Outsiders

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
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Critic Reviews

  1. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jan 22, 2016
    60
    Jousting on ATVs aside, there’s not a lot of exciting, forward plot momentum in the first few episodes, but later episodes spend more time with characters in town, and episode four includes a plot twist that will either make viewers sit up and take notice or prompt them to turn off the TV.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Jan 26, 2016
    50
    If the half-baked subcultural anthropology doesn't grab you, Outsiders starts slow, but begins detonating little pockets of insanity in nearly every episode, proving that audacity without dramatic foundation can be amusing, if not necessarily good.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jan 26, 2016
    50
    It's a mixed bag of a series that can seem smart or silly from scene to scene and is less convincing in its epic poses than in its most ordinary moments.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Jan 25, 2016
    50
    Outsiders is a fantasy-tinged family saga that promises to be a hoot but turns sluggish and humdrum after a few episodes.
  6. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Jan 25, 2016
    50
    The ambition’s an admirable one, and Outsiders clearly has ambitions. But what it doesn’t have is much of a story or all that much conviction in the one it’s telling.
  7. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jan 26, 2016
    40
    Over the first five episodes made available for review, the show--created by Peter Mattei with producers including Peter Tolan (Rescue Me) and Paul Giamatti--amounts to a hill of beans. Beans with a lot of gassy verbiage.

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User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 63
  3. Negative: 13 out of 63
  1. DakotaFred
    Feb 15, 2016
    0
    Oh god.. how does this have a higher rating than say something like the new series Billions?! I'm just baffled by how dumb viewers haveOh god.. how does this have a higher rating than say something like the new series Billions?! I'm just baffled by how dumb viewers have become. This is the lowest of low dumbed down "entertainment". Yeah right, EVERYONE in Kentucky is a backward arse illiterate incest freak of nature. Please.… Full Review »
  2. Knighthawk81
    Jan 27, 2016
    6
    Nothing is scarier than hillbillies. And that's what you get in "Outsiders," a clan of uncouth mountain men who are sitting on prime coalNothing is scarier than hillbillies. And that's what you get in "Outsiders," a clan of uncouth mountain men who are sitting on prime coal land. Of course the powers that be want to move them out, but most people are afraid of them. That's the set up for the series, which had a pilot that was interesting at times. Thomas M. Wright was great as the reluctant Sheriff's deputy, so I'm curious to see where it goes. But the pilot was also rough because it didn't explain much. I still don't have a feel for the characters or the world.… Full Review »
  3. PoeticDumpling
    Jan 27, 2016
    9
    All the ingredients are here for a gritty, intense dramatic success ala some of the greats like Breaking Bad and some of the sleeper greatsAll the ingredients are here for a gritty, intense dramatic success ala some of the greats like Breaking Bad and some of the sleeper greats like The Red Road. Excellent cast, intriguing premise, Drops the viewer quickly into the thick of the tensions and the primal brutality. It also hinted at some interesting perspectives regarding mountain life versus the lives in the world below (I.e. the caged character mentions that the world below is imprisoned in their own ways or something to that extent versus the freedom of the mountain). This show could strike an interesting, smart balance between the two extreme realities. Promising series.… Full Review »
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