Outer Range: The Void

April 18, 2022 2:02 PM - Season 1, Episode 1

Wyoming rancher Royal Abbott discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of his property, setting in motion a catastrophic chain of events.

Outer Range centers on Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin), a rancher fighting for his land and family, who discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming's wilderness. A thrilling Western family saga with hints of wry humor and supernatural mystery, Outer Range examines how we grapple with the unknown.

posted by jazon (7 comments total)

I watched the first two episodes the other day, and I feel like this is sort of doing the “Lost” thing by hurling a lot of complications into the opening episodes. I hope it’s all for something, and doesn’t just fall apart.

Or at the very least, let it fall apart in a fun way.

The cast is great. I’ll watch Josh Brolin in pretty much anything, and same for Lili Taylor.

This thing is my kind of weird.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 4:49 PM on April 18, 2022 [1 favorite]

I fear that my kind of weird is that Imogen is going to get the same treatment, as Amanda, with me saying their last name elongated and in a low register when they come on screen:
PEEEET!
POOOOTS!
posted by bartleby at 6:40 PM on April 18, 2022 [3 favorites]

Thanks for posting this, I had 'recommended' it to Fanfare, but never got around to making the post.

The second ep was concurrently released.

Super-/ para- natural cowboy subgenre?

The first ep didn't grab me, the second was enough for me to keep an eye out for the third even though I'm a big fan of Lili Taylor and ended up liking mature Josh Brolin. imogen Poots is ok so far. Have been given absolutely zero reasons to give even half a rat's about the boys.

There's a bit of sly humour, but mostly at at Brolin's exasperated expense.

Though the start of ep02 left me terribly unsatisfied.
posted by porpoise at 6:53 PM on April 18, 2022 [1 favorite]

I just saw the trailer for this and feel compelled to ask... Is this "That meme-GIF where crowds of GGI people rush to throw themselves into a hole in the ground: The Movie"?
posted by Grangousier at 8:46 AM on April 19, 2022

Just when it looked like we got ourselves a metaphor it turns into a gateway to another self.

if that prayer is anything to go on I can see why Josh Brolin has to sit at the back at church.
posted by biffa at 1:27 PM on April 19, 2022

What with this show and the 2019 horror film The Hole in the Ground, I'm intrigued by this emerging Mysterious Hole in the Ground subgenre!
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 3:08 PM on May 3, 2022

Now that the first 8 episode season has aired I am just going to comment here that the last couple of them, maybe the last half of the season start feeling like they had 10 episodes planned but them cut it down for time. Either that or they are awfully cut and directed, especially the last two.

I'm commenting here (on this episode) because maybe they pull it out of the (stinky editing) hole next season. But if you are just checking this show out, you may want to wait til next season starts so you can binge through the clunkiness at the end of season one.
posted by Catblack at 12:41 PM on May 7, 2022