| Directors | Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Blackhorse Lowe, Deborah Kampmeier, Josh Brolin, Catriona McKenzie |
| Cast | Josh Brolin, Imogen Poots, Lili Taylor, Lewis Pullman, Noah Reid, Shaun Sipos, Olive Abercrombie, Tom Pelphrey, Tamara Podemski |
| Episodes | 7 |
| Genre | Western, Sci-Fi |
| Platform | Amazon Prime Video |
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In the new season of Prime Video’s sci-fi drama series, we see the Abbott family finding their way around the tragic disappearance of Amy as they go through the consequences of the aftermath of last season’s tragedies. Will they finally be able to figure out the mystery behind the hole, making everything go back to normal?
Much like last season, Outer Range Season 2 is as slow as it can be. Viewers who found the last season to be insufferable because of this reason will again find themselves tearing their hair out as we get deeper into the “hole” mystery while the Abbotts and the Tillersons grapple with the tragedies that have struck their lives. The series, for some reason, continues to hardly give any answers in its episodes while making the plot more and more complicated and dramatic.
Although the drama keeps things juicy, there’s only so much patience that a person can have. The deeper we get into the episodes, the more complicated and, frankly, insane the storyline gets. The questions don’t seem to end for the most part and the answers are few and far between, which is a shame. You’d expect there to be more answers this time around so as to keep audiences fixated but apart from a few shocking moments of clarity, there is hardly much to understand.
The small moments of clarity, though, are what makes you stay glued to the screen. The series gives us these astonishing moments that are nothing short of baffling. It ties characters and events from the past and present together really well, but it takes forever to give us something that will glue our eyes to the screen. I did love these moments that come together to answer important questions or at least try to scratch the surface of the mountain of kooky stuff that just keeps getting piled on.
The family drama and dynamics are juicy as well. The fact that these people, other than the kooky sci-fi stuff, are falling into a void together and are (mostly) unable to find a way out of it makes for a great watch. On top of that, the cast is excellent as always and you can’t help but feel for their very serious issues through these turbulent times. In spite of the rather cascaded way in which the information comes in, the series does a fantastic job of keeping the buildup strong. Thus, even though we take a lot of time getting to the point, at any point, we are left hooked to learn what the hell is happening!
In the end, the trickling answers somewhat come together as does the drama. Families grow apart and come together but we unfortunately are yet to learn what is up with this hole in the ground and what is up with Autumn. The series, thankfully, answers a few questions from season 1, but it keeps you in the dark for most of the others while asking a few more questions as it bows out on a cliffhanger in episode 7. It’s a wild ride, one that gets extremely slow and stagnant at points, but there’s something in this insanity that somehow makes sense and keeps you watching till the last episode, hoping to understand what is happening.
Outer Range Season 2 Review: Final Thoughts
Much like its first season, Outer Range Season 2 continues to be a slow but wild ride with very few answers. Although you keep watching in hopes of finding something that will make this insanity make sense, we are left with a cliffhanger once again. Granted, there are answers but the series makes it its mission from the get-go that it’s going to end itself on an incomplete note in order to come back for another season to baffle us. Still not knowing what’s up with this hole, we get into more culty action that leaves us more confused than we started off with.
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