TakeVikingsand half ofTop of the Lake, put them in backwoods Appalachia, and youve got something close to this gritty off-the-grid drama.
At the center are the Farrells, a moonshine-swigging clan who for decades have escaped modern life by building their own little society in the hills.
But modern life finds them anyway: Big Coal tries to evict them, throwing the tribe into external and internal chaos.
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If cable dramas about bearded strongmen struggling for power are your thing,Outsidersis a decent addition to the field, with just enough peculiar intrigue, world-building, and acting heft (see: David Morse and Thomas M. Wright) to make its existencesorryjustified.B
