The Outpost Review: Strange Bedfellows (Season 1 Episode 4)

The Outpost Season 1 Episode 4, “Strange Bedfellows,” brings back the action — yet still does little to advance the plot.

As this series began, it brought with it much excitement. Swords, mythical creatures, and mysterious strangers add up very quickly in the special interest department. Of course, the show has kept up these elements thus far, but at this point I feel like I’m being dragged along.

So little is being done with all the questions that have been presented throughout the first few episodes. The plaguelings, drugs, and Talon’s personal beast, would normally be enough to keep me on my toes on any given show. But with just tiny morsels of information being fed to me, it is doing very little to feed my appetite.

I understand relationships need to be established to create the most believable world possible. The quips and fiestiness are possibly the best parts of the show.

This isn’t a sitcom though — I don’t have to laugh every few seconds to be entertained.

I tune in weekly to be taken to magical lands — not to see a bunch of drunks playing card games!

At this point, things are really starting to feel drawn out. There seems to be more scenes connecting the brawls, than there are brawls themselves.

If a casual viewer somehow manages to miss the most recent episodes, I’m sure that they will have little difficulty connecting the dots. It really has become more of the same — rather than anything new.

Even the cliffhanger at the end of the show, mimics the one on the first episode. Sure, some may be able to write it off as poetic, but only three episodes removed, it seems plain lazy.

“A sucker for punishment are you?” – Talon

As everyone wanders around town, I find myself hoping for Janzo to run into the beast before Talon does.

It isn’t that I wish harm on this lovable dork. It’s just that deep down we all know, Talon will not be able to fight off her otherworldly foe this early in the series. On the other hand, we aren’t completely sure if Janzo will survive far into the future.

It seems likely, that he will become some sort of sacrifice down the road — something to choke up the viewer as he bleeds out. Probably a selfless move to protect Talon when she is down and out.

But then again, maybe that role will be reserved for Garret.

Either way, I’m sure this cliché scene will happen before the end of the season. And in fact, I hope it does soon. I’m already getting tired of seeing no-names pop up — just to be killed off-screen.

I have no intent to hide the fact that I’m getting bored with this show. At this point, I believe it would have made a better two-hour movie, instead of something that takes a total of ten weeks to watch.

I have already established that I love the characters peppered throughout The Outpost.

Unfortunately, the love of these people aren’t going to keep me hanging on forever. After all, their basic personalities are already laid out — and it doesn’t seem they are likely to change much from here on out.

It seems though, that I may be jumping the gun. Just two mediocre episodes, and it sounds like I’m about to jump ship — what kind of fair-weather fan am I?

Let me tell you what kind of fan I am. I’m the kind of fan that pours his heart into the shows he loves. But I’m also the kind of fan, who needs to be wooed more often than once an episode.

I’m like the housewife who is sick of the same old routine, and is begging for something to spice up the marriage.

The Outpost still has a lot of flavor, but my tongue is growing complacent of the heat.

What did you think of this episode of The Outpost? Am I being too harsh this early in the game? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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The Outpost airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on The CW.

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