# The Outsider on HBO: Yet Another Stephen King Adaption **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443 "2020-01-15T05:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/21 "2020-02-21T16:08:25Z")
Last 3 episodes start Sunday the 23rd. Steven King says they are the best episodes. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/22 "2020-02-21T16:36:47Z")
I wasn’t sure about the changes to Holly’s character (mostly she’s got a sixth sense she didn’t have in the books )- I thought the Mr. Mercedes series actress had her just right but she’s quickly become my favorite to watch this show. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/23 "2020-02-21T18:31:50Z")
Still liking this. My wife is completely absorbed, which is saying something for someone who hates horror genre. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/24 "2020-02-24T12:51:03Z")
I thought last night was just OK. But they are moving to a conclusion so I hope it ends well. Many shows don’t have a good ending but I assume they are going with the book ending. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/25 "2020-03-02T12:36:25Z")
almost nothing important happened last night. Guess they are saving everything for the final episode next Sunday ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/26 "2020-03-03T01:47:58Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > almost nothing important happened last night. Guess they are saving everything for the final episode next Sunday Well, one person’s head was exploded by a bullet. But other than that… I thought the integration of the story involving the caves was quite well done. Not until we saw the price of admission to those caves, would most of us realize that we weren’t watching contemporary events. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/27 "2020-03-03T12:26:09Z")
Seems like to me they are driving modern cars so I don’t understand that spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/28 "2020-03-03T13:14:29Z")
I think he means: The scenes were the two boys got lost in the caves is in the past. The rest of the story is current day ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/29 "2020-03-03T23:51:24Z")
Yes, I meant the ‘lost in the caves’ scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/30 "2020-03-04T00:05:00Z")
but they also talked about the kids being lost in the past right? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/31 "2020-03-04T15:52:04Z")
One more episode, right? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/32 "2020-03-04T16:08:18Z")
Having read the book, it seems to me that a lot of stuff is going to be packed into that last episode. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/33 "2020-03-04T18:19:33Z")
or they could leave stuff out if it’s not crucial to the plot ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/34 "2020-03-07T01:32:50Z")
The fade-out with the shooting was well done. That said, I’ve sometimes wanted to speed things up just a little. The mood and cinematography often feels like S1 True Detective, but with less momentum. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/35 "2020-03-09T11:39:29Z")
Ending was pretty predictable. In case you missed it there is a short scene in the middle of the credits. For anyone who read the book was the ending the same? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/36 "2020-03-09T15:07:19Z")
meant to add they are already writing a season 2 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/37 "2020-03-09T15:29:26Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Ending was pretty predictable. In case you missed it there is a short scene in the middle of the credits. For anyone who read the book was the ending the same? I haven’t watched the last several episodes, but if the ending didn’t remind you of the ending of _The Nightmare Before Christmas_, then then changed it. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/38 "2020-03-09T15:46:50Z")
did not see the nightmare before Christmas so cannot compare. I assume season 2 will be co-written by Stephen King since there is not a book to base it on but King plans to write more books in the series. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/39 "2020-03-09T16:35:56Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > did not see the nightmare before Christmas so cannot compare. Okay, [here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1GJSjZW6pGY) is the relevant scene. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443/40 "2020-03-09T22:13:13Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Okay, [here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1GJSjZW6pGY) is the relevant scene. Nope, nothing like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outsider-on-hbo-yet-another-stephen-king-adaption/846443.md?page=3)