Outer Range: Season 1

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Outer Range: Season 1

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Prime Video | Season Premiere Date: April 15, 2022

Summary: Wyoming rancher Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) and his family are dealing with the disappearance of a family member, a rival family wanting to buy them out when something mysterious appears on their land in this Western sci-fi thriller created by Brian Watkins.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense, Science Fiction

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. The West
Air Date: May 6, 2022
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S1:E7. The Unknown
Air Date: May 6, 2022
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S1:E6. The Family
Air Date: April 29, 2022

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The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Apr 15, 2022

“The Outer Range” may be a damaged family drama with the catchy hook of inexplicable, uncanny genre, but its most profound and moving qualities may be its ideas of faith and meaning and what happens when the unexplainable shatters what’s left of your beliefs. Read full review

Collider Chase Hutchinson

Apr 13, 2022

For a show to embrace the strange elements of the cosmos and intertwine them with everyday life as well as Outer Range does is worth praising for that alone. It is both creative and cathartic, revealing much about the family at its center even as it finds splendor in the overwhelming awe of the unknown. Read full review

John Anderson

Apr 13, 2022

"Outer Range" certainly corrals one's attention, wrangling a herd of plotlines into just the first of eight episodes. ... The creator of "Outer Range," newcomer Brian Watkins, is clearly striving for a gothic-in-the-great-outdoors atmosphere and is successful at it, even without the portal. Read full review

Rob Owen

Apr 14, 2022

While the family story and conflicts with the neighboring Tillersons — you know they’re bad news because they ride ATVs and the Abbotts ride horses – feels overly familiar, credit series creator/writer Brian Watkins with building to shocks at the end of the first two episodes that leave viewers eager to learn what will happen next. Read full review

Alison Stine

Apr 18, 2022

Flashes of dark humor and just plain surrealness keep the show from stalling, but it's a slow burn with many burning questions. Throughout the crowding subplots, it's hard not to think: Can we just get back to that giant hole in the ground, please? Read full review

Darren Franich

Apr 15, 2022

Outer Range has one of the worst momentum problems I've ever seen in a streaming show, squandering an evocative setting and some fun twists on portentous take-forever storytelling that prioritizes hints over character depth. Read full review

IndieWire Kristen Lopez

Apr 13, 2022

I do wish it had just decided to rip off “Yellowstone.” Brolin’s good and if the series eschewed the sci-fi conceit there’s enough good actors here to at least make it entertaining. But slathering a sci-fi element on top of it and not understanding what tone to strike doesn’t lead to oil, it leads to crap. Read full review

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saimariejohnson

May 10, 2022

Outer Range is a combination of a big family feud meets Supernatural suspense with a murder element to kick up the dust. It's a Western, but so much more and Brolin delivers a gritty and tough performance as Royal. I'm drawn in and blown away by the way this was put together to draw allOuter Range is a combination of a big family feud meets Supernatural suspense with a murder element to kick up the dust. It's a Western, but so much more and Brolin delivers a gritty and tough performance as Royal. I'm drawn in and blown away by the way this was put together to draw all these niches into one amazing and captivating series. This show features a fabulous storyline with a great ensemble cast that shines!… Expand

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truerock

Jun 19, 2022

Outer Range is of the mixed genre modern-western, science-fiction. If you do not enjoy one of those genres, you probably won't enjoy Outer Range.

The casting, acting, directing, editing, cinematography are all very good. I'm withholding judgement on the writing. The plot and theOuter Range is of the mixed genre modern-western, science-fiction. If you do not enjoy one of those genres, you probably won't enjoy Outer Range.

The casting, acting, directing, editing, cinematography are all very good. I'm withholding judgement on the writing.

The plot and the overall story arc are obviously developing and are in set-up phases this being the first season. If you require your TV series to answer all questions by the end of each episode, you will be very disappointed. You may as well accept it may take several seasons to receive closure on various things that happen in the first season.

The plot is not simple and the issues it raises are not simple. If you don't like to think too much when watching film you probably will not enjoy Outer Range.… Expand

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metacritiqueur

Apr 19, 2022

A good start for these first two episodes. Mysteries, convincing actors (Josh Brolin at the top). Promising series. I don't understand the 60 meta from the pros.

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OlivierPiel

Apr 21, 2022

Comparing it to Yellowstone is dumb. This far superior show simply uses the cowboy life as a poignant reminder of our "negative" freedom (freedom of external forces) to emphasize our "positive" freedom (free will). Of course, it's also copying Lost's original concept of "realisticComparing it to Yellowstone is dumb. This far superior show simply uses the cowboy life as a poignant reminder of our "negative" freedom (freedom of external forces) to emphasize our "positive" freedom (free will). Of course, it's also copying Lost's original concept of "realistic irrationality" (or is it the other way around?) but it improves on the delightiful feeling of dread and despair it suffuses thanks to a much more focused approach on a few characters and a few so-called existential questions of freedom, nihilism and religion.

The photography and cinematography is superb. Acting and editing, excellent as well. But that is not enough for our....American woketard critics who gave a low score as their primary school scorecards of so-called minorities returned all but one measly lesbian "native" American sheriff. Surely the showrunners will want to kowtow to the Red Guard by adding one transgender handicapped black teen in the next season.… Expand

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DolphinReviews

Jul 22, 2022

It's a decent show but does seem to lack focus. I'm excited to see a season 2 that can improve upon the first.

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WatchinMovies

Sep 9, 2022

I like syfy but the plot is simple and tries to be way more than it is. The introduction of stupid people doing stupid things as though such things are normal is boring. The production is very slow and injected with classic scary parts as though this was a Hallmark production of Syfy -I like syfy but the plot is simple and tries to be way more than it is. The introduction of stupid people doing stupid things as though such things are normal is boring. The production is very slow and injected with classic scary parts as though this was a Hallmark production of Syfy - Heaven forbid!… Expand

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KKid

May 15, 2022

It started out fairly interesting, but turned into an asinine rendition of Twin Peaks by the 6th Episode. Amazingly, there isn't a single likeable character on the show. If you are a fan of camp and looking for a good laugh - albeit unintentional - then the show might work for you.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

72
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: May 16, 2024
Season 1

60
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 15, 2022
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  S1:E8. The West
  Air Date: May 6, 2022
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  S1:E7. The Unknown
  Air Date: May 6, 2022
- tbd
  S1:E6. The Family
  Air Date: April 29, 2022
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  S1:E5. The Soil
  Air Date: April 29, 2022
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  S1:E4. The Loss
  Air Date: April 22, 2022
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  S1:E3. The Time
  Air Date: April 22, 2022
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  S1:E2. The Land
  Air Date: April 15, 2022
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  S1:E1. The Void
  Air Date: April 15, 2022