THE OUTSIDER Ending Explained!

[@ThinkStory]

"I swear it was El Cuco!" Me after Holly uses that UV light in my room.

[@AkinlabiStClair]

Why didn't they give the monster to the government? They could have gotten a reward and clear his name

[@nuffsaidny]

LMFAOOOOO

[@YM-rk7sh]

If the public believe that something like el cuco really exists, it will become a perfect cover and excuse for crimes. The thing can get much worse then.

[@jomarch4109]

EW! lol

[@ActualLiteralKyle]

Shit man why you gotta use that thumbnail, even if it isn’t an actual spoiler

[@jacobwatts2659]

Another potentially significant thing about the final scene with Holly: earlier in the series she mentions that she doesn't like to listen to music of any kind. If that's the case, then why is she listening to the radio while checking on the status of the case?

[@parvathyp6581]

And it's the same song Ralph was talking about

[@yngsamsung]

She prolly possessed she did just leave a cave full of dead bodies

[@warpcore9681]

Remember Ralph's story about that song that played 15 years later at that exact moment. Coincidence? Hmm.

[@TheEtanolo]

@@parvathyp6581 i didn’t get the funny thing. Why did they laugh when she said it was coincidence

[@parvathyp6581]

@@TheEtanolo I wish I knew. And I saw the show about an year ago. Cannot remember. Sorry😅

[@frankl3518]

I used to like the ambiguous ending. It's over used now and sometimes i just want some closure lol

[@roddur1000]

Facts its just used as some sort of damage control shield against criticism now too.

[@reginaphalange9417]

Yes, even an open ending has to be precise enough and make sense, otherwise it's just something to mask laziness

[@AshDub86]

Agreed

[@mulder006]

There's a possible season 2, so I suppose they left options open for a new plot.

[@TangoNevada]

Frank L. - It's also Steven King and has never written a great ending. Great ideas, great stories, but no clue how to wrap them up neatly.

[@octaviasamantha]

Overall I liked the show but I wanted more from it, I felt like it had potential to be a lot better.

[@skottyo]

Read the book. You won't be at all disappointed!!

[@TangoNevada]

Octavia O_my Sounds like you know Stephen King Shows/movies pretty well.

[@octaviasamantha]

Tango Nevada lol

[@rekaviles]

I thought it was a well balanced story. They are making this a series, not sure what they could have added to this first season without branching off plot.

[@siberianTiger639]

I was thinking like that somwhere in the middle if the show, around 5th or 6th episode, after a promising start... But in the and I was totally disappointed, it's total shit imo.

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

How many else thought they were going for the cliche body mix up/switch when the cave collapsed and the cop and woman walked back it? I would have turned it off if I saw that's what happened.

[@az6625]

Ohh yes i thought that as well, i was gonna be pissed if they did that

[@handelsavary8082]

true lol

[@bgrashistshering6791]

Well it’s even worse than a cliche, wtf is this ending

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

@@bgrashistshering6791 Was pretty bad. They shoe horned all story conclusions of a 10 hour series into a 90 second montage. I got whiplash from how abruptly it ended.

[@jackj9816]

I Did but they could tell by there clothes I guess

[@AllanScott28]

I like how El Coco had forgotten its original purpose. But could sense others are out there. For example Pennywise who feeds on fear while El Coco feeds on Sadness.

[@moabshow]

And mary popin feeds on joy

[@Cinedragon]

Yes, I have the theory that they're basically the same species, but feed on different emotions.

[@stephentoth6003]

@@Cinedragon They are the same species, its been years since the Dr gave his lecture on it but i believe he named the species the ExWife

[@Trevor_Hill]

@@stephentoth6003 Lmao you gave me the twist at the end I wanted and expected from this show.

[@FallenRingbearer]

@@stephentoth6003 The all come from the Outside, and I'm not joking. It's been a King universe thing for a long timr

[@spellegren]

Andy Greenwald mentioned on The Watch podcast that he reached out to someone from the show to clarify Holly's line about Terry. Apparently it's only meant to show that they are already starting the cover-up to clear Terry.

[@TheTam0613]

Hey, thank you for this explanation!!

[@mmariankaa]

EOD Veteran I low key wanted this line to have a much bigger meaning but oh well. Thanks for the info :)

[@kevinphanhvilay8552]

@@mmariankaa I thought it meant that she was already cut as the next host and it was affecting her memory.

[@mmariankaa]

Kevin Phanhvilay OMG SAME! Very ambiguous 😏

[@nicholasmaniccia1005]

@@kevinphanhvilay8552 she doesn't even remember her own height, so her memory is an unreliable metric to draw conclusions from. Looking at the situation she was in, it makes more sense that either one she was eluding to a cover up or two when details are personal, such as shortened first names used by a friend, she has a hard time remembering.

[@Quasidono]

The “who’s Terry” by Holly is still puzzling. I don’t know exactly why she said that. It’s very uncharacteristic.

[@agoodamerican614]

has me stuck as well homie mention the hair twirling scene was in reverse. what if her looking up terry us seeing the scratch on her arm AND her seeing jack in the mirror all happened right after she got the call to take on the job instead of chronologically. i mean throught the whole show everyone kept saying holly wasnt from this planet... however jokingly they were that words are rather telling. one way to tell the timeline is her nails. they were fresh when we first see her then you notice they grow out a bit as episodes pass on.

[@agoodamerican614]

i just went back and watched... the title in the article on the laptop said "child killer exonerated". so that kinda kills my theory...

[@Quasidono]

Tim !!! I’ve been reading/watching so many different theories that I don’t know what to think anymore lol. I just got the book recently and am looking forward to seeing if there’s any missing links that could help explain.

[@Mr.OBrien]

Made sence to me because she did say she'll have to look at today's date today or look back from yesterday and yet remember something that was 20 years back, but her face is what made is look uncharacteristic. She should've looked more confused than concerned.

[@Krystibeaudoin88]

did anyone else notice when el cuco was going through all the past faces, the last one (after the woman -only partly transformed) looked similar to Andy? wish Ralph would've let el cuco go through all his past transformations, back to his original form.

[@chrisg5219]

Ben Mendelsohn is an awesome actor it's always a treat to see him.

[@lowhangingnutsack]

soothing ass voice too

[@alexcoyg3281]

In "Bloodline" series, he dances around everyone in every scene

[@Danrio707]

Did his character have a lispe? I could slightly sense one when Ralph talked sometimes he talked so low I almost turned on Captions

[@codinghusky5196]

@@Danrio707 no. Mendelsohn has a lisp.

[@svdagoat7972]

I didn't even realize he was also in The Dark Knight Rises until watching a second time !

[@alexcoyg3281]

When i was a really young kid in russia my grandma would awlays tell me stories of creatures like Baba yaga and Wolves who walk on hindlegs, who live in deep woods and feed on bad little children, thanks grandma, i am still scared to sleep in the dark

[@AshDub86]

OMG, you're so lucky! I'm am straight up jealous of you for that. Seriously. I always wished that I had a gramma like the Stark's "Old Nan"; who would tell me creepy old folk lore tales, and all about the spooky myths and legends that she was told about when *she* was a child.

[@alexcoyg3281]

@2Pac Stan Police That is her

[@TangoNevada]

They mentioned Baba Yaga during the show and I like that name much better. But that is also the Nick Name of John Wick and JW3 was around at about the same time of this show. So they avoided any overlap. Or maybe, it was just John Wick all along. Don't fuck with his Dogs

[@EmrahUncu]

@@TangoNevada Wick wasn't Baba Yaga. He was the one whom you call when you want to get rid of BabaYaga.

[@05bastille]

@@AshDub86 i had an aunt like that. she would, when we came to visit, go into the childrens room and tell us ghost stories until all the kids where scared to tears (even her kids, except the oldest, she probably had thick skin by then...) and my mom would have to beg her to stop. now when i think of it, many werent even that good, some she changed to make it more "child friendly" like instead of the weeping bride it was a weeping lady pig... but some were pretty horrific for a bunch of 8yos

[@1ndN2st]

I feel like the show started out SO interesting and by episode 5 started falling off and each episode was less and less intriguing.

[@pokeverse]

i agree i like the show overall but it started to drop holly didnt need a love interest or the whole backstories and the militia jumping in to fight the monster, it should have focused more on the creature, ralph and holly

[@themuses5019]

Jah Revelo personally I think this series could have been improved if Bateman actually directed the whole show

[@pokeverse]

@@themuses5019 damn that is a good point those first 2 episodes got me and others hooked

[@asant90]

No

[@laurelmalinowski1676]

SeanDidSomething yes! It really fell off.

[@YM-rk7sh]

I think the reason why Ralph can see the ghosts is that he changes his mind to believe something that seems totally unbelievable, which means, Ralph becomes an outsider as well and thus he can see the outsider.

[@chazzmother]

Yessssssssss I thought the same thing!!!

[@IgiWhiteman]

I thought El Cuco wast trying to make him into his new slave by using the pain of his past, but Ralph was just like "Nah, I don´t think so. Rock in the face!!!"

[@TangoNevada]

@@IgiWhiteman Yeah, I read it as a futile attempt by a dying El Cuco to cause some local grief he could feed off of in a attempt to survive. He needs grief to survive. But by doing that, he exposed to Ralph that he was still alive. By this point, Ralph was already a well and true believer. This was just proof that he needed to finish him off.

[@areyoufriendly]

El Cuco is stated many times as going for those who have pain. Could be Ralph (with his scratch on the face), or Holly (with that ending) easily, for season 2. Ralph ‘said goodbye’ though. Oooh.. Tune in!

[@KublawiA]

Holly twirling her hair in reverse is actually a reference to a previous scene. When the teenage carjacker recounts seeing El Cuco as the hooded figure taking the van, we see his point of view of the figure staring back at him in the rain. However if you look closely, the rain is actually falling in reverse.

[@samshM]

Umm..no i m pretty sure it was falling down and not in reverse.

[@Vanished_Mostly]

Shh! You're going to summon Ronnie Radke!

[@lailasymone1136]

So what’s your conclusion?

[@Mr.OBrien]

Honestly haters gonna hate about the encounter with El coco but that's the realistic way your gonna get with an entity for a Stephen Kings book. Love the scenery, love the ending (with the Franky Peterson grave), love the paranoia for other entities, but hate the fact it felt as if another season would come out but yet kill 75% of the characters.

[@slipoch6635]

Remember an outsider is actually like IT, coming from outside our universe.

[@BrickbyBrickRobotics]

exactly why Holly cannot compare herself to the entity unless she isn't one herself

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

@@BrickbyBrickRobotics she definitely is some sort of alien

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

yeah he's much weaker than IT tho, in the book the "El Cuco" is some sort of alien worm parasite

[@expected-ksa9261]

El cuco face shifting to Ralph face at the end of the last episode was kinda scary

[@Tabbyomwenga]

I was looking for this comment..it means El cuco probably killed Ralph's son as him..I was expecting that theory to be mentioned

[@keytronic]

The meaning of the final scene is to be able to have a segway and gauge any potential hype for a 2nd season. That's it.

[@razorcandy180]

So Holly is in another book called “finders Keepers” that has another creature like Cucu. King likes keeping in his own anthology, my guess is that if there is a season two it will be based on that novel or at least draws from it.

[@CapraDemon101]

Finders keepers is the second book in the Bill Hodges trilogy, also turned into a series called Mr Mercedes. Do yourself a favour and watch it, it is absolutely fantastic.

[@EdieBird]

In the novella "If It Bleeds", Holly faces off with a slightly different outsider, too. Its a very enjoyable story, though I do wonder how any future Holly stories will work as it's set in December of 2020 and events in Holly's world largely mirror real ones. (aside from the obvious...)

[@songriver1232]

@@EdieBird yes I was gonna say this

[@schmittybacall1655]

6:03 I’m pretty sure that the images shown don’t represent his physical decline, but instead the metamorphosis into a new body. This was at least the explanation I got from the show, and maybe there was some physical decline that I just didn’t notice in the last few episodes but that is exactly it. El Cuco are pretty consistently until the episode where he tries to take the child, and then the confrontation happens only a few days later, so I feel that El Cuco is not so much in some sort of physical decline as much as just changing his form which is why each picture shows him as looking less and less like terry Maitland and more like a malformed person. I do believe in the last few episodes El Cuco was at his weakest as it didn’t actually put up much of a fight, and we see that it needs to be fed rather frequently, so most likely it was starving and not able to be as active as it would normally be with the investigators so close on his tail. Other wise, I agree so far

[@pieboi100]

You pretty much got it, in the book he doesnt “decay” but he just “melts” to start forming into a different identity. In the book they theorized that hes so weak because he more than likely eats a child or children in an area and then relocates to hibernate for a while to rest up, and he couldnt exactly do that with everyone chasing after him

[@Carlito_Brigante]

I always thought he could only hold a new form for so long. That period of feeding and all, lasting about 24 days. It's like Terry's kid said, every time he visited he looked less and less like her father.

[@grandcalifornia8410]

The beginning was so good, really good. The middle was so slow and uneventful and the ending disappointing. This whole thing could have concluded within 3-4 episodes. Unnecessarily stretched out, very poor execution.

[@franksemyon5855]

Fuck you it was awesome

[@AshDub86]

@@franksemyon5855 JFC, are you 12 or just an immature simpleton? Because those are the only 2 logical reasons I can come up with to explain why you not only think that it's not okay for people to enjoy different things and have differing opinions and feelings about a television show, but also feel compelled to attack a stranger for stating their opinion on it. GTFOH you fucking walnut. 🙄🤦

[@thomasp.murphyiv9190]

yeah after they killed off Jason Bateman the show sorta did a nosedive. I thought the last episode started off well, certainly no plot armor. But there was no closure. Granted I have not read the book, but I felt they dropped the ball.

[@Greywolfwarrior]

@@thomasp.murphyiv9190 I agree he really was the best part and creepy giving the finger at the ATM lol 😂

[@Greywolfwarrior]

Thing I don't get is what was up with the daughter did the mother plan on seeking help for her? And who pepper sprays someone just for asking questions like WTF can I do that lol I was like damn b*tch just answer her frigging questions

[@Hykje]

The show seemed to me be the spiritual sequel to Richard Stanley's movie "Dust Devil" which was about a shapeshifting serial killer that actually was a mythological creature that prayed on people without hope. An interesting thing is that both "The Outsider" and "Dust Devil" have a central character who is a cop who has lost a son.

[@truthof7382]

Why do all videos say “ending explained” then go on to summarize the whole series. I came here for the “ending explained”.

[@DeathByRoaches]

EXACTLY!!!!!

[@dgeci]

Well said. KZbinr clickbait as always. Just skip the bs.

[@Danny-or4gw]

But it's good for the one's that haven't watch it and just want to watch it in 12 minutes

[@alejandrovilleda6293]

Actually because in a few yrs we won't remember movies that well and it's a whole 2 in 1 once you see the videos

[@arp5546]

Furious_DC it does explain the endings though according to what they think.

[@UberBananaBread]

I gotta say man, I watched a couple of "ending explained" videos for The Outsider yesterday, and they were alright. But yours, today, went much deeper and had many more interesting observations and conclusions others overlooked. Thanks for your attention to detail and focus on beyond the story. Keep it up!

[@ThinkStory]

Damn, thank you for this!

[@chrisrods1994]

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[@marcus_ohreallyus]

We can categorize this Stephen king work as much of his other work in that it starts strong and finishes weak. It's ok if that's the other way around, but when something is so promising at the start and then just flounders around in the middle and has a nonensical ending I just can't say it was good. It makes sense when you find out that King proudly classifies himself as a "pantser", meaning he writes by the seat of his pants with very little or no outline. The Outsider definitely felt that way. I could say the same thing about IT. The best part about this show was how they dealt with the idea of what would happen if normal, common sense people had to grapple with the reality of a supernatural being. That was very interesting.

[@MichaelWutsch]

I love King's books but I don't think I've ever been satisfied with one of his endings.

[@ChrisSmith-bw1nt]

All these TV series are like this these days, they stretch them out to 10 episodes when there's only enough meat for 6, that's why by ep. 6 it's losing steam and flopping about. Then there's a a second season with an even weaker premis.

[@parisgreen4600]

@@MichaelWutsch)SPOILERS I liked the ending of "Finders Keepers" - the only thing I would change is that we saw the killer on fire but never saw him actually dead...but otherwise good. And I thought the ending of "End of Watch" was very satisfying - Bill Hodges knows that he can die in peace because (1) the killer is definitely not coming back after being squished by a Sno-Cat and shooting himself, and (2) Holly is now strong enough to live and be happy on her own.

[@brownsamurai3070]

The cut on Holly's arm is a _red herring._ Nothing more. She got this cut when the cave collapsed at twenty-three minutes and 37 seconds mark. She's holding her arm as Ralph is assisting her. Holly has special powers just like several main characters in Stephen King books (Carrie, Dinah in The Langoliers, Danny Torrance & Dick Hollarann in The Shining, John Coffey in The Green Mile, Mother Abigail in The Stand, etc.) It's a running theme in his books. You don't need to look too deep into it as it just is.

[@nuffsaidny]

I was waiting patiently for this notification.

[@wesbot4219]

Holly doesn’t listen to music, she hates it.

[@gmoney5947]

Wes Bot they have to pay those screen writers for a reason.

[@BrickbyBrickRobotics]

yes she does but not her counterpart

[@orsors2129]

Don't worry, that wasn't really Holly.

[@ekgheiy]

Can someone explain why they sent the video of "El Cuco Claude" trying to take the kid at the fair? Wouldn't that make Claude a suspect ... in *something*? That's the part that confuses me the most. Look at what happened to Terry despite there being footage to show he was elsewhere. The footage of "El Cucu Claude" is completely damning for "Real Claude", showing he was *not* elsewhere (even though Ralph et al sat with "Real Claude" all night).

[@unconditionalluv]

It wouldn't make him a suspect if that thing kept the mask on. Thanks to the child's sister, it messed up el Cucos plan. He was halfway out with no one noticing until she yelled.

[@moicagq]

I think because it was still transforming, so its face was still messed up and not exactly like Colt's yet. Looked a bit like a burn victim. That's why el Cuco wore the mask at the festival - he looked a bit scary still.

[@TheJaker5]

Wow I didn’t even notice the cut on Holly’s arm or that it played in reverse... 🤔 very curious

[@yngsamsung]

It didnt play in reverse

[@ayeeangie21]

Oh no, I just saw the cut 😟 it got holly 😔

[@Arkivious]

@@ayeeangie21 I don’t think it got holly, maybe it’s another cuco.

[@nicholasc.5944]

i loved it, i love the slow pace, i love the supernatural twist, i love the fact that el cuco is not some all powerful transmogrifying being, he is just a supernatural version of a human being, i love the simplicity and closure with which it ended, though this movie still has so much potential, there could be other cucos, maybe he scratched someone before he died, anyway i loved the movie overall, please kind stranger, recommend me more like this

[@paragvadhiya8019]

You should try “castle rock” my friend. It’s based on the story by the same author stephan king. I really wish that hbo would have produced more shows based on king’s novel, but they are focusing on much wider themes.

[@stillatin]

Girl who played Holly is so damn cute

[@areyoufriendly]

stillatin Cynthia Erivo. I fell for her in Bad Times.. and then she killed it as Harriet Tubman, and here. She’s gold.

[@keyboardcockatoo4567]

I know the person above me mentioned this too, but she’s in Bad Times at the El Royale! it’s a really fun movie and she does amazing in it. You’ll get to hear her sing too.

[@jeremyblackwater439]

She really is gorgeous.

[@gilda1745]

Yes she is.😉

[@Danrio707]

I knew she looked familiar, she was a breath of fresh are amongst the country folk cast in this show.

[@cemcalex]

Thank you! It seemed like no one else was bringing up the random ep 9 child murder scene...if they wanted to to be a cliffhanger for next season, it would have made sense for Ralph and Holly to hear about it and be horrified since they were on El Cuco’s tail at that point and know (or can at least be pretty sure) he didn’t commit that murder. Instead the show just doesn’t address it at all in ep 10 which feels like a very odd choice.

[@Ivan.80p]

There is no Season 2. It's a mini series. That could change if HBO is blown away by viewership numbers.

[@cemcalex]

layzieGuy80 not sure why you responded to my comment specifically with that info. I’m fully aware it’s a mini series based on a book. The reason I said anything about a “next season” was to give the writers the benefit of the doubt to help explain all the loose ends they seem to have intentionally left in ep 10.

[@amethyst1465]

Stephen king has a novel coming out on may 2020..if it bleeds..holly and ralph characters are in the novel.

[@Danrio707]

Courtney I too was a little confused like ok are there more of em leading to more questions than answers but I believe that when the widow said the DA had something to tell her but didn’t she would have then told Ralph’s wife and I’m sure she would have told Ralph and Holly that another killing happened and it would’ve messed something up so it never got around to them. Honestly I wish they would have either left that part out or explained it a little better.

[@paulie.walnuts2838]

What i took away from that was it's being hinted that there could be another killer , they said the kid was eaten like the victim in episode one . I'm my mind there is more than one feeder and they hunt within reasonably close proximity of each other

[@bowfin9553]

I think she said who’s terry as sarcasm

[@ThinkStory]

Really? I didn't get that at all. Especially since her character never once uses sarcasm since it's hinted she is on the spectrum of autism.

[@Oops-o4x]

She wasn't sarcastic... she was very serious... and it happened at the exact same time as she put the knife in El Cuco's "heart" - there is connection for sure. There was some kind of transformation starting as she put the knife in him.

[@caseyspaos448]

Maybe she says that to diminish its power. No knowledge of Terry Maitland = No grief

[@TangoNevada]

That Statement made no sense and I have yet to read a satisfactory explanation for it, especially coming from a Women that remembers virtually everything. To think she would be caught up in the moment and forget doesn't make sense all, sarcasm doesn't make sense. The only thing I could think of (Which would be stupid if correct) is it was a way for Holly to state to Ralph that this event is far bigger than any single person and she didn't do it specifically for Terry like Ralph did, she was doing it for far bigger reasons than Ralph. That's the best I could come up with.

[@bowfin9553]

Tango Nevada irony is a better word for it, and in the definition of sarcasm it involves irony. Terry is the reason this all started and led them down their path to the cave and to the exact moment when terry was mentioned again.It came full circle

[@QuEsT_X]

I'd definitely like t to see a possible anthology series spinoff with holly maybe she was turning into something else or now will be drawn to looking for other el coco's

[@caseyspaos448]

Me too. Her acting is superb! ... Okay. Sarcasm off.

[@Kallah_DaughterOfYAHUAH]

that’s what ii surmise they should be doing. the way they set it up it would be IDIOTIC if they didn’t....but thennnn aagggaaiiinnnn

[@nocturnalstudios2671]

How about the potential scenario that there is another El Cuco that already cloned into Holly. The post credit Holly is the real Holly who was home and was never even in Cecil. The El Cuco Holly poses as her to take down the other one. She says “an outsider knows an Outsider” and seems to know Jack wouldn’t shoot her. Also the scratch means another El Cuco could have scratched her days before. The Cuco asked how was it so easy for you to believe in me. Just strange the real Holly would say “Who’s Terry?” The El Cuco Holly wouldn’t know if it came along later in the storyline. Just a thought

[@nethermae5340]

That totally makes sense, great analogy.

[@isaiahisaac8266]

I love this theory and would make a lot of sense. However, who would she have come in direct contact with that would be able to "pass" along the 'El Cuco virus'' or whatever were calling it. If El Cuco is the only one who can pass it, yes maybe another one, but she would have felt the scratch, just like Terry did in the hospital, like Claude did in the strip club and like the grandfather at the fair. - My biggest trope about the series, is that El Cuco Claude, clearly scratched the grandfather of the boy he tried to snatch and kill, but nothing came of that.

[@bashairH]

this doesn't make sense.. why would she check the back of her neck when jack appeared behind her?

[@nocturnalstudios2671]

Belle H the Holly in the last scene is the real Holly. She is worried about being used by el Cuco as a slave...

[@bashairH]

NOCTURNAL STUDIOS yea how would she know El Cuco controls her by infecting that spot If she wasn't around during the investigation?

[@ThisTall]

Only thing I didn’t get was the 2 ghosts in the cave that only the cop could see.

[@dabull_mill5038]

One was his son and the other day was the kid he killed

[@unconditionalluv]

Yea O thought it was Frankie and his brother.

[@randlestevenson]

I figured that's how he knew it was still alive, he projected the images to his mind

[@dabull_mill5038]

@@randlestevenson thats true as well

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

@@randlestevenson i doubt the thing is dead, it's probably some entity, lovecraft shit lmao

[@captassassin5680]

Kinda had a feeling that TS wouldn’t wait till the next day to post his take on The Outsider. And he didn’t disappoint, nice catch with the very last shot of the episode being in reverse. I’m not going to say I caught that too, I’ll just say that it felt weird watching it. Like if you were to walk into your house and everything was moved over 6inches. I’m probably not making much sense right now, it’s WAY past my bedtime. Great video, TS. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got in the pipe next!

[@leandrobatista2738]

Ahaha you actually. Am de a lot of sense I felt the same way watching that scene, 4 years later

[@captassassin5680]

Glad I wasn’t alone in that feeling.

[@Catglittercrafts]

As much as it would be nice to believe that evil is done by forces outside of ourselves, the reality is the monsters that do evil things are just human.

[@inhaledexhaled5460]

April Rants so you don’t believe in spirits?

[@BrickbyBrickRobotics]

this is a huge stretch but, maybe think of it this way baba yaga has a counterpart i just googled that LOL, maybe el cucos counterpart was Holly,that will maybe explain some of her eccentric behaviour, this whole show from the beginning was about counterparts, Holly did get scratched by the counterpart of el cuco if there is such a thing I don't know yet. The Holly we saw at the end is the REAL Holly. The "entity Holly" kept on saying "A human being(el cuco entity) cannot exist in two realities at the same time" thats why she (el cucos counterpart) needed to get rid of el cuco, she also said "outsiders knows another outsider" and the weird shrug she gave Ralph after he asked her if there is "other" things out there, could be all a coincidence but she also said “When the facts are filled with coincidences, don’t dismiss those coincidences". Wikipedia (Koschei) The most common feature of tales involving Koschei (baba yaga counterpart) is a spell which prevents him from being killed(scene with jack where Holly condemned him). He hides his soul inside nested objects to protect it(Holly) they also talk about a ring (Turkic amulet to be exact), which Holly kept twisting and turning, if you caught that.. I don't know just my thoughts but at least my mind is put to ease, I'm going to watch Dark tvShow next ( Stay save everyone :)

[@johnchipman]

King's book was better. Also felt the same about "Doctor Sleep" too. Roughly based on the book but very different.

[@alexroot9711]

a film adaptation not as good as the source material? you are a brave soul for making such a declaration...

[@TOM-os9rk]

Loved the series, but found the finale pretty poor. I thought the production in the cave scenes looked very amateur.

[@NaldzHobbySide]

The Father or Grandfather (i forgot) of the Kid wearing a mask together with Elcuco is i think also got scratch when he stop Elcuco right? but when Ralph ask him when their in the police station he said he doesnt have any scratch? And is there gona be a Season 2??

[@paulie.walnuts2838]

Season 2 is announced

[@LordCPUU]

That was an supernatural episode but more "realistic" and stretched to a full season - i liked it. Sam and Dean could`ve helped a lot here^^

[@Quasidono]

I love the explanation of the final scene.

[@MrK1ngi]

Was a great season. Dragged on a bit though. Luckily i have the new season of Homeland to see me through till Ozark S3. Btw Homeland has been phenomenal this season

[@ThinkStory]

I am totally excited for Ozark S3!

[@TangoNevada]

Totally agree about Homeland. And I was left in deep thought after I realized from the "Previously on" scenes that it was Carrie that suggested the President come to Troops in person. Hmmm

[@Roostest]

I love how this show always and I mean ALWAYS keeps you on your toes, and I never know what's gonna happen.

[@Artkidtek]

I thought episode 1 and 2 were brilliant! But then I lost interest in the show. A few weeks later I gave it another shot and I’m glad I did. However people commenting that the script could have been better or this would have been better as a miniseries -they are entirely correct.

[@1eyejackffs934]

If you are a fan of the show then I suggest reading the novel, there is a pretty significant part of the ending of the novel that they leave out of the show in regards to El Cuco, I am not sure if it's due to special-effects budget issues, but it answered some questions about what El Cuco truly was and what was behind the mask so to speak.

[@bigbrossi2434]

Just finished it

[@severussnape8040]

12:06 did she always have talons for nails?

[@luxurycarr7721]

Yes.

[@orsors2129]

King's Holly would have viewed those long nails as totally impractical. As well as the long braids and lashes.

[@Sylviala2009]

Holly had a jacket on the whole time while she was in the cave

[@unconditionalluv]

That could have been from the rocks falling, surprised a lot of them was not all brused up.

[@kevinodonnell261]

An X-Files episode that dragged on forever.

[@brownsamurai3070]

LOL, thank you!

[@KnockemOrLockem]

Holly asks El Couco if there are more like him. Maybe another entity scratched her, such as the one from Georgia.

[@goldleader6169]

this show got worse and worse as it went on , started off strong but my god that ending lol

[@AbdulWahab-oo4fo]

So fucking true.

[@romanneeld9537]

What was wrong with it? I thought it ended better than say "IT"

[@kellyyeaney5478]

I thought it was slow till episode 7

[@lemonmarie2161]

Facts. It was really disappointing too because the first episode had me hooked but then it just started going downhill after that. The pacing was excruciatingly slow and it seemed like some of the information that we found through different episodes could have all been said in the same episode.

[@wingman7877]

Really was terrible.

[@Malignus68]

Why would the entity tease them in the beginning by making sure it was caught on video, then immediately begin trying to make them stop looking for it?

[@101Waylander]

I know your comment is 3 years old but it wanted to be seen on video because it looks like Terry Maitland. In normal circumstances it would have been an open and shut case; video evidence showing Terry with blood on his clothes, DNA evidence putting Terry in the vehicle used by the killer. It didn’t bank on there being video evidence and witnesses and fingerprints that would show the the real Terry was somewhere else and couldn’t possibly have killed the boy.

[@Rosetti.]

You're sooooo Canadian... But that's a good thing. Awesome video, man.

[@adammccartin7000]

GREAT breakdown. Didnt notice or recognize the links to few things u explained + ALL of it makes 100% sense. That is, if there actually is "sense" to be made of this CLASSIC HBO series !

[@OromisGlaedr]

Ralph probably scratched her. A common theme in Stephen King works is that when someone kills an entity, they take on part of their characteristics. When Ralph bashed El Cuco's head in, he probably got some of it's blood inside of him.

[@Brandon-lc2yu]

just finished reading the book, can't wait to see this series! wooo

[@crozraven]

The post credits scene made me think that the show wanna teased possible sequel season as in some kind of anthology TV series with Holly as the string to connect it all. There was already rumors of the show getting season 2 after episode 8-9. Well, in the post credits scene, I think Holly finally found her new purpose, specifically to battle this supernatural forms of evil. Pretty much just like another day for the "Winchester" bros LOL Also, about Holly' remark on "who's Terry?." Wasn't that supposed to be her "quirk"? Like having a memory lost in recent memories, but able to "conjure" the ultimate encyclopedia in almost every subjects. That's why she was researching for Frankie Peterson murder case in the post credits scene. I mean some people even suggest that Holly is being invaded/taking over by El Cuco in post credit scene (which I am not agree with).

[@TheBrewsterMillion]

Nall she was saying who's Terry, because they had to cover up the fact they found El cuco. It's one of those don't say a word about this, then the other person says "about what?" Moments

[@crozraven]

@@TheBrewsterMillion what?? there's no camera or any kind of recording in the cave location. no polices showed up. the cover up scenario/plan was after they all left the scene & on the way to police station, in a car.

[@TheBrewsterMillion]

@@crozraven watch it again, you'll see what I mean

[@Sandybowls_9001]

I'd watch that

[@bangtanlove6811]

@@TheBrewsterMillion I watched another ending explanation of the show and they suggested something like what you said.. but I watched that part many times.. it was like she was wondering (who's Terry?!) like she didn't recognize the name for a second.. also if you watch the killing scene again you would notice a weird noise happens in the cave .. maybe El cuco can be transform to something else (unseen by the eyes) and that's when Holly got scratched 🤔

[@winchesterinc.5643]

I just finished the show and I don’t want to read through all the comments To see... But did anyone catch the use of reflections and mirrors throughout the episodes? And the people “el cuco” influences all wear a shade of green just like his hoodie: Jack, Terry, Olie, and then Holly’s wearing a green t shirt and her last shot is how something would look like in a mirror? I even remember one character asking another if “el cuco” can be like a virus. And maybe that plays into how Holly could be “infected” but then we do get to see a scratch, so 🤷🏽‍♂️ ?

[@kadeee55]

THANK UUUUU 4 THIS DOPE RECAP!

[@thewolfsogood]

you make it sound better than it is the show is sooooo sloooow thanks for the closure

[@0zymanndias773]

Why do you use the “daddy loves you very much” part lmao always makes me laugh

[@Nahian.Dastan]

This is his ending.

[@jeffro503]

Actually really liked this series a lot! And hope they make a few more seasons!

[@home3363308]

That was the actual ending of the book. it would be made up from there.

[@jd_molly]

I dont think it would make sense if a season 2 is made.

[@almir...santos]

Actually, in the last scene, if you pay attention, right after the angle switches from her notebook screen (with Terry's exoneration) to her messing with her hair, there's no scratch whatsover on her forearm. Then it switches to the back of her hair, and then to her front again - both already with the scratch there. So it's even more curious.

[@101Waylander]

Continuity is hard, lol.

[@SoxyBoo]

As I've read the book before watching the show, I have to point out that some scenes in this are NOT in the book... Certain parts have defos changed but I still enjoy it nonetheless 😁

[@knack6157]

Any recommendation on similary kind of shows ? I have one "Midnight Mass"

[@stefanocozzi8188]

I watched this series in 3 days ... loved it .. how ever the ending should have been more clear and conclusive .

[@areyoufriendly]

STEFANO COZZI Ambiguity and mystery keeps people wa - never mind that. CLIFFHANGER.

[@sup3rlogico]

Sharpshooter military misses 453 shots. El cuco attacks a kid in a crowed public place and RUNS AWAY. NOBODY SAW THE HOODED CREEPY GUY? MY GOD A lot of money, a poor script. This is a 4 episode show, not 10.

[@richard127gm]

1) He was blind drunk. 2) Hoodies are ubiquitous and everywhere.

[@charlielimena3536]

You forgot a very weird scene from episode 7 where Ralph went to Tamika home and they talk outside. And we can see another Ralph peeking from the door looking out. How do you explain that?

[@almir...santos]

That was just he remembering the christening event, when Tamika and Jack went outside, Ralph eavesdropped from the door

[@Cinedragon]

6:56 Huh, so far quite a few changes from the book. Interesting.

[@wicked_deftlady]

I know by saying this, I’m the biggest nerd but honestly I am still grieving over GoT’s last season. It tore me apart. So this show kind of lifted my spirit because it was consistent till the end. I enjoyed it.

[@areyoufriendly]

Wicked_Deftlady Interesting. Because I, as a devout GoT person, thought that this episode resembled season 8 and especially the finale - show is low paced and building, to have one blooje of a send off with plot discrepancies everywhere, to leave is with little satisfaction.

[@areyoufriendly]

I’m alright with open-ended endings. Maybe I’m just missing something. I guess I should not be like Ralph in the beginning...

[@amygalindo5562]

Is it possible with the last shot of the Peterson grave, the guys son is also buried there meaning el cuco might’ve done it too ?

[@emilgluds2447]

It seems like nobody is talking about the scratch on Ralphs left cheek, after the El Cuco encounter in the cave...

[@emilgluds2447]

@C Mahoney kinda odd that an event like that, only left that one scratch. But oh well

[@malenotyalc]

"Daddy loves you very much." Is the creepiest closing statement in YT history.

[@MelsLife570]

I really enjoyed this!

[@JonnRamaer]

Waow. Just watching this in 2021,jan. Thanks for bringing that show to my attention. Will watch it this week. Your work is great. Its helping me evolve my powers as a fiction writer. Thank you.

[@songriver1232]

So in the book. The outsider copies the people. And frames them for the murder. Then he changes into someone else and started over He does not take the people over But those people wind dying anyway By murder or suicide

[@ensaymadara2319]

Just finished this series and heartbroken to know that there isn't a second season.. I'd like to ask, was it Ralph's Cuco in Tamika's house? Because when he came to visit Tamika to inquire about Jack, there was a moment where another him inside the house was standing by the window looking at Ralph 1 and Tamika talking outside..

[@vikingodin1986]

Excellent show...just got the book

[@zedeyezero1406]

Took me until this video to realize Ralph is “Nolan sorentto(sp) (also using his character from ready player one because it was just on my random film playlist in the background at work) he’s a great actor and his light lisp should be a dead giveaway but it’s not. Just like him in captain marvel as a skrull. Idk if anybody else had this happen to them as well.

[@phughesphoto]

Excellent observations! I caught the scratch on Hollie’s arm and wondered how she got it. Ew! I assumed it was from the falling rock in the cave! I also did NOT see that hair twisting was backwards because I was to scared sh*tless when dead Zombie Sniper appeared behind her! CRAP!

[@gabormolnar2208]

I am maybe late to this game, but is it possible that El Cuco is in fact Tak from Stephen King´s Desperation and The Regulators?

[@brownsamurai3070]

Most likely not, but is a version of it, IMO. Similar to the Raggedy Man in Cell.

[@thehustlebrand4721]

I found a bump on the back of my neck after the final episode. Weird. Is el cuco coming for me?

[@areyoufriendly]

Hustle Brand Music Group I had an itch, with no bumps, in the SAME SPOT as the show on my neck for two days a couple weeks ago...and I let my imagination run wild for a bit before I reigned it in.

[@Danrio707]

Shaving bump here... one right dead center of my lower neck area ... poor Jack I wanted to put some Peroxide on that and watch it sizzle as he screamed in pain lmao 😂

[@Sjrick]

Love this video. So much i didnt know.

[@carlosnumbertwo]

If Holly becomes the next el coco, the monster will be that much more dangerous. It will have her intellect.

[@MP-dx8gc]

im not a stephen king fan but i do like ben mendelsohn and how hes not a bad guy anymore, binged watched this series as a part of the loong ass quarantine

[@johntellez6505]

after reading the novel, seeing the changes they have in the show is so odd.

[@alphieaddams]

In the end of the book Holly is the one that kills it. I think its super lame that they didn’t use that

[@alphieaddams]

Also their son is definitely alive in the book so wtf

[@2ndround415]

Love this insight!

[@dominickgullo7800]

Well done

[@tyghe_bright]

If the last shot is in reverse, wouldn't that mean it's the other arm than was shown in the goodbye scene?

[@TangoNevada]

I see what you mean, but I don't think he means a mirror image, I think he means the footage was reversed (Time wise). If it was, which I am not sure what confirms that. I have no idea why.

[@Buildbridgesnotborders]

Yeah not mirror image, but backwards . Watch her hair.. it falls funny, it's like she picks up her hair then you see it fall

[@pittsburghbrew]

First 4 episodes or so were great..... then it turned into adult stranger things. Don’t think I liked it that much.

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

I don't think el cuco is the urban legend everyone was talking about, he was definitely an alien

[@benimarujuzoDF]

Yes! The anticipation was killing me.

[@thelifeofjoeseph3678]

I'm reading the book now it's a very good show

[@aldoparziale2631]

I see it as HBO keeping things open for another Season(s), even though is based off of a single book, we all know HBO has no problem trying to continue/end series that they haven't waited for the original source material to either finish themselves or in this case continue that which I believe has already been finished by King, unless of course he writes a sequel sometime soon, who knows but I definitely will not be surprised if there's more Seasons, I also kinda hope so, as long as they do it right, cause I really did like the show

[@BrbRippinBong]

For me the show started off so strong but then faded and by the time finale rolled around i didn't even care about what happened

[@mirzaomerovic8005]

Same with me, as soon as I realized that it‘s about supernatural i lost interest

[@corcordium8822]

So what’s your voice in this well-intentioned recapitulation of plot summaries? Was so excited to find a video on YT focused on Outsider but felt like this vid didn’t offer clear guiding interpretative or representational through-lines to make me interested in seeing through a 13 min video. pls convince me of my misinterpretation of your approach!

[@daliilars3350]

9:13 I love episode Dine!