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Jan 12, 2020 · With Ben Mendelsohn, Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb, Julianne Nicholson. When the body of an 11-year-old boy is found in the Georgia woods, detective Ralph Anderson launches an investigation into the gruesome murder; eyewitnesses and physical evidence point to local teacher and baseball coach Terry Maitland.
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- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Jason Bateman
- 2020-01-12
Jan 12, 2020 · Georgia detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn) is called to investigate the worst case he’ll ever see: the brutal death of a child named Frankie Peterson, who has been mutilated in ways hardly...
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The episode opens with a man and his dog having their afternoon walk completely ruined by a grisly discovery in the woods. That evening, detective Ralph Anderson arrives to assess the crime scene. The murder victim is a young boy named Frankie Peterson. Through some mercifully brief shots of the boy’s corpse and Anderson’s disgusted expression, we ...
The next morning, beloved English teacher and little league baseball coach Terry Maitland makes pancakes for his wife and two young daughters. If he has any idea that his DNA was all over Frankie Peterson’s corpse, then it doesn’t seem to concern him. The only anxiety Terry appears to be feeling is about how his team will do at their game that day....
While Terry’s world is in the process of being turned upside down, we cut back to Ralph Anderson, who is recalling another eye witness interview. This time it’s with Claude Bolton, an ex-con and recovering addict who owns and operates a local strip club called the Peach Crease (heh). According to Claude, Terry came into the club (a surprising devel...
Howie takes Glory’s call and calmly walks her through how to deal with the police until he can get there. Despite keeping the conversation limited to defensive legal procedures, Glory manages to tell him that Terry wasn’t even in town when Frankie Peterson was murdered. Back in the squad car, Terry pleads his case to Ralph. In addition to the expec...
Back in the present, District Attorney Kenneth Hayes (D.A. Bill Samuels for my fellow book readers) and Ralph head into an interrogation room with Terry to see if they can coax a confession out of him. Terry steadfastly refuses to speak without his lawyer, Howie Salomon, present. When Howie arrives, he’s appalled to learn that Terry was arrested in...
As Terry is led away from the police station, he’s spotted by Frankie Peterson’s mother, who had come there to demand the remains of her son be released. Upon seeing Terry, she screams at him, demanding to know if he killed Frankie while her eldest son, Ollie, struggles to hold her back. After being processed into jail, Terry is immediately singled...
Howie sends an investigator, Alec Pelley, to Cap City to check on Terry’s claim about attending the teaching conference. The hotel surveillance footage doesn’t offer much, but Pelley manages to find something even better: A recording of a panel on banned books in which Terry Maitland is clearly filmed asking the moderator a question. Howie gleefull...
You can’t ask for a much more compelling opener than this one. While it would have been easy to dive right into a supernatural bent for how Terry Maitland can be in two places at once, The Outsidertakes a decidedly grounded and methodical approach to peeling away the layers of its bizarre premise. Ben Mendelsohn is brilliant, giving Ralph Anderson ...
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The Outsider Review: Fish In A Barrel (Season 1 Episode 1) January 12, 2020 Kevin Lever Reviews, The Outsider. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt becomes a question of belief on The Outsider Season 1 Episode 1, “Fish In A Barrel,” as Detective Ralph Anderson finds himself the lead of an impossible investigation.
Mar 8, 2020 · Series premiere. When the body of an 11-year-old boy is found in the Georgia woods, detective Ralph Anderson launches an investigation into the grueso…
