![]() Outraged by the crime and Terry’s undeniable guilt, Ralph has Terry arrested in the middle of a little league game, in front of the entire town. Maitland’s fingerprints, DNA, and saliva are all over the crime scene, and he was recorded on several surveillance cameras engaging in bizarre, self-incriminating activity in the hours after the crime was committed. Detective Ralph Anderson ( Ben Mendelsohn) begins his investigation and learns that the prime suspect is Terry Maitland ( Jason Bateman), a beloved little league coach and upstanding pillar of the community. Set in a small town in rural Georgia, the show opens with the discovery of the horribly mutilated body of 11-year-old Frankie Peterson ( Duncan E. ![]() It’s a darkly entertaining mystery bolstered by strong performances and a crime so perplexing you’ll be scratching your head bald during the first several episodes trying to solve it. ![]() And I’m so glad I did, because while I can’t speak to its quality as an adaptation, I can say that The Outsider is one creepy-as-hell detective story that’s equal parts True Detective and Dracula, told in a style that is unmistakably King’s. I deliberately avoided reading Stephen King’s novel The Outsider when I heard it was being developed into a limited series, because I love me a good mystery and I wanted to go into the show absolutely cold. ![]()
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