The Outsider
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Note: This weeks episode ofThe Outsideris available early via HBO streaming platforms.
It will make its broadcast premiere at 9pm ET.
If theres a grief-eater out there, it could find plenty to dine on in the Anderson home.
This leads to an interesting question: are the people scratched differently than the people with the neck scar?
Jack and the man in the shoot-out that opens and closes this episode dont have doppelgangers.
This leads to two questions: How will Jack lash out violently?
A lot of Tear-Drinker is about faking out the viewer.
Is there a reason it cant?
Does The Outsider feel threatened by the investigation because the Andersons know how to survive unimaginable pain?
Its another scene designed to build tension in a slow-burn of an episode.
These visions havent been entirely real, but theres something malevolent on the horizon.
Thats certainly true for Jack Hoskins, who is still fighting to hold onto his sanity.
Hes screaming at an invisible force in the woods and seeming distant to his colleagues.
He comes to Ralph late in the episode, offering help, and its a hard scene to read.
Or maybe Jack is really trying to fight his mental captor.
Does The Outsider need a home near its victims to feed on the grief of their loved ones?
The Outsider needs to feed again.
Even Jack knows he shouldnt hold the child.
Erivo is capable of doing something deeper with this character than shes getting here.
