Ode to Joy
- Episode aired May 16, 2024
- 49m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
403
YOUR RATING
Lost in time, unable to return home, Sheriff Joy must adapt to a new life among her Shoshone ancestors.Lost in time, unable to return home, Sheriff Joy must adapt to a new life among her Shoshone ancestors.Lost in time, unable to return home, Sheriff Joy must adapt to a new life among her Shoshone ancestors.
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William Kostel
- Sheriff Horace Bell
- (as Bill Kostel)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Joy and Falling Star are saying goodbye they are each quoting lines from Led Zeppelin's song "Stairway to Heaven"
- GoofsIt's very unlikely that a photographer in the 1800s would tell subjects to smile, due to limitations in the technology and how long everyone would have to hold still.
While some smiling photographs do exist from the 1800s, the practice didn't become common until the 1920s or '30s.
And because portraiture of this kind was so uncommon (and expensive), one would expect a photographer to have given much more direction.
- Quotes
Shelton Cape: You better run! You dirty pole bender.
- SoundtracksI'm Just a Dreamer
performed by 4 Haven Knights
Featured review
I Was Afraid This Would Happen
This is the low point in a show I've quite liked so far. I started seeing red flags when they were relying on time travel as more of a plot device than a mystery box. The show excels at mystery boxes, but as we know from JJ Abrams, they need to eventually be resolved.
The second red flag I saw was around Joy's writing, because it felt like some studio execs marched in a team of recent college-grad sensitivity writers for all of her scenes, and I say this because the writing quality suddenly takes a dive- at one point it had to be stated "(Joy has) been here for 4 years" twice within 3 minutes. How stupid do you think we are? That's not how writing works.
It all came to a head with the retcon of Royal's past. You can't do that, show. There's a rule in mystery writing that you have to present the audience with the required pieces to make the connections, and the craft is in how you conceal those pieces. This show just went "Oops, we set up the wrong pieces for the outcome we wanted, so let's retroactively waste everyone's time by making the information from before false". That's not okay.
Easily the worst episode in terms of writing and pandering, and I was already defending this show against accusations of being preachy. I'll finish the season because it's built up enough goodwill until now, but I doubt I'll be itching for Season 3 of 'Outer Range'. 4.5/10.
The second red flag I saw was around Joy's writing, because it felt like some studio execs marched in a team of recent college-grad sensitivity writers for all of her scenes, and I say this because the writing quality suddenly takes a dive- at one point it had to be stated "(Joy has) been here for 4 years" twice within 3 minutes. How stupid do you think we are? That's not how writing works.
It all came to a head with the retcon of Royal's past. You can't do that, show. There's a rule in mystery writing that you have to present the audience with the required pieces to make the connections, and the craft is in how you conceal those pieces. This show just went "Oops, we set up the wrong pieces for the outcome we wanted, so let's retroactively waste everyone's time by making the information from before false". That's not okay.
Easily the worst episode in terms of writing and pandering, and I was already defending this show against accusations of being preachy. I'll finish the season because it's built up enough goodwill until now, but I doubt I'll be itching for Season 3 of 'Outer Range'. 4.5/10.
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- infinitetyler
- May 26, 2024
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- Runtime49 minutes
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