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- 2016
- TV-MA
- WGN America
- 2016
- TV-MA
- WGN America
Summary The Farrell Clan of Shay Mountain that includes Big Foster (David Morse), his son Lil Foster (Ryan Hurst) face a power struggle with Lady Ray (Phyllis Somerville) and a coal company who wants to mine the mountain.
Created By: Peter Mattei
- 2016
- TV-MA
- WGN America
- 2016
- TV-MA
- WGN America
Outsiders
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 26, 2016
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7.1
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Summary The Farrell Clan of Shay Mountain that includes Big Foster (David Morse), his son Lil Foster (Ryan Hurst) face a power struggle with Lady Ray (Phyllis Somerville) and a coal company who wants to mine the mountain.
Created By: Peter Mattei
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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61% Positive
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33% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
63
61% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
33% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
These extended sojourns on the mountain, though beautifully shot, are self-serious to the point of spoof. That said, the performances--a supremely shaggy David Morse as Big Foster, a mercurial leader of the clan, Joe Anderson as Asa, who returned to the fold after a decade in the outside world, and Thomas M. Wright as troubled deputy Wade Houghton Jr., with a mysterious link to the Farrells--are strong throughout. And there's much in the material that resonates.
Sweeping and complex with a large cast of characters to delve into, The Outsiders isn’t necessarily new or gripping television, but it’s structured drama that delivers results thanks to the likes of Peter Tolan and Paul Giamatti at the helm as executive producers.
The world of the show feels lived in, especially once it discovers its sense of humor, evidenced by an escalatingly destructive drinking-and-bonding session between Foster and Asa. For all its essential artificiality, Outsiders’ cast resolutely keeps things natural.
Tethered by Morse’s violent portrayal, Outsiders spins its story on a pace unlike most other prime-time shows.
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.
Outsiders is a fantasy-tinged family saga that promises to be a hoot but turns sluggish and humdrum after a few episodes.
Relentlessly grimy and brutally violent, Outsiders is an exhausting trek through mountain muck.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 69 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 69 User Ratings
7.1
71% Positive
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
10% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
19% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Fedora Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Television
- Touchy Feely Films
- Tribune Studios
- Woodridge Productions
Initial Release Date: Jan 26, 2016
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
