In Outlander season 8 episode 5, titled 'Send for the Devil,' Jamie Fraser faces a Loyalist threat on his land and ultimately relies on anti-Tory vigilante Benjamin Cleveland for protection. Roger MacKenzie experiences the horrors of battle while fighting with the Continental army, and Brianna grapples with worry over his safety. William attempts romance in Savannah amid family revelations.
Jamie Fraser and Claire watch Buck play with the children at Fraser's Ridge, choosing not to reveal that they killed his parents. Buck soon spots Mr. Whittaker, father of twins Claire delivered earlier, who warns that Capt. Cunningham leads a Loyalist militia planning to capture and hang Jamie for show. Jamie strategizes with Claire and Buck, sending Josiah on a secret mission and heading to the Masonic lodge expecting an ambush, while Claire prepares her surgical tools and later prays with Elspeth Cunningham despite tensions over Jamie's perceived treason. Claire tells Elspeth the Frasers know of the plot. Meanwhile, at the lodge, Jamie slips away, arms himself, and confronts Cunningham with his Ardsmuir men. Cunningham fights fiercely, vowing to deliver Jamie dead to the British, but Buck shoots him from behind, wounding him severely in the lower back and paralyzing his legs. Claire treats both men upon Jamie's return. In parallel stories, William flirts awkwardly with Amaranthus in Savannah, proposing marriage to legitimize their son; she suggests trying intimacy first. Brianna confides in William about discovering Jamie as her father late in life while painting his portrait. Roger dons a Continental uniform, writes Brianna about joining the fight, ministers to dying soldiers including drummer boy Christophe treated by Quaker physician Denny, survives an explosion with Blitz flashbacks, and reunites emotionally with Brianna at camp, where William punches his cousin Ben for wearing an enemy uniform. Hoofbeats bring Josiah back with Cleveland's vigilantes, prompting Claire's wry remark: 'Send for the devil, the devil appears.'