Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Outlander season 5 finale.Before Sophie Skelton can walk me through the emotional twists in the finale, she wants to apologize. "I’m sorry for the finale and I hope you’re okay," Skelton, who plays Brianna Fraser MacKenzie, tells me over the phone. "It’s a gruesome one."It's not Skelton's fault that Outlander's season 5 finale includes some of the series' most horrific moments to date.
But viewers will definitely agree with her description. By the episode's closing shot, "I think everyone in the season has either taken a life or saved a life," Lauren Lyle, who plays Marsali, says. "It’s been really high stakes the whole time."Before the finale, episode 11 left us with that fractured the Fraser.