Outer Range

A rancher fighting for his land and family stumbles upon an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, forcing a confrontation with the Unknown in ways both intimate and cosmic in the untamable American West.

Outer Range (2022-2024) is an American Prime Video western mystery series created by Brian Watkins. Josh Brolin plays Royal Abbott, a rancher fighting to hold onto his Wyoming land and family, and Imogen Poots plays Autumn Rivers, a woman whose path crosses his as the story moves through the wilderness edge. Lili Taylor plays Cecilia Abbott and Tamara Podemski plays Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk, both anchoring the family and local law threads. The engine of the series is a land dispute with neighbors and rivals, set against an unfathomable anomaly that opens a hole through time and draws characters into other timeframes. Each episode alternates between ranch grit and eerie revelation, building a serialized mystery across two seasons of fifteen episodes total. The tone is brooding and austere, with wide open landscapes, family rivalry and cosmic dread sharing the same frame. Viewers who enjoy Twin Peaks, Westworld and Dark will find a similar pull of supernatural unease in a grounded setting. The show was canceled after its second season, leaving its central mystery open.

Viewers find the mystery intriguing and the characters complex, though the story is left unfinished after the second season.

• Twin Peaksslow burn mysterious wilderness dread, western family land conflict, cosmic unknown intruding on frontier life
• Westworldwestern setting with supernatural mystery and time anomalies, serialized frontier drama
• Darktime loop and multiple timeframes tied to a family's secrets, serialized mystery drama
• Yellowstonerural frontier land struggle and family power, prestige western drama tone

Created by

Brian Watkins

Release Date

2022-04-14

Episode runtime

51 min

Rating

7.1 / 10 (436)

What is Outer Range about?

A Wyoming rancher defending his land and family stumbles onto a time-bending anomaly at the edge of the wilderness.

What is Outer Range like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Outer Range as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.

Is Outer Range violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Outer Range as mild.

What did critics think of Outer Range?

Viewers find the mystery intriguing and the characters complex, though the story is left unfinished after the second season.

Which shows are like Outer Range?

Shows with a similar feel include Twin Peaks, Westworld, Dark, and Yellowstone.

How long is Outer Range?

Outer Range: 2 seasons, 15 episodes.

Is Outer Range still running?

No, Outer Range was canceled.

Where can I watch Outer Range?

In United States, Outer Range streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player.