The Outsider (1×08) Foxhead Review

For our review of last week’s episode of The Outsider, click here.

Synopsis: Sensing something ominous afoot, Claude reconnects with his brother Seale in Tennessee, while Holly, Ralph, Yunis and Andy follow him in hopes of isolating the evil force and thwarting its next kill. Meanwhile, a family visiting a local cave festival narrowly avoids a dangerous encounter. (HBO)

If there’s one thing that can be taken away from this latest episode of The Outsider, it’s that El Coco (we are just going to call it that from now on) is real and it is especially hungry this time around and was willing to do just about anything in order to satisfy that hunger.

Foxhead starts off with Hoskins making a false 911 call to get the police off his tail long enough to sneak into his house to fetch some guns for his special passenger. Meanwhile, the others were concerned as Bolton was set to be El Coco’s next victim so Gibney’s plan was to go to Tennessee to protect Bolton (vouch for him if he were implicated in a crime), who was going there to reunite with his brother Seale (Max Beesley) in Tennessee, and hopefully contain El Coco. She believed it was particularly vulnerable (as they were on to it) and they could have a better chance at catching it as a result. Joining her would be Anderson, Katcavage, and Sablo (Yul Vazquez) (Pelley didn’t go because he could feel that something bad was going to happen which he would later regret). In the subsequent car rides, Gibney and Anderson were finally starting to connect (Anderson also told her Hoskins’ backstory and also a fun anecdote about his mother) while Katcavage and Sablo (in an other car) had more of a jovial exchange.

To get ahead of the game, the others had Bolton detained for his protection (something he was unfortunately used to). Seale, who was already well-known by the local authorities, of course made a scene and would find himself in a cell with his brother. Upon hearing the news, both Boltons weren’t exactly the most receptive. Meanwhile, Hoskins’ next task was to ensure passage for El Coco (who had Claude Bolton’s voice even though we couldn’t quite see it) and find it some food food (which could be people and/or animals and it of course was uncomfortable to watch it eat). Also, a family travelled in their motorhome to attend a local cave festival (there were a lot of popular caves in the area). This was foreshadowing because later on, a man in a mask (they were all wearing masks) tried to take a boy but was intercepted before running away (pictures were taken as he was revealed to be an almost Claude Bolton as El Coco hadn’t fully transformed yet who was also at his family’s house with the others who were all staying the night at the Bolton house).

The episode ended with Salomon and Pelley showing up at the Bolton’s house the morning after just as the police came to speak with Claude Bolton after the incident. Meanwhile, El Coco/Claude Bolton, sheltered in a nearby cave feasted on a deer.

After a slow episode, Foxhead certainly picks things up with the intensity and those little character moments (elevated by great acting) such as the car scenes and Gibney and Sablo running into each other at the local church. It seems like Tennessee will feature some sort of endgame so it will be exciting to see where things go next as El Coco surely has something else up it’s sleeve.

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Keith Noakes

The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.