Outsiders | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Peter Mattei |
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Theme music composer | Morgan O'Kane |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) | Larry Rapaport |
Production location(s) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania West Newton, Pennsylvania |
Cinematography | Jamie Reynoso Scott Peck |
Editor(s) | Daniel Gabbe Howard Leder Matthew V. Colonna |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 42-50 minutes |
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Release | |
Original network | WGN America |
Original release | January 26, 2016 – April 25, 2017 |
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Outsiders is an American television drama series created by Peter Mattei. Set in the fictional town of Blackburg, Crockett County, Kentucky, the series tells the story of the Farrell clan and their struggle for power and control in the hills of Appalachia. It is WGN America's third original series, which debuted on January 26, 2016. On March 11, 2016, WGN America renewed Outsiders for a second season which premiered on January 24, 2017. [1] On April 14, 2017, WGN America announced, the series had been canceled after two seasons, with the then forthcoming last episode of the second season, airing as a series finale on the channel.
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Set in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, the series revolves around the interaction of a group of mountain folk known as the Farrell clan and the locals in the nearby town of Blackburg, Kentucky.
The Farrells are an isolationist group, who shun normal society and live a spartan existence in the woods. Extremely paranoid of outsiders, the family controls a mountain coveted by a national mining outfit for its coal deposits.
At the start of the series, Asa Farrell, a cousin of the ruling family, returns to the mountains after leaving ten years prior in order to join the military and experience life amongst normal society. His arrival coincides with the family matriarch Lady Ray Farrell announcing her intention to cede power to her son, "Big Foster" Farrell. Big Foster, who never forgave Asa for leaving his family, has Asa imprisoned in a cage for six months until he is freed due to his ability to read after an eviction notice is posted at the entrance of the mountain.
In town, the mining company has gained approval to evict the Farrell family from the mountain and seeks to expedite the process so mining operations can begin as soon as possible. Deputy Sheriff Wade Houghton is assigned the task to carry out the eviction process. Deputy Sheriff Houghton however, suffers from alcoholism, opiate addiction, and PTSD due to previous encounters with the violent and cold-blooded Farrell family, and the death of his wife. Houghton attempts to warn his superiors that any sort of eviction process will be bloody, result in loss of life on both sides, and will eventually devolve into a lengthy siege with the Farrells holding the advantage through their extensive knowledge of the mountains.
The eviction leads to a power struggle, as Lady Ray believes that the impending eviction is the apocalyptic event that the family believes in per a family prophecy. Because of this, she pardons Asa, freeing him from the cage and announces a delay in turning over authority to her son. She continues to refuse to change her mind when Big Foster, upset at being denied power, arranges a raid in town of a local mobster that goes bad and costs the life of Big Foster's youngest son.
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Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 13 | January 26, 2016 | April 19, 2016 | ||
2 | 13 | January 24, 2017 | April 25, 2017 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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1 | 1 | "Farrell Wine" | Adam Bernstein | Peter Mattei | January 26, 2016 | 1.055 [12] | |
After abandoning his fellow people for several years, Asa Farrell returns to his mountain dwelling family clan. As a result of his actions, his fellow clanspeople ostracize him by locking him in a cage for several months. Asa is later released from his holding cell, at which point he realizes his fellow people are in need of help. A multinational coal company is seeking to vacate the Farrel family from their longtime mountain home in order to tap into the mountains vast coal deposits. Big Foster does not trust Asa after Lady Ray, the clan's leader (or 'Bren'in'), has a vision of Asa saving the clan. Big Foster then decides that he must get rid of Asa by any means possible, as Big Foster sees himself as the true leader of his people. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "Doomsayer" | Adam Bernstein | Peter Mattei | February 2, 2016 | 0.840 [13] | |
Big Foster calls in an assembly to banish Asa, as he blames him for bringing the misfortune that lead to the death of his son. Asa does not want to go back to the outside world after completing his incarceration, and claims that they need his literacy and outside views to fight against upcoming eviction. The clan decides on a pit fight between Asa and Lil' Foster, which Asa unexpectedly wins. Wade, the county sheriff, is sent to investigate on the origin of the Farrell Wine moonshine, to help change the public opinion against the Farrells and secure his re-election. He eventually destroys the evidence that he finds. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "Messengers" | Michael Trim | Peter Mattei | February 9, 2016 | 0.881 [14] | |
Big Foster and Asa find it difficult to choose different tactics to put a stop to the greedy coal company's assault on their homestead and living off the grid way of life. | |||||||
4 | 4 | "Rubberneck" | Michael Trim | Ryan Farley | February 16, 2016 | 0.801 [15] | |
Houghton makes a deadly trip up the mountain while the coal company attempts to spy on the Farrells. | |||||||
5 | 5 | "Demolition" | Jon Amiel | Peter Tolan | February 23, 2016 | 0.764 [16] | |
Asa and Big Foster bond during a spontaneous and destructive crime spree. | |||||||
6 | 6 | "Weapons" | Jon Amiel | William Schmidt | March 1, 2016 | 0.728 [17] | |
Big Foster's lust for guns blows back on him and the entire Farrell clan. | |||||||
7 | 7 | "Decomp of a Stuck Pig" | Peter Werner | Ryan Farley | March 8, 2016 | 0.669 [18] | |
An unnerving road trip puts Asa and Houghton in closer quarters than they ever imagined. | |||||||
8 | 8 | "It's Good to Be King" | Peter Werner | Sara Goodman | March 15, 2016 | 0.737 [19] | |
Asa comes out of his cabin getting ready to go to the funeral but is crowded by Big Foster and his gang and is told to leave the mountain. Meanwhile, a funeral is taking place for the late Bren'in, Miss Lady Ray. Big Foster is confronted by his son, Lil' Foster, who tells him that he knows that he killed Miss Lady Ray. Big Foster, now the new Bren'in, proposes to G'Win after Lil' Foster says that she also believes that he was the one who killed Lady Ray. They both use the marriage as an opportunity to keep watch over one another. Meanwhile, in town, Hasil goes around looking for Sally Ann at her job but no one at the store wants to help him find her. The coal company has a meeting with their staff on ways of trying to get the Farrells off the mountain. After the meeting, Sally Ann's brother and his friends start drinking heavily at a bar, and threaten to kill all of the Farrells. While driving, they spot Hasil and start shooting at him, he tries to run away, but eventually is captured. After negotiating Farrell Wine for a gun, Asa returns to the camp, empties all of the bullets in the air, and tells Big Foster that he can get 100 more where that came from. | |||||||
9 | 9 | "Trust" | Rosemary Rodriguez | William Schmidt | March 22, 2016 | 0.673 [20] | |
Asa makes a deal with Big Foster to get him more guns. Hasil is captured and being held in the basement of one of Sally Ann's brother's friend's houses. They beat him up all night. Meanwhile, the Deputy Officers and the Sheriff's sister Ledda find the Sheriff's car parked on the side of the road with no sign of him, and it brings flashbacks to the night when the Sheriff's wife committed suicide years earlier. They then return to the house and find his son Caleb lying on the couch asleep. When asked his father's whereabouts, Caleb said that he didn't know where is father was. The Officers then head down to the garage and find the Sheriff's car all smashed up from the day he hit a Farrell. Big Foster confronts G'Win about still loving Asa which she continues to deny, but Big Foster still doesn't believe her and tells her he is going to banish Asa for good. G'Win suggests that Big Foster kills him, but is interrupted by Krake who has a bottle of Big Foster's favorite wine. Big Foster is enraged that his bodyguards are not paying attention and had let Krake in, so he ends shooting one of them in the leg with a bullet to send a message. This action causes him to be called into council to explain why he shot his guard. Asa goes looking for Hasil but ends up meeting with Sally Ann, and she helps him bottle some Farrell wine. Breece returns to the house where Hasil is being held, bringing along the lady who represents the coal company who then tries to get Hasil to join her team. | |||||||
10 | 10 | "Day Most Blessed" | Rosemary Rodriguez | Peter Tolan | March 29, 2016 | 0.809 [21] | |
Nuptials on Shay Mountain turn deadly. | |||||||
11 | 11 | "Mortar" | Andrew Bernstein | Ryan Farley | April 5, 2016 | 0.823 [22] | |
The struggle for guns come to a head as Houghton seeks revenge. | |||||||
12 | 12 | "All Hell" | Andrew Bernstein | Peter Tolan | April 12, 2016 | 0.954 [23] | |
Asa tries to stop Big Foster once and for all. By doing so he must risk everything. | |||||||
13 | 13 | "Long Live the Bren'in" | Peter Weller | Peter Mattei | April 19, 2016 | 0.956 [24] | |
Big Foster wakes up from a nightmare about him murdering his fa (Father in native language) and leaves his home to hunt the rest of traitors with his posse. Meanwhile Hasil and the Rebel Farrels make a plan to end Foster's Reign. As Foster is about to kill Krake, Hasil interrupts and leads him into a failed usurpation. He then banishes the rebel group and begins to hallucinate seeing his dead son Elon. Gwynveer finds Asa's necklace where his body was left, she confronts Little Foster. Big Foster, now realize that G'Win wanted to kill him, confront her and they violently fight with G'Win escaping by stabbing Big Foster. Little Foster finds Asa hiding at an creek where they learned to fish when they were children, Little Foster and Asa reconcile emotional embrace. Gwyn then finds Asa, who she tells to kill the Bren'in as only he can (As part of the prophecy.) Asa grabs his pistol from his shack and goes to the Bren'in's home and kills Big Foster. Gwyn, now the Bren'in, has Asa imprisoned. Meanwhile, the police, led by Sherriff Houghton make it to the top of Shay Mountain. Gwyn and the three clans (Shays, McGintucks and Farrells) surround the police and begins a chant that summons storm clouds, Houghton looks up just as lightning seemingly strikes the police as the camera fades to black. |
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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14 | 1 | "And the Three Shall Save You" | Jon Amiel | Peter Mattei | January 24, 2017 | 0.932 [25] |
15 | 2 | "Shadowside" | Jon Amiel | Gordon Smith | January 31, 2017 | 0.834 [26] |
16 | 3 | "Banishment" | David Rodriguez | Itamar Moses | February 7, 2017 | 0.747 [27] |
17 | 4 | "How we Hunt" | David Rodriguez | Peter Tolan | February 14, 2017 | 0.797 [28] |
18 | 5 | "We Are Kinnah" | Michael Trim | Keith Schreier | February 21, 2017 | 0.773 [29] |
19 | 6 | "Kill or Be Killed" | Michael Trim | Linda McGibney | February 28, 2017 | 0.825 [30] |
20 | 7 | "Home for Supper" | Bill Johnson | Matt Kester | March 7, 2017 | 0.721 [31] |
21 | 8 | "Healing" | Bill Johnson | Itamar Moses | March 14, 2017 | 0.728 [32] |
22 | 9 | "Loyal to the Bone" | Keith Boak | Emily Brochin | March 21, 2017 | 0.886 [33] |
23 | 10 | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | Keith Boak | Keith Schreier | April 4, 2017 | 0.735 [34] |
24 | 11 | "The Run" | Jon Amiel | Linda McGibney | April 11, 2017 | 0.764 [35] |
25 | 12 | "What Must Be Done" | Jon Amiel | Matt Kester | April 18, 2017 | 0.622 [36] |
26 | 13 | "Unbroken Chain" | Jim Muro | Peter Mattei | April 25, 2017 | 0.673 [37] |
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