Outcast

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Season 1
  • Network: Cinemax
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 3, 2016
Season #: 6, 5, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 112 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 87 out of 112
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 112
  3. Negative: 9 out of 112
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  1. LamontRaymond
    Jul 17, 2016
    6
    After the first couple of episodes, I would have given it a 9, but 4 or 5 in, I feel like it's losing its momentum and much of the magical feel that it started with. Too much focus on the reverend is boring. Also, the plot line dealing with the sheriff's friend - who burned the shed to get rid of evidence - just feels like it's going nowhere fast. I'm getting the feeling that there's noAfter the first couple of episodes, I would have given it a 9, but 4 or 5 in, I feel like it's losing its momentum and much of the magical feel that it started with. Too much focus on the reverend is boring. Also, the plot line dealing with the sheriff's friend - who burned the shed to get rid of evidence - just feels like it's going nowhere fast. I'm getting the feeling that there's no "point" to be found in the series. but I'm in it for the long haul.… Expand
  2. gustavobits
    Aug 27, 2016
    4
    For what I understand, the show is about two white men who believe they were chosen by the Lord Almighty to go out beating women and children without going to jail. I wouldn't mind the whole Christian mythology (I don't believe in dragons, and I watch Game of Thrones), if the script would be a little less manichaeistic. The characters are too plain.

    However, it's a great opportunity to    For what I understand, the show is about two white men who believe they were chosen by the Lord Almighty to go out beating women and children without going to jail. I wouldn't mind the whole Christian mythology (I don't believe in dragons, and I watch Game of Thrones), if the script would be a little less manichaeistic. The characters are too plain.

    However, it's a great opportunity to see the wonderful Grace Zabriskie, which brings about the perfect amount of irony to a plot that would be otherwise just lame.    … Expand
  3. goodterling
    Jul 28, 2018
    5
    The acting is good and the premise is enthralling, they just don't have enough plot to keep it moving forward. It's just episode after episode of everyone being really tense with no big payoffs, or reveals about how this universe works. I've go a sneaking suspicion the writers themselves haven't nailed down the rules governing everything, and that they're going to pull one of those crapThe acting is good and the premise is enthralling, they just don't have enough plot to keep it moving forward. It's just episode after episode of everyone being really tense with no big payoffs, or reveals about how this universe works. I've go a sneaking suspicion the writers themselves haven't nailed down the rules governing everything, and that they're going to pull one of those crap moves and eventually say, "It was all about the interpersonal relationships, not about a supernatural story, and how provincial of you to think otherwise." At which point the critics nod sagely and declare how provincial we all were to think otherwise. But that mind trick only works on the weak minded, and I call BS on it every time. Come up with a plot or take a hike.… Expand

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Jun 6, 2016
    70
    In its second and third episodes, the material periodically drags to a crawl while laying the bedrock foundation for forthcoming action. And its habit of leaving key details and interpersonal dynamics vague borders on irritating. Though it resumes building momentum by the end of its fourth chapter, there’s a sense that the show requires somewhat more vigorous storytelling.
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  2. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Jun 6, 2016
    91
    Outcast is incredibly visceral, both in its scenes of demonic possession and in the punch-happy tactics of the titular amateur exorcist. But it's also a tense, meditative psychological drama about trauma, redemption and belief, with nuanced performances throughout and a grim but arresting visual style that is not without flashes of humor.
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  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jun 3, 2016
    60
    This is the sort of unrelenting frightfest that finds menace in objects as ordinary as a Hummel figurine. Before long, you may cringe whenever anyone goes to open a closet or pantry door. [6-19 Jun 2016, p.19]
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