Like all marketing, trailers are supposed to provoke interest. Combining imagery from one scene with out-of-context dialogue from a different, unrelated moment is a common tactic; trailers often suggest events that aren’t representative of the finished product, because the more dramatic (or controversial) the spectacle, the more eyeballs on said product. By this logic, the unidentified man who greets Claire Fraser (Caitríona Balfe) in Outlander Season 8’s newest teaser could be anyone: a known friend or foe, like Lord John Grey (David Berry), William Ransom (Charles Vandervaart), or Captain Richardson (Ben Lambert), or even a new character. Yet the final season of Starz’s smash hit series will surely pull out every stop known to man, and the decision to air Outlander: Blood of My Blood before Season 8 has raised eyebrows from the start. Loyal fans can’t help but wonder if the prequel’s timing foreshadows an imminent Outlander-verse crossover.