RELEASE DATE AND PLOT PREVIEW
Outer Range galloped onto Amazon Prime Video on Friday, April 15th, 2022.
Starring Josh Brolin, the mind-bending series tells the story of Royal Abbott, a rancher who is fighting for his livelihood as the neighbouring Tillerson Ranch makes a play for his land.
As the series begins Abbott and his family are coping with the disappearance of daughter-in-law Rebecca and matters take an unexpected turn when a drifter named Autumn arrives in town.
The newcomer’s emergence coincides with an untimely death that rocks the community and sets off a chain of events that climaxes with the appearance of a mysterious circular void in one of Abbott’s pastures.
HOW MANY EPISODES ARE IN OUTER RANGE?
Outer Range will feature a total of eight episodes.
After the first two chapters arrived on April 15th, two new episodes will air each week until we arrive at the finale.
The episodes have runtimes between 40 and 60 minutes and ahead of the show’s release, the titles of all eight chapters were revealed.
- The Void | April 15th
- The Land | April 15th
- The Time | April 22nd
- The Loss | April 22nd
- The Soil | April 29th
- The Family | April 29th
- The Unknown | May 6th
- The West | May 6th
HOW MANY EPISODES ARE IN OUTER RANGE?
Outer Range will feature a total of eight episodes.
After the first two chapters arrived on April 15th, two new episodes will air each week until we arrive at the finale.
The episodes have runtimes between 40 and 60 minutes and ahead of the show’s release, the titles of all eight chapters were revealed.
- The Void | April 15th
- The Land | April 15th
- The Time | April 22nd
- The Loss | April 22nd
- The Soil | April 29th
- The Family | April 29th
- The Unknown | May 6th
- The West | May 6th
Wait, So Is Amy Actually Autumn?
In episode 7, Royal attempts to kill Autumn on a four-wheeler. He later burns down her camp, which contained Autumn’s notes and medication. (The medication, lamotrigine, is used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder.) Autumn then appears to become more manic, calling her mother and pleading for money. She also insinuates that she has been following her mother’s plan.
The most prominent offscreen mother throughout the series is Rebecca—who has been missing for several months.
In the finale, Rebecca appears at the rodeo and takes Amy.
If Amy is Autumn, then Autumn’s mother on the phone is Rebecca.
We already know the hole can take travelers forward and backward in time. For Amy to age and become Autumn, she will have to experience at least another two decades of time.
The question becomes: in which direction does Rebecca take Amy?
If into the past, Amy will need to go back to the year 2000 (or around then) before she heads to the Abbot ranch and meets Royal years later—just as Autumn did in episode 1. Amy could also travel into the future, spending 20 years there before traveling back to meet Royal as “Autumn.”
It’s also possible that there is an older Rebecca as well. While we see young Rebecca take Amy, we know that at least two decades will pass before Amy becomes Autumn. In that timeframe, Rebecca, too, could have aged concurrently. If we see an older woman in a future Outer Range season, she could be older Rebecca.
This logic also allows for any character to be a future version of any other character. If there’s a second season, it’s about to get very confusing.
Did Autumn Die?
It’s unclear. While we see her injured and trampled, there’s no indication that she died.
We do see Autumn three years into the future when Royal is first pushed into the hole. Royal says he also saw Autumn during a vision of his own death. This does not necessarily mean Autumn survived the buffalo trampling, as she could have traveled to these future moments before her buffalo death.
Where Did Sheriff Joy Go?
While all this Amy/Autumn/Royal stuff is going on, Sheriff Joy investigates a tip from a man in town about mysterious happenings in the hills. When she arrives, she follows a path to a ridge over which she sees buffalo as well as an apparent Native American settlement.
It might be tempting to put this event on the same timeline as the other buffalo appearance—during the night when Autumn is trampled. It’s also possible that Sheriff Joy has found another way of traversing time. Perhaps she has made her way to 1886 when Royal is a kid.
Everything is possible with a hole that has no narrative rules.
Only a second season can clear things up.
