Fiery Cross” that I wondered about being included in Outlander Season 5. Claire sees Jamie in a small stream, praying. There’s a clip in the trailer that makes it clear this is going to be included. Jamie crosses himself with blood as he prays for Dougal’s guidance. I’m not sure Dougal would have suggested becoming a Redcoat.
What do you take from the Outlander Season 5 trailer? What are you most excited to see play out? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Outlander Season 5 premieres on Feb. 16 on STARZ.