Josh Brolin Explains the Outer Range Season 2 Finale and What It All Means

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Outer Range Season 2
Outer Range Season 1 was full of twists and turns and revelations that left the Abbott family shaken over two years ago. In that time, audiences have been left with questions surrounding the west pasture where the mysterious black hole has become a central focus. Now, all seven episodes of Season 2 are available to binge on Prime Video, which means we've got even more questions. In this interview with star and director Josh Brolin, Collider's Steve Weintraub has the opportunity to ask some of those burning questions including the ending of Season 2, if the ending sets up an alternate timeline, how the hole might branch timelines, and more.
At the end of Season 1, Brolin's character, Royal Abbott, the patriarch of the family, made a jaw-dropping confession that changed the already-mysterious series drastically. During their conversation, Brolin talks about the "chaotic recalibration" this admission puts Outer Range Season 2 through, and how the success of sci-fi epics like Dune: Part Two make it possible for the creators and new showrunner Charles Murray (The Devil You Know) to take this Yellowstone-esque story and turn it on its head. We find out just how much Brolin and Murray have mapped out in regard to Season 3, what exactly Wayne Tillerson (Will Patton) may know, and the ultimate fate of certain characters.
You can check out the full conversation in the video above or in the transcript below for more about Outer Range Season 2, Brolin's feature directorial debut, and what he has to say about Zach Cregger's (Barbarian) next horror, Weapons.
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[@EvanFowler]

It was so great. I'm going to be furious if we don't get more of this show.

[@swifter1151]

We will 😢 😮 😅 😊 😂 🎉

[@Sam_T2000]

what was the point of Season 2? what do you think this overall point of the show will be?

[@scotiancoast4498]

I live this show. I hope it gets a season 3 and I hope it doesn't take 2 years for it.

[@chadfanton9994]

That’s intense! I don’t know if I could handle living this show.

[@vimal-cliobconsulting]

​@@chadfanton9994lmao

[@lifeissweet9826]

No kidding! I. Thought it'd never be back.

[@davekeiser4971]

"Real good" is an understatement. It is an amazing show, and Josh Brolin absolutely makes it. I had forgotten so much of the detail of Season 1 that I had to go back and watch it again, which was a treat when you see the show start with the bison staring at you with two arrows in its side. Brilliant foreshadowing.

[@ShawnPark]

Yes, the bison with two arrows was awesome. I totally forgot about it until my son reminded me that the bison was in season 1.

[@MRAustismCFEpilepsy]

I like Joy’s episode the best this season!

[@ShawnPark]

Yes, Joy's episode was my favorite too.

[@michaellalli7693]

Agree, Sheriff Joy Hawk’s storyline in season 2 was the most entertaining and continuing except Royal is too tight lipped. It’s annoying.

[@lifeissweet9826]

Me too

[@swannix]

Its funny just how cavalier all.of the characters are to jumping into a wormhole/time machine and their willingness to just accept it

[@ACxREAL]

Amazing show beautiful well acted awesome sci-fi. I can’t get enough.

[@ShawnPark]

Season 2 was excellent. The acting, cinematography, directing, story, music, everything was perfect. The only thing that bummed me out was it was only 7 episodes. It ended too fast. I need a 20-episode season for this show because it's that good! 🙂

[@lifeissweet9826]

It wZ too short. Make 10 episodes next time.

[@michaelrafales2782]

Thank you for this show. Just story, fantastic acting, wonderful characters, and the show doesn't dumb anything down. It's really wonderful!

[@pressman1788]

Thank you for this interview. I love this show, season 1 & 2 were outstanding. Can’t wait for season 3 and more! 👍🏻

[@amiranda5946]

I loved it.. Can't wait for season 3!!

[@Alien_Cowboy_Cinema]

just binged S2 when I told myself I’d savor each episode and only watch one per night. episode 4 was god tier, hope to get a few more seasons out of this

[@ShawnPark]

Loved it too. Except 7 episodes was too short for such a brilliant show. We need a longer seasons. 🙂

[@Slate-writer]

Love all eps of Outer Range. It's really 5* TV. The bison & bear scenes were stunning. We need more shows like this - well done to all. Fave episode so far, Ode To Joy.

[@shanglyshangly9173]

Everybody's storyline was EPIC 🤯🤠😎

[@michaelrafales2782]

Really hoping for another season!

[@davecampbellknowledgeleader]

Outer Range gets ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ forcing captivation through magnetic acting and sequencing and scenery and riddles and individual vs societal perspectives you guys nailed PARADOX AVENUE WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE INTO AQUARIUS REALITY AND THIS SERIES JUST NAILS IT. I’m proud of you and all the people in this show. Hope to meet you in times ahead, if you need some raw punches for fast tracking Aquarius in the now, welcome to my blogs. I’m running for potus with no backers! And I’m not on the take! Can I win, you know it I jumped in the whole! Haha! Thanks looking forward to season 3, Josh. Peace - Dave

[@JamesMatthewGallagher]

I felt a clarity arrive in season two that felt perfect and perfectly timed. Until I watched a couple of KZbin videos today I didn't realize the showrunners had changed. Royal's openness about his secret(s), while different from season 1, actually made sense in season 2. I watched other shows where the lead or leads keep secrets for WAYYYY too long, which start to weigh on the viewer's patience. I'm very much looking forward to season 3 (fingers crossed the ratings are good for season 2).

[@JuanGonzalez-ym2do]

Wife and I were locked in, but frustrated with the lack of answers, just a ton more questions, so many questions.

[@NickBishop-hb7yf]

great interview! thanks both of you, great scoop getting Josh to talk really candidly like this.

[@asant90]

They should’ve filmed season 2 and 3 back to back because now either they take 2 more years or they cancel it due to low viewer count since amazon only promotes “the boys”🤷‍♂️

[@lifeissweet9826]

Amy is getting too tall. It won't work to wait too long for kids. Stranger things had the same problem.

[@jenniferroberson9701]

Just finished watching S2, and regret Amazon waited so long to give the go ahead for a followup. It was a real brain twister to try to remember some important things that happened in S1. I really enjoyed the introduction of multiple versions of people and timelines, such as Joy's four years spent with the Shoshone. I hope there is a S3, but that it arrives much sooner than S2 did!

[@Destroylestien]

the cover of FleetWood Mac was touching

[@audiogus2651]

8:53 now that is a sillycybin giggle hehe

[@swannix]

Its nice to get the feeling brolin that they DO have a direction in mind its not just sci-fi jazz like lost where they make it up as they go. I think it will suffer if they go toward a "multiverse" direction though. A good question would be what happens w the Perry character. Weve aeen the reprocussion of a charcter dying in the past has on the future but what happens when a character from the future surplants one from the past especially when you have charcaters who have the ability to remember multiple timelines.

[@ethikzmedia]

i am hooked!

[@kendrariddle6175]

I love Outer Range... It was a long wait for S2 but that's ok... I hope that we get more seasons... I've been telling everyone I know about the show. As a Native person I really love seeing the rep.

[@JakeFreddy9361]

After that S2 ending we better get season 3!!!!

[@richardayala4356]

Can’t wait for season 3!

[@columbus730]

There needs to be a season 3.

[@kevins.2976]

Can't wait for season 3. The 1st and 2nd seasons have been awesome. 👍

[@janwelch8031]

OK. Ready for III. Stop talking and Drink up boys and get it written!

[@ajleontakianakos]

So cool 😎

[@TheEs150]

the way they did this season they are gonna need at least 2-3 more seasons

[@markpyro5271]

It wasn't as dark and brooding and mysterious as the first season, But it was still good but just when it started to get really interesting it just ended?! It felt so short.

[@ShawnPark]

I agree. 7 episodes was way too short for this season.

[@A_Patriots_AR15]

I binge watched both seasons of this show last night while on shrooms. Highly recommend. 😎

[@lifeissweet9826]

I liked the first season and I loved the second season! I really loved that perrys dad threw him back in and said yu don't belong here. Then perry was able to go back to his life but what's that gonna mean for his relationship with Royal?

[@monicagdominguez9581]

It’s so hot damn good!

[@nicnewlin2293]

Alongside Atlanta, Outer Range is pure America-is-going-through- some-shit Ayahuasca style. That cover of "Dreams" by Billy Tillerson/Noah Reid is my election year anthem.

[@yensid4294]

When Joy went back to the 1880s & met the other woman who said she was from 1972, they had a conversation about Led Zeppelin (liked the quoting of LZ lyrics btw) BUT she said her favorite song was Kashmir. That song/album was not released until 1975. Soooooo, is this an indication that different people are in different time streams or was it just an anacronism that tends to creep up in time travel shows?

[@Metatron72]

The Zeppelin Swan Song logo tattoo would also be misdated, the graphic was created for Swan Song Records in 1974. I think the creators forgot to double check historical details.

[@RH1812]

Love the show. It’s not as clever as it wants to be/needs to be a la Dark, but it’s a fun tine travel show. In other news, please can interviewers stop asking questions opening with “tales about…” that’s not a question. That’s not interviewing

[@Sam_T2000]

“they say it took seven episodes to ruin a great show.”

[@vimal-cliobconsulting]

How come Perry Abbott is alive, when he killed his past self? Shouldn't he disappear too, given that all the timelines are merging into one without creating another timelines?

[@yougenmil3253]

i want name of the acter who act as royal when he was young

[@wesleygestring2529]

I dislike shows that don't know where they are going but seem to be making it up as it goes along. That seems to be the case here. This results in plot holes as happened with "Lost."

[@rwfracing]

The only problem i had with season 2 was It was not long enough.

[@juspete5527]

Will this be another show i love they cancel?

[@richizzle39]

The worst part about the season was the last 30 seconds. The whole “this is just the beginning” trope was not needed and took away from the time is the river chant. It really left a sour taste in my mouth.

[@anomietoponymie2140]

I loved the back in time with the Shoshone. Was my very favourite part of season 2 but please, please, please can that white guilt! Do Native American history because it's interesting and part of us. Do it with joy and respect but no more of this eyes-lowered sour whispered self-flagellating upper middle class Hollywood hypocritical sanctimonious odious penitence!

[@grantburton5073]

They can't just finish at season 2 no fekin way so much more to the story to be done

[@michaellalli7693]

Too many characters traveling in multiple timelines- it’s a little annoying to keep track of. Autumn throwing her 9 year old self in the hole. Royal is not helping the situation.

[@mikegreen9177]

Season 2 rules. Does Josh live in a shed?

[@jsigur157]

It looks to me like Perry is in a different reality from the reality everyone else is in and it seems that the killing of himself cements him into this reality where he doesn't have a murder charge hanging over his back. I suppose he can enter the hole again and possibly return to where he was but all of that is unclear./ Josh said, " The show can go anywhere it wants to now", as if that is a good thing after two years. My counter is after two years, there should be some limits established as to where it can go The time travel back to teepee land, I thought, was a precious waste of space because nothing occurred that moved the main story which needed moving. Therefore, one hour was wasted unless you like watching "woke ideology" of white man bad- non-whites good. Too, the only connection that chapter had with anything from the main story is that the Indian Sheriff apparently had her life saved by a ten year old Royale. I am not sure that was needed at all and tested the bounds of believability. The last scene said it all when Autumn, in a dream, told Royale "We have just begun." which is the feeling I had. (Nothing going forward need have any relevance to the story already given and literally anything can happen or WE'RE STARTING OVER! Is that really a good thing after two years If I seem harsh it's only because of my high expectations for this show. I still recommend it but am worried it could do what "Ozark" did which was get worse with each passing season

[@winstondavenport]

Very well said. I don’t think it’s a good thing for writers to brag that they don’t know where the story is headed.

[@saiyanmgtow]

Perry saving Tillerson boy means new timeline. F. Huge disappointment. Time is a river? Ok well you can't teleport up and down a river now can you? How did Joy first time travel? New timelines means i don't care.

[@alientube1984]

Concept is amazing but the show went to shit after they started milking it middle season one!

[@barry4134]

Season 2 sucked.

[@pressman1788]

Why was season 2 so much worse than season 1. I loved both seasons, I don’t understand the big difference between seasons.

[@jsigur157]

While Josh gives a compelling reason for going back to teepee land one has to see the big picture to understand compelling reasons not to go back to that time and place. You have to understand "woke"ideology and understand that themes supporting it are required inclusion in every show put out by the main streaming channels Right now white men are everyone's favorite whipping boy and so to include a show that spent the whole time bashing whites is dubious to say the least especially when you understand that whites were encouraged to invade the west by the Deep State, the people behind colonialism and slavery, a multi generational elite class not necessarily white who basically wanted to coopt any open territory not already occupied by "the Abrahamic Religion" cult Call whites mercenaries to that but ordinary whites did not establish military posts out west to protect all the people that were encouraged to invade those lands. It was the same families for the most part, causing world chaos now as they sell "whites are to blame" propaganda to the masses of the world. Too, as I said elsewhere, that chapter's only reason for inclusion was to emphasize division to the masses and had little to do with the storyline or narrative to take it forward

[@kccouch.jesusministry2023]

the hole is a demonic portal.. so in the next season a portal will open in the sky or the ceiling of the church.. and people will be caught up in it and see GODS GLORY... and then JESUS COMES to rule the earth for a 1000 years. 😇🙏✝

[@Unsleeping_eye]

This show is absolute garbage, not the actors. But the show is horrible. I love science fiction. I love westerns. This is garbage don’t watch it. waste of time.

[@pressman1788]

I don’t know how you could like both of those genres and not love this show.

[@TokiPollypocket22]

Season 2 awful 😅

[@pressman1788]

I don’t know how you could say this.