# The Outpost (TV series)
**The Outpost** is an American fantasy television series created by Jason Faller and Kynan Griffin that aired on [The CW](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-cw) from July 10, 2018 to October 7, 2021, running for four seasons and 49 episodes[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost) • [2](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-outpost/) • [3](https://the-outpost.fandom.com/wiki/The_Outpost_%28TV_Series%29). It follows Talon, the last survivor of the elf-eared Blackblood race, as she tracks the mercenaries who slaughtered her village and discovers a supernatural power she must learn to control[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost) • [17](https://www.electricentertainment.com/the-outpost). Produced by Arrowstorm Entertainment and [Dean Devlin](https://www.edgepedia.org/dean-devlin)'s Electric Entertainment, it ran for four years on The CW as an independently produced fantasy series, which the show's wiki describes as a first for the network[4](https://www.electricentertainment.com/news-content/2019/2/15/season-2-of-the-outpost-currently-in-production) • [3](https://the-outpost.fandom.com/wiki/The_Outpost_%28TV_Series%29).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Creators | Jason Faller and Kynan Griffin[5](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie-22808/critiques/) |
| Run | The CW, July 10, 2018 to October 7, 2021; 4 seasons, 49 episodes (10, 13, 13, 13)[2](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-outpost/) • [6](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-outpost) |
| Lead cast | Jessica Green as Talon, Jake Stormoen as Garret, Imogen Waterhouse as Gwynn, Anand Desai-Barochia as Janzo[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost) |
| Production | Electric Entertainment and Arrowstorm Entertainment; executive producers Dean Devlin, Marc Roskin, Jonathan Glassner, Kynan Griffin, Rachel Olschan, and Jason Faller[4](https://www.electricentertainment.com/news-content/2019/2/15/season-2-of-the-outpost-currently-in-production) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost) |
| Critical reception | Season 1: Metacritic 39/100, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer 50% (10 reviews) with an 88% audience score; IMDb 6.6/10 from about 10,000 users[7](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-outpost/) • [8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost/s01) • [9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7612548/ratings/) |
| Rating | TV-14 in the United States[2](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-outpost/) |
| Afterlife | Ended after four seasons with no Season 5; streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Peacock[10](https://whichott.com/tv/the-outpost-2018-79340) • [6](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-outpost) |
## Premise
The story begins with Talon (Jessica Green), who as a young girl witnesses the slaughter of her people, the elf-eared Blackbloods, by a gang of brutal mercenaries, leaving her the last of her kind[11](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-outpost) • [17](https://www.electricentertainment.com/the-outpost). Thirteen years later, as a skilled fighter, she arrives at the Outpost, a walled city known for lawlessness and an inhospitable population, on the trail of her family's killers[11](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-outpost). Along the way she discovers a mysterious supernatural power she must learn to control, first to save herself and later to defend the world against a fanatical religious dictator[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost).
The supporting cast anchors life inside and around the settlement: Garret (Jake Stormoen) is a soldier of the realm, Gwynn (Imogen Waterhouse) rises to royal status over the first two seasons, and Janzo (Anand Desai-Barochia) is a scholar and bartender whose laboratory supplies much of the show's experimentation[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost) • [2](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-outpost/). Season synopses track a steady expansion of scale: season 1 covers Talon's revenge quest and ends with the Prime Order's oppressive takeover of the Outpost; season 2 is framed by the outpost's war with the Prime Order; season 3 introduces the Blackblood Yavalla and the search for an ancient relic; and season 4 moves to a conflict with gods, ending with the series finale "Nothing Lasts Forever" on October 7, 2021[2](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-outpost/).
## Production
**Origins.** The series was developed by Arrowstorm Entertainment, a Utah-based independent producer with a background in direct-to-video fantasy features, notably the *Mythica* film series; Saturation's production history dates its development as a CW summer-genre series to 2017[12](https://saturation.io/budgets/the-outpost-2018). Electric [Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/entertainment), Dean Devlin's company, joined as producer, with Devlin, Marc Roskin, Jonathan Glassner, Kynan Griffin, Rachel Olschan, and Jason Faller serving as executive producers[4](https://www.electricentertainment.com/news-content/2019/2/15/season-2-of-the-outpost-currently-in-production) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost).
**Economics and reach.** Saturation places the show's figures at the lower end of CW genre drama economics, anchored by an unusual Ukraine production base and a resulting low per-day below-the-line spend compared with a US- or Canada-shot CW series[12](https://saturation.io/budgets/the-outpost-2018). Internationally, the series was picked up by NBCUniversal International Networks' Syfy channel, which announced the second season in 2019, and a distributor listing records The CW, DiziMax, Netflix, and WOWOW Prime among its distributors[4](https://www.electricentertainment.com/news-content/2019/2/15/season-2-of-the-outpost-currently-in-production) • [13](https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/tesis/2023/hdl_10803_691102/lndc1de1.pdf).
**Season structure.** Season 1 comprised 10 episodes; seasons 2, 3, and 4 each ran 13 episodes[6](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-outpost). Season 2 premiered on July 11, 2019; season 3 ran from October 8, 2020 to January 3, 2021; and season 4 ran from July 15 to October 7, 2021, closing with "Nothing Lasts Forever"[2](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-outpost/).
## Reception
Critics received the series coolly, while its audience score ran far higher. Metacritic's season 1 critic score is 39[7](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-outpost/), and Rotten Tomatoes lists a season 1 Tomatometer of 50% from 10 reviews against an 88% Popcornmeter from more than 250 ratings; the series page shows an average Popcornmeter of 84%[8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost/s01) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost). IMDb users rate the series 6.6/10 (weighted) from about 10,000 ratings, with an unweighted mean of 7.4, and individual episode ratings rise from a 6.6 pilot to values in the high 7s and 8s by the later seasons[9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7612548/ratings/).
The show was nominated for [Saturn Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/saturn-awards) in 2019 and 2020, in the Best Streaming Fantasy Series and Best Action/Adventure Television Series categories[12](https://saturation.io/budgets/the-outpost-2018).
Critical reaction repeatedly measured the show against bigger-budget fantasy. The Guardian's review of the season 3 opener in November 2020 called it a determinedly second-tier fantasy adventure series, with a headline mocking it as "Game of Thrones – as written by a microdosing monkey"[14](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/17/the-outpost-review-game-of-thrones-as-written-by-a-microdosing-monkey). Audience reviews on Metacritic acknowledge a weak start with a simple story, cheap effects, and a visibly short budget, but describe a show that grows on viewers who want a deeper fantasy serial than higher-budget programs were offering[7](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-outpost/). Common Sense Media describes it as a campy fantasy about a brave female adventurer avenging her people, with frequent but mostly bloodless medieval-weapon violence and a strong, self-sufficient lead[11](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-outpost).
## Context and afterlife
The Outpost occupied a particular slot in late-2010s genre television: a low-budget, independently produced fantasy airing in summer on The CW, a network otherwise known in that period for its [DC Comics](https://www.edgepedia.org/dc-comics) adaptations[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost) • [12](https://saturation.io/budgets/the-outpost-2018).
The series retained a second life in streaming. Electric Entertainment notes that after its fourth season on The CW in 2021 it moved to [Amazon Freevee](https://www.edgepedia.org/amazon-freevee)[15](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55dc9f4ae4b0f1735c5897e8/t/65e75fa441f79f0ed076f14a/1709662116183/Electric%2BRED%2Bcamera.pdf), and it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, and other services, with all four seasons available[6](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-outpost) • [16](https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/the-outpost/4893423562679665112/seasons/4). No Season 5 followed[10](https://whichott.com/tv/the-outpost-2018-79340).
## References
1. [The Outpost, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost)
2. [The Outpost, The CW](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-outpost/)
3. [The Outpost (TV Series), The Outpost Wiki](https://the-outpost.fandom.com/wiki/The_Outpost_%28TV_Series%29)
4. [Season 2 of The Outpost Currently in Production, Electric Entertainment](https://www.electricentertainment.com/news-content/2019/2/15/season-2-of-the-outpost-currently-in-production)
5. [Critiques de la série The Outpost, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie-22808/critiques/)
6. [The Outpost, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-outpost)
7. [The Outpost Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-outpost/)
8. [The Outpost: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_outpost/s01)
9. [The Outpost (TV Series 2018–2021) Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7612548/ratings/)
10. [Where to watch The Outpost (2018), WhichOTT](https://whichott.com/tv/the-outpost-2018-79340)
11. [The Outpost, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-outpost)
12. [The Outpost (2018) Budget, Saturation](https://saturation.io/budgets/the-outpost-2018)
13. [Series Years: 2018–, distributor listing, UAB doctoral thesis](https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/tesis/2023/hdl_10803_691102/lndc1de1.pdf)
14. [The Outpost review, The Guardian (17 November 2020)](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/17/the-outpost-review-game-of-thrones-as-written-by-a-microdosing-monkey)
15. [Electric Entertainment company overview](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55dc9f4ae4b0f1735c5897e8/t/65e75fa441f79f0ed076f14a/1709662116183/Electric%2BRED%2Bcamera.pdf)
16. [Watch The Outpost Season 4, Peacock](https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/the-outpost/4893423562679665112/seasons/4)
17. [The Outpost, Electric Entertainment](https://www.electricentertainment.com/the-outpost)
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