The Outsider

An excellent production of King’s paranormal novel, which suffers a little in the conclusion from some changes made to the original story. The opening is procedural and ultra-realistic, reminiscent of True Detective. The choice of shots, the close-ups, Mendelson’s tired face of a burnt-out detective. And Bateman’s performance as the potential suspect is flawlessly insensitive. But the choice to make a ten-episode series out of it was unfortunate, because by the second episode, The Outsider starts to become inflated with filler, taking the story on often unnecessary detours. Not to mention the protracted dialogue scenes that make the heroes look like ignoramuses. Despite a change of origin, Cynthia Erivo is outstanding as Holly, even though she could have been more reserved (of course, there is a lack continuity from the preceding three books). The confrontation in the season finale is more terrifying in the book's climax (direct, with a catharsis that works) and the Texas setting is more interesting. Still, this is one of the best adaptations and I hope it gets another season with the same cast. Even with a boring, ordinary drug-gang underworld murder, as Ralph wished for at the end. P.S: While watching, we were switching between this and The Boss Baby and the contrast is really bizarre. :-D (04/26/2020)

I read it, so I know. The creators played around a bit with the overall atmosphere, giving a True Detective feel to it. And King has no problem with the mysterious and he can easily go overboard with bugaboos. The cast is excellent so far, in particular the ambiguous Bateman. (04/05/2020)