THE OUTSIDER: Episode 10 Breakdown, Ending Explained, Post Credits Scene & Season 2 | Full Review

[@heavyspoilers]

Check out our full breakdown of what El Cuco is here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5TMfKGCfrOBbck

Great channel! 😏👉🏾😎👍🏾

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you 🙏

[@jesusgarcia-uy8vy]

you forgot the most important moment in the episode they start talking about terry maitland and holly replies whos terry ? in the beginning of the season holly appears to investigate terry maitland why would she forget something so important

[@heavyspoilers]

I think it was the way it was phrased. Another comment said that she was showing he wasn’t guilty by the way they phrased the question of asking about the suspect

[@intouchdm]

If you watch that final scene with holly on the bed twiddling with her hair, it’s backwards. I don’t know why but it is in reverse 🤨

[@sagemyruss]

How many people thought El Cuco switched places with Claude after the Cave in for a second. I totally thought that’s where they were going with it. I thought El Cuco was going to switch places with Claude and fool everybody

[@Mrlloydvideos]

yeah that was a shitty ending

[@jeravincer]

Me too

[@ejbourable]

I think Holly seeing Jack's reflection in the mirror is more likely a symptom of PTSD, not an actual "visit" from him.

[@pa.encema2821]

She was stratch by El Cuco

[@jennifermcgoldrick6323]

but if they plan on creating more episodes... it likely had more meaning

[@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN]

@@pa.encema2821 which doesn’t really matter cause the one scratched is never in danger like jack. Also el cuoco is dead

[@aajaexoxo]

@@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN good point

[@sipypour1569]

The acting was stellar! Fabulous casting. The moment when Glory questions if Terry really was a killer... breathtaking

[@Cookie12670]

I’ve been waiting for this since I gave up trying to sleep and got up at 4 am in Chicago. Happy to see this posted!

[@heavyspoilers]

Hahah cheers, sorry for leaving you waiting so long

[@kyronlewis6975]

Did anyone else get to brainstorming when El cuco said “I sensed there may be others like me”🤯

[@karenn6065]

I already figured there are more . Still dont know who killed that other kid OR if that was done before they left . I think Jack sensed Holly was next as El Cuco ; cause I think he scratched her when he kidnapped her . That is why they showed him in her mirror

[@HomerHinojosa]

@@karenn6065 She didn't have the scratch when she says goodbye to Ralph. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJu4paR7mKyCgNk

[@karenn6065]

Homer Hinojosa Hmmm 🤔. Okay I’m going back to rewatch the goodbye. If that’s the case Jack could’ve done it when she saw him.

[@HomerHinojosa]

@@karenn6065See the scene here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJu4paR7mKyCgNk

[@melmccracken2880]

I was always bothered by the final scene a few episodes back when Holly dreams ofJack shooting her, she woke up screaming. That was never explained

[@rameenz1178]

I'm sorry but that shootout had a lot of dumb moments. People literally kept getting in Jack's line of sight, they told the second car to get out of there but they still pulled up to the shootout, nobody created a distraction to let Andy get away, it was so frustrating!!

[@siberianTiger639]

The ehole show was so dumb and lame at the end for men... I expected A LOT more at the start, in the end it's just a lame kids fairytale.

[@robertspencer2516]

Well I loved it and hope there will be a second season loved the way the characters grew together as a team.

[@dariusbaja21]

I'm kinda disappointed in the finale , I'm not sure how exactly it could have been better but I can't help but feel unsatisfied with it . And the main detective was really pissing me off in the cave when holly is asking El Cuco questions and when Cuco is talking the Detective keeps telling it to shut up. Like why wouldn't u want to know it's history and other things about it and why it does what it does . But no genius detective doesn't want to know anything or hear anything coming from that things mouth . Iunno I just found that annoying and I guess I wanted them 3 to talk more

[@jennifermcgoldrick6323]

Darius Baja Stephen King isn't known for good endings!

[@danyalahmed3995]

I can see it as logic as he told her to shut up for the monster doesn't get too close to them.

[@ValisX]

the exact thing people were complaining about with the book, surprised they didn’t try to improve that part

[@AllyourBase3]

Holly was hired to investigate Terry Maitland, that line made no sense. Of course she knew who he was.

[@Sylviala2009]

Think Story's breakdown explains why she may have said this

[@jason5265]

AllyourBase3 I agree. I thought it was a dumb line too

[@mainsource8030]

she told the cop not to tell her about terry at first, she was just digging in the previous cases

[@petermahan7179]

Yea, she went to go see his dad's hospital. She knows that one dude bumped into him and even met his wife. She HAS to know who he is.

[@justintime6242]

She forgot in all the chaos and honestly so did I It was a complicated ten episodes after people die, you kinda let it go. It didn’t even start with Terry so who cares.

[@karenpike2420]

I thought the episode dragged after the scenes with El Cuco. However, I found the mid-credit scene to be completely unexpected. I also missed that Holly had a scratch, but as far as I recall, El Cuco never touched her, so I think the scratch must of just happened in getting out of the cave. Thanks for your excellent episode reviews. I will miss them.

[@karmajones5683]

How did Holly not know who Terry was? In the cave she said "Who's Terry"...then she googled the case at the end credit scene. Yet she investigated him and his trip to visit his father in the Nursing home. 🤔🤔🤔

[@yohanespaskal9352]

She asked “Who’s Terry?” because Ralph said something about clearing Terry’s name since he was innocent and people would stop taking about him. What’s the best answer to show that Terry’s name is clear? “Who’s Terry?” It was Holly being brilliant. I found it on Twitter. That's make sense for me

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah that works way better

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah because she said she didn’t know at the end either so maybe she’s losing it

[@katiepontius8983]

Omg I wondered that too! I was so confused when she asked that!!!

[@mitch3297]

We’ll probably need the writers to make a statement. The guy making this video thinks she never knew about Terry, which is clearly wrong. The Twitter thing mentioned is interesting. Another KZbinr said that it was supposed to show how far removed Terry was at this point since so much had happened since the investigation began. I think it was kind of a poorly placed line since I believe that no explanation will make it “good.”

[@artslave]

But, but, why Andy? That broke my heart.💔

[@andrewquick4176]

Gina Sigal same!

[@houchi69]

#JUSTICEFORANDY

[@norapeck4777]

Because he didn’t exist in the original story, and his entire character was designed to break your heart when he gets a brutally murdered?

[@niklasrombekker2998]

The scracth could not have been from El Cuco. When Holly leaves Jacks house there is no no strach on her arm

[@heavyspoilers]

Good spot

[@niklasrombekker2998]

Of course it could also just be an oversigt in the production :)

[@bae_ofpigz]

TwinkleStar when she stabbed it in the chest it could have scratched her. Maybe she realized that it wasn’t evil, it jus liked eggs more than it liked chicken, and she wanted to continue the conversation w a kindred spirit. Maybe that’s what she was saying to Ralph about recognizing it as similar to her. Ralph wants to team up again, but maybe Holly has a new partner that looks jus like her.

[@niklasrombekker2998]

@@bae_ofpigz But she is not scratched in that scene, Look at her arm

[@mims1992-y6c]

In the goodbye scene between Ralph and Holly, Ralph asks her how she is getting home and if she is going directly to Chicago, 10 hours...blah blah and she says "I have a couple of stops to make along the way." That's time unnacounted for. She totally could have gotten scratched by somene after she said goobye to Ralph.

[@missarkell]

Just finished watching this. My thing is, no one thought about the first helper in the Frankie Peterson murder. If each murder has a helper and the second helper was Jack- then who was the first helper in the original Frankie Peterson murder? Surely that must mean something and be important?

[@ccaatthheerriinnee]

I don’t think there’s always a helper. Holly said it was particularly weak and was forced to flee from its grief source prematurely b/c of the investigation. There was no helper in the canales case either

[@chriskindler10]

the first two episodes of this show were absolutely amazing and literally perfect. unfortunately those were the only brilliant episodes for me. the rest is good but the sense of mystery gets thrown out the window too quickly and other than being a forced cliffhanger Holly having a scratch on her arm makes absolutely zero sense

[@experimentalhaiku6193]

Same. Although the rest of the series was good it did drop for me too.

[@Dsparks7777]

Seems like you just didn’t like the introduction of Holly.

[@DevilCruz13]

Agreed. The first two were awesome but it got kinda boring for the rest

[@panonymousbloom5405]

That's a lot of Stephen King books, unfortunately.

[@andrewquick4176]

Nah the entire series was OUTSTANDING

[@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).

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah agreed, can see this ‘scratching’ her curiosity

[@nebulous8389]

Sucha marvel tease lol

[@nashsanadiki3104]

no, i believe stephen king isnt well known for writting the most closure enducing endings xD

[@nebulous8389]

@@nashsanadiki3104 hmm I've started to hear that more , and notice it the more I read his books....I remember even though Salems Lot is a classic I remember the ending although it was bad at all nor was it neccesarily phenomenal it was just hmmm ok

[@nashsanadiki3104]

@@nebulous8389 Thats why makes him a great writer, you know their isnt a sequal to the book coming but it leaves alot left to the imagination to wonder whats next for these charaters. i enjoyed the closure that gloria got when the charges against terry were dropped

[@mzzvixen4000]

also while Holly is sitting on the bed looking at the laptop at the end, she's playing with her hair, but it's backwards, the shot is filmed but showed to us backwards, it's hard to catch, but if you watch it closely you can see the hair falls wrong, and flies up into her hand and not down out of her hand

[@ivorytower99]

Thanks for the video, as I needed a slight bit of clarification. This series was a great thriller with a truly dark vibe: it get's into your head!

[@donteh855]

I’m satisfied with the ending plain and simple. I love holly and the detectives arc from non believer to believe was great. The last scene of SPOILER ALERT🚨 Jack in the mirror and holly reaching for her neck was amazing. Needless to say my mouth was on the floor when it was shown she had a scratch on her arm🤯 I’d love some type of spinoff with holly. She is a amazing actress.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah so so good, she can sing really well too

[@modnarer]

@@heavyspoilers bad times at el royale! What a voice!

[@kyronlewis6975]

Modnarer I really like that movie it reminded me of old black and white films of the 30’s

[@2000dpdpdp]

Heavy Spoilers yall are such geeks the firs2 episodes had promise but the whole season was terrible 😂

[@modnarer]

@@2000dpdpdp sorry you feel that way, good luck in future shows though!

[@jdc7323]

Discovered your videos about halfway through the season. Rewatched the series again just so I could watch all of your breakdowns. Very insightful. Thanks!

[@XiomaraDV]

Awesome breakdowns. I really enjoyed the season as a whole and think that your interpretation of Holly being the outsider makes the most sense for/if a continuation. I did find my self screaming at the TV those first few minutes what a showdown!! Looking forward to what’s next from you!!

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you! Yeah the title makes perfect sense with that line I think. Love the way they took it at the end. Thanks for checking out the video

[@zeraoraboy1816]

The book itself is called the outsider and in the book Holly doesn’t actually say that line about an outsider knowing an outsider, so I doubt very much Stephen King had that in mind about the title being about Holly.

[@izzy2802]

I thought it was a nice wrap up at the end. Turning the detective into a believer and the outsider death as a mortal. The last act of holly being scratched didn't really make sense because the outsider is dead and don't take over bodies just changes from the one it already has,so shouldn't she be safe? Great videos covering the series.

[@heavyspoilers]

She should be...unless it’s alive...Richard Price did tease in the behind the scenes video at the end it’s still alive so I guess we will see...

[@izzy2802]

@@heavyspoilers Thank you for the update and this will be interesting season 2 then.

[@dantereliford923]

Great job 👍 glad I subscribed

[@bassthumper7331]

been sharing your vids with Mom.and she loves you...keep doin ya thang bruh!!!..we will be watchin..

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you, nice to have people checking out the videos. Have an awesome day

[@jakesavage1680]

Thanks, Heavy D for the breakdowns of The Outsider, now looking forward to the Westworld episodes and your theories!!!

[@heavyspoilers]

No problem Jake, thanks for the comment

[@MercuryCircuit]

Great series and great coverage

[@joemanco1075]

When that song came on I got chills

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah me too, was a bigger Oh shit moment for me than the scratch haha

[@cinne2135]

I would have gone for a stab straight through the eye - had hoped Holly would've chosen this mark too. Thanks for the great commentary. I'll definitely be here for my love/hate of Westworld!

[@heavyspoilers]

No problem, looking forward to seeing you back

[@janemarinelli2838]

I feel like Holly was channeling el Cuco when she said who’s Terry.

[@jenc7055]

THANK YOU!!! That was one of the only lines of dialogue that really stood out to me as way off. She has a photographic memory and has said his name dozens of times, him being what started it all. I hope it wasn't just a flub. That and with her personality and all that's happened, they should have been paranoid about scratches!!!

[@jennifermcgoldrick6323]

same! just watched it all in two days 😂

[@Shahad-ku7yz]

The thing that I didn't understand is that video about claude trying to kidnap the kid. What about it after reopening the investigation? When ralph said he will send the video to kenneth hayes wouldn't that convict him?

[@tiernyt2051]

First of all, I truly hate Andy died, that sucked a tremendous deal. He, Hollie and Ralph were my favorites. I even liked the lawyer. I don't think she is infected, however I believe that Jack had a connection with her, because he simply would've shot her. It would be nice to see a branch off, but only if it's this cast. And if I'm not mistaken by Hollie saying he's ( Ralph) an outsider does that mean he can see a lot of what she sees including the dead? Great show, I've been following since the beginning , now I have to find something else to like.

[@MsLiberianLady]

Tierny T I was sooo hurt when I saw that

[@34blackula]

The outsider can recognize another outsider line was in reference to Hollie and El Cuco, Jack seeing (Peter?) and whomever the little girl was freaked me the hell out for a second lol.

[@CrystalRoberts-ty3kt]

** Did you notice that the last face El Cookoo showed was Ralph before he smashed his face*** take a look and tell me if u saw what I did

[@prettyboyg1278]

That moment "felt worse than the red wedding of Game of Thrones".. No.. Dude.. Just no.. Sry, not even close. It was cool tho.. but nothing special. Only Sidecharacters died. Actually It felt more like "the Long Night" of Game of Thrones tbh. That confrontation with the Night King aka. El Cuco was anticlimatic af.. borring, short and you just asked yourself "All that long ass build up for that ?!"..

[@TheTam0613]

Same, dude! I'm on the exact same page!

[@freakaway]

i have soo many questions at that ending that made me more confused: 1. Who were the kids Ralph saw in the cave? 2. Why didn't they just keep shooting at Jack to give the rest some cover while they were moving around? 3. Why did Holly ask whose Terry? The whole reason she was pulled into the investigation was because of him in the first place.... 4. Who will they prosecute as the suspect in Frankie Peterson's murder coz the video they provided the cops is the El Cuco that resembled Claude...how are they not gonnna let Claude be charged then? 5. The post credit scene imply Holly has a scratch, but I can't see any point in time where el cuco had the chance to scratch her so how did she get it? And if his being is killed by Ralph, how is he gonna morph into anything now? Seriously anyone can provide any insight is appreciated :)

[@marktito6169]

The show sucked. It was a cheap knockoff of Twin Peaks.

[@Reu-ral_city]

I watched every vid you posted on this , thanx for helping me understand 🙏🏽

[@joshdc3220]

Thanks for all the breakdowns Deff. It’s been a great show, hope there’s a 2nd season 👏🏽

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you

[@elgatoconbotas5]

I also saw the scratch but when would he have done it? He didn't react when he she stabbed him since then he was playing possum.

[@heavyspoilers]

I was thinking that the claude they saved may have been El Cuco but then he went back to the cave which kinda ruined that

[@STiUnit]

@@heavyspoilers she probably got scratched when the ceiling fell, similar to when the cop got infected in the barn by stuff falling on his neck.

[@petermahan7179]

She doesn't have the scratch in the scene with Ralph at the very end. So I don't think it happened in the cave

[@Chococatt1]

Wow about last night’s episode. There was something that bothered me and maybe I’m reading too much into it. When “The Entity” or cloned Claude told Holly and Ralph that Claude thinks about Holly it threw me. What did me mean by that? Was there a slight romantic interest or the fact Holly understood what was going on. Was the cloned Claude speaking for itself? I don’t recall Claude and Holly having any interaction until the later episodes. I might have to watch it again. Great job on the recap.

[@ekgheiy]

+1 That line caught me off guard too. I think I would have expected "El Cuco Claude" to say that about Jack, not "Real Claude". 🤷

[@thr3385]

Am I the only one that didnt like the ending?

[@bonniewatts4922]

Very well styled and filmed but cheesy typical s king stuff

[@julesb1970]

It was ok, but I was a bit underwhelmed though, it seemed kinda too quick and easy.

[@ivanchudyk6129]

and very stupid XD kinda funny how they died

[@lnruiz2003]

You give the best most detailed reviews! 🙌

[@Saginaw72]

I'm confused, why would Holly ask "Who is Terry?" Terry was the reason she was brought on to the case to hopefully clear him, so why does she not know him now?

[@therabbit9830]

Great breakdown Def👍 I’m looking forward to WW Breakdown and ty once again👏👏👏👏

[@heavyspoilers]

Cheers

[@daveshadenuff187]

Also great 👍 review as always and keep up the great 👍 content man in the future!!!

[@fredrikasp3892]

I feel like the dead boys sighting in the cave was not made by El Cuco but by something good. The same entity that made Ralphs son appear in his dream. In the dream he was told to let his son go by a guardian angel maybe so as not to be as vulnerable to El Cuco, since it feeds on pain. He didn't seem frightened by the sighting in the cave and pretty much knew what to do.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah could well be. Everytime I do a theory I kinda second guess myself and it definitely could’ve been something good too

[@jenc7055]

Thanks for covering this. I loved it. Hopefully everyone else did and we'll get a second season!!

[@naeemmajors3636]

Loved this series. Hoping for a season 2

[@glimmerxp]

Great show & great vid

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you

[@cpboomlove]

I really enjoyed your breakdowns really good work on this series!!!

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you!

[@rdelagarza6906]

Great breakdown. This explained alot. Thank you

[@josephsecker402]

Great job with the show. Your points were very well thought out and gave me something to think about! Thank you!

[@heavyspoilers]

Cheers

[@theshadow2171]

Great video and thanks for the whole series of videos. Really enjoyed watching the breakdown after each episode! Mr Mercedes was a good series too so great job dropping that in! As far as thoughts on season 2, I like the idea of El Cuco surviving (somehow) and starting up again, but it would be interesting to see a second creature. I think the only thing I was disappointed with was that we didn't get much more information about the creature, but that adds to the mystery.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah I kinda wanna see something else as I’m not sure what more they can do to keep the mystery going but I guess we will see. Thanks for sticking with the channel

[@chrisrowe5981]

I didn’t get the holly not knowing terry part, only bit that bugged me, she interviewed his dad, mentioned no one had told him the son died, had his wife come to a meeting, plus the whole trip was in part to exonerate him so that made zero sense in all that time she’d not know

[@mikehurley4]

Andy getting an open casket funeral is interesting

[@heavyspoilers]

I think it's quite common in America but I could be talking out my arse

[@mikehurley4]

@@heavyspoilers Can confirm. But not when you get burnt to a crisp, I believe.

[@heavyspoilers]

Hahahha fair enough 😂😂😂

[@ekgheiy]

@@mikehurley4 +1. Certain situations in the U.S. call for closed casket funeral. I would expect both Andy and Alec to have closed casket funeral. Howie may or may not depending on the how well the post-mortem cosmologist could conceal any burns Howie might have sustained.

[@mmariankaa]

Because the ending of the book was SO anticlimactic I was really hoping that at least the ending of the season would be something much MORE. Sadly, for me, it didn’t happen. I wasn’t hoping for an epic battle or something, but at least a much more interesting and revealing conversation with El Cuco could have been nice. The built up was sooo long and the payoff was so... well... small :( At least we got a cool scene with Holy, maybe season 2 can do much bigger stuff. Overall, this show was really good and I can’t wait till next season. Thank you for all the videos you did for this show, it was awesome to watch them after every episode and catch up to things I might have missed :)

[@moomoo3031]

we listened to 14 hrs of the audio book and then the channel was closed down! so thanks for posting the ending tho its still confusing! the audio boook was great and I miss hearing the original version. stay safe out there!

[@AB-ye6cl]

Great insight to the series. I have enjoyed watching your views and theories on The Outsider as much as the series itself.

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you that means a lot, cheers for the kind words

[@sanjuanitaflores1649]

A B Me too !

[@MsBillygrey]

Did Holly get the scratch when she reached for the small mirror to check her neck and thats why she fumbled and dropped it.

[@BoomerKeith1]

I don't think the scratch means anything, other than a "what if" kind of moment. She would have noticed it had Cuco done it and said something. I think it's just another symbol to say "this story isn't over", but not really related to the scratched that El Cuco had given others.

[@craigstewart8191]

You are my go to guy for breakdown's, great work

[@dubscomics]

Great season one ....one of the best I've seen yet

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah so good, got a lot of X Files vibes from it so glad they are planning on doing more

[@titusmccarthy]

It's based on the Stephen King book which is a stand alone novel.

[@amethyst1465]

New novel coming out may 2020..if it bleeds..holly and ralph characters are in the book.

[@jameshowe2477]

Good video, audio levels are a bit hot though.

[@nofalsegod4]

I enjoyed the breakdown!

[@manuelamarinello3651]

I thought Holly scratch was simply from the cave when the rocks fell on her 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@heavyspoilers]

Could well be tbh

[@doublet459]

No scratch when she bids Ralph adieu.

[@nokst6444]

27 days before El Cuco transforms and 27 years between Pennywise attacks. What's the significance of the number 27?

[@stevea6157]

Stephen King just chose that number. No idea why, but any time that number pops up in his works, it probably means some supernatural is happening.

[@ukaniko]

​@@stevea6157 Stephen King frequently uses the female reproductive cycle as a recurring theme/allegory in his writing. The average cycle for women is 27 days.

[@patblake6923]

Pennywise is not dead

[@dereksanders9875]

Loved the season, thanks for the vid!

[@SCUMBAG-RAS]

So did anyone else notice in the post credit scene Holly's hair was moving in reverse when she was running her fingers through it🤯🤯🤯

[@TexasFight89]

Yes, and the handle on the water facet was turning in the wrong direction.

[@hansnoor9637]

Dammit, now I need to rewatch it again!

[@laurachakalian7507]

What’s the significance of the hair backwards and Faucet? I don’t get it.

[@SCUMBAG-RAS]

@@laurachakalian7507 i dont get it either, but it was put there for something... can't wrap my brain around why

[@laurachakalian7507]

scumbag ras thx

[@batfleck2728]

Awesome breakdown Sir 😎♥️👌

[@heavyspoilers]

Thanks Rohit

[@jeravincer]

Also, why did Doug say it served his interests to cover up the existence of El Cuco? Surely the arc of the series was moving towards exposing El Cuco, not hiding him. As you’ve said, the monster RELIES on its existence remaining hidden so aren’t they doing his bidding by covering it all up?

[@son0flaw366]

I like how they added in Claude at the end and made him pull the trigger. The face-off was intense. I was half expecting Holly to whip out the sock full of bearings and one hit-KO The Outsider, which was cool and all. This ending was a little more exciting to me than the one in the book actually lol.

[@tmalecki1521]

The only thing I didn’t understand about the show was that Claude seemed to be the only person suffering when El Cuco was transforming into him. Claude said it felt like someone was inside his head…but we never saw that from Terry or the others that El Cuco framed

[@moviemikey]

Good video. I will say though that I thought Holly would have been keenly aware of having the monster touch her at any point - since she was the one that figured out how it infected other people. Due to that, if she was scratched on her arm, she would have instantly freaked out. Also, she never touched the monster, except when she stabbed it. I think you're right that El Cuco either survived and is messing with her or another is. But I don't think she herself is being copied. It would be a betrayal of who she's been up to this point. Furthermore, I'm unclear as to why El Cuco wanted Jack to come back into the cave. Why show him the vision of his son, knowing it would cause him to come back inside. Stephen King does have both evil and good forces in his books. I think without putting too fine a point on it, the son was a good force. Otherwise, it was El Cuco risking being scientifically studied or hopefully finished off and that was a hell of a risk for such a vulnerable creature to take.

[@sweetbug]

thanks for making great reviews and actually completing this series unlike one that I was also following lol

[@vulnicuravulnicura5587]

Can someone explain when did she get the scratch????? I rewatched it but haven’t find the answer......

[@heavyspoilers]

The only possible time is when she stabbed him....or the cave in

[@ambientchill5123]

I just finished this show and I have a theory. The lightbulb went off around episode 7. I think the show represents what is like to be inside the mind of someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder. I need to watch it again and unpack, easter eggs. Ralf’s wife in the show is in Reality his Psychiatrist. If you listen closely we hear her voice coming though in the cave as the ‘outside voice’ . As the dialogue gets more fragmented and disjointed in the second half, memories start to emerge suggesting what has happene in reality that has cause the fragmented reality. I assume that if there was a second season we will see what each character in the show is in reality. There are so many clues in the dialogue. As Ralph slowly deals with that trauma, the characters or alters ( which all represent him) are killed off or fade in the background making him a different more complete person. I do not want to speculate too much but if you know the Billy Mulligan case, rewatch this. At the end, Ralph is sitting at the grave ( i think it represents his brother’s grave) with his in show wife ( therapist) who says that they can visit agin ( in years time) to see Derek ( this might be the childhood trauma?). I am not sure how well I verbalised this but i was just thinking if the movie Split reprents the outside , the Outsider shows the inside. The Outsider can be the therapist or even us as viewers

[@DanielMing1993]

Think the story of the Bolton’s getting caught in the cave was the most overwhelming news.

[@seekncreativity5954]

Underwhelming?

[@jackhung6929]

I have not read the book, but I really enjoyed the series. Here is my guess at what I do not really know. Cuco is a very old creature, certainly centuries, maybe millennia old; possibly much older. It says it does not know its ancient past, which maybe a clue in itself. It has a body, and most miraculously, has the ability to radically transform that body. Once it has tasted another organism, with a bite, or even a scratch, Cuco can transform its own body into a replica of what it has sampled. This transformation often takes weeks, and requires a lot of food to power the chemistry (and beef up its structure, if making a larger body). This ability to regenerate itself at the sub-cellular level gives Cuco potential immortality. And there is more. Cuco can deposit a bit of itself in a bite or scratch. That bit grows and festers and forms a link with Cuco's mind; allowing Cuco to know all its victim knows, and perceive what it perceives. The link also allows Cuco to project visions into the mind of its victim. These experiences are often horrific, and are intended to coerce the victim to serve Cuco's will. As the series progressed, we learned that Cuco today is pretty damn smart. It is about as smart as its prey, and he didn't seem too worried. We saw a lot carcasses in Cuco's Cave; hollowed-out possums and armadillos. And we know the thing that did the hollowing can replicate bodies. It wouldn't even need to eat, to downsize like that. And another thing. I've got an elm in my front yard, when it is happy and healthy, it shades its roots and there is just this one tree. But cut it down, remove the shade, and out from the roots, 10, 20 feet from the trunk, up sprout dozens of little elms. You got to wonder, if that little bit could form a link, maybe it could form a mind, if the link was severed. Maybe Cuco is back to playing possum, maybe it getting a fresh start, no sense letting it keep you up at night.

[@icebergmays]

Nah, not worse than the red wedding. In the Red wedding, we didn't expect a massacre to happen and eliminate major characters in a span of 3 minutes. This episode we knew they were going to be killed. I honestly expected only Ralph and Holly to survive.

[@claudiapolk8006]

Nothing will ever be as sad as The Red wedding

[@mims1992-y6c]

In the goodbye scene between Ralph and Holly, Ralph asks her how she is getting home and if she is going directly to Chicago, 10 hours...blah blah and she says "I have a couple of stops to make along the way." That's time unnacounted for. She totally could have gotten scratched by somene after she said goobye to Ralph.

[@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

[@heavyspoilers]

Ah nice

[@daveshadenuff187]

Pretty good season and ending of the Outsider.Hopefully there is a season 2 and yeah for anyone who hasn’t seen Mr Mercedes you need to get on it watch it.I totally agree 😁😁😁😁

[@thr3385]

Did this show follow the book or did it make changes?

[@heavyspoilers]

95% the same but some changes such as Ralph’s son being dead and the ending

[@amethyst1465]

If it bleeds new stephen king novel..out may 2020..Holly and Ralph characters are in it...

[@heavyspoilers]

Ah amazing!

[@valeweathers]

Gtfo! I would love to see these two characters investigate other SK avenues.

[@jainthorne4136]

@@valeweathers She's in Mr Mercedes and Finder's Keepers, too.

[@spankyg8658]

If anyone wonders what Definition, aka the Outspoiler, is doing, he’s prob knee deep in that new Black Widow trailer. What an awesome Monday! Content galore!

[@heavyspoilers]

AH I'm not covering it unfortunately. I have a screening for Bloodshot so working on that, apologies

[@crystalroberts5938]

I loved the finale and the complete series

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah such a good show

[@XMachete]

Pivoting on your The Outsider being Holly theory, this series could become the modern day Kolchak the Night Stalker

[@pa.encema2821]

It basically is

[@shaughnwalker-nerz5596]

Holly was investigating terry so how could she forget him? I think the scratch on her arm and her saying that, Also her listening to music (which she said she hated) and also her seeing jack is just a bunch of signs saying el cuco is taking over her

[@johnbacarella3783]

Holly had a heavy jacket in in the cave. How could he scratch her?

[@JZNET9]

John Bacarella I don't even think she was ever even within "scratching" range. Only time they were close was after the collapse and she stabbed the body

[@ccaatthheerriinnee]

I expected holly to die a few days later after Andy’s talk of soulmates dying a few days apart.

[@jax4k152]

Is 7:22 a masking/editing mistake in the series???

[@melissacross5525]

If El Cuco survived, that off key violin would have played instead of Washington Square, I think. But then again that's too obvious. We need to question it, so that was a good choice.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah, just interesting to see the song return and the scratch. Hopefully they announce something soon because it’s killing me

[@Honeygold31]

I felt terrible for Seale getting killed...so, I’ll take back my comment about him working my last nerve in last week episode, LOL! Great review. I’m watching West World season 1 now so I can be all caught up for that.

[@heavyspoilers]

Hahahah poor Seale and everybody. Yeah Westworld is so good, just finishing a rewatch myself and it’s incredible

[@spankyg8658]

That was an awesome finale! More Holly please!

[@heavyspoilers]

Agreed, such a good character

[@amethyst1465]

If it bleeds new novel from stephen king out may 2020..holly and ralph character is in it.

[@spankyg8658]

Angelina Torres heck yea

[@dazblue5515]

Loved seeing both Paddy Considine and Max Beesley in this

[@dominickgullo7800]

Well done

[@heavyspoilers]

thank you!

[@jeravincer]

Also, didn’t Doug PROMISE his wife he would not go after El Cuco at the end but that tactical policy e would do it - “the cavalry”? Then no mention of this in finale … they just wander in like a couple of tourists…

[@earth14rocco36]

Lmao, im tellin ya bruh, these aka's r too cold💯 Always gives me uh smirk😏

[@ScubieChic]

Ok.. a few things. When Cuco was cycling thru who he's "been" before Ralph bashed his head it.. it looked like the last face was about to be Ralph's. This might tie in with the fact that Cuco senses others of his kind AND why Ralph saw the two young boys while exiting the cave. (One having been the young man he shot outside of the courthouse defending Terry) Maybe he sees them both bc he killed both.. but bc he is married to the mother of his son.. he gets enough "grief" thru her continuous pain. OR.. I am just reading too much into this... and SUPER late to the show. LOL

[@fleadoggreen9062]

One problem! Holly was never close enough to elcouco to get scratched, Good series though,anybody recommend something else to watch? Thank you

[@edwincarrasco4771]

Yeah why did holly say “who’s terry?” And who is now the lead suspect in the Frankie murder if terry’s name was cleared?

[@SilverAndBlackZach]

I think u are looking too far into the lead suspect part. The main goal was to clear Terry's name

[@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

[@BigSway22]

I don’t think holly got scratched. She never had direct contact with el cuco. Unless I missed something? Season 2 features a different el cuco.

[@ikejon-ubabuco2717]

She was scratched by Ralph. Ralph is an outsider. Think of everything that happened

[@BigSway22]

Ike Jon-Ubabuco explain. And at what point in the episode did it occur if it did?