# The Outpost (TV series)

The Outpost is an American fantasy-adventure drama television series, acquired by The CW, which premiered on July 10, 2018. It was produced by Syfy's international channels for international broadcast. The series was renewed for a third season in October 2019 which premiered on October 8, 2020. Ahead of the third-season premiere, the series was picked up for an additional 13 episodes which ultimately became the fourth season. In September 2021, the series was canceled after four seasons and concluded on October 7, 2021.

## Premise

"The Outpost follows Talon, the lone survivor of a race called Blackbloods. Years after her entire village was destroyed by a gang of brutal mercenaries, Talon travels to a lawless fortress on the edge of the civilized world, as she tracks the killers of her family. On her journey to this outpost, Talon discovers she possesses an extraordinary and mysterious supernatural power that she must learn to control in order to save herself and defend the world against a fanatical religious dictator."

## Cast
### Main

* Jessica Green as Talon
* Jake Stormoen as Captain Garret Spears
* Imogen Waterhouse as Lady Gwynn Calkussar/Princess Rosmund (seasons 1–3)
* Anand Desai-Barochia as Janzo
* Andrew Howard as Gate Marshal Cedric Wythers (seasons 1–2)
* Robyn Malcolm as Elinor/the Mistress (seasons 1–2)
* Kevin McNally as The Smith (season 1)
* Aaron Fontaine as Tobin (seasons 2–4)
* Glynis Barber as Gertrusha (seasons 2–3)
* Reece Ritchie as Zed (seasons 3–4; recurring season 2)
* Izuka Hoyle as Wren (seasons 3–4)
* Jaye Griffiths as Yavalla (season 3)
* Adam Johnson as Munt (seasons 3–4; recurring seasons 1–2)
* Georgia May Foote as Falista (seasons 3–4)

### Recurring

* Charan Prabhakar as Danno (season 1)
* Philip Brodie as Ambassador Everit Dred (seasons 1–2)
* Thor Knai as Kell (season 1)
* Cokey Falkow as Tiberion Shek (season 1)
* Michael Flynn as General Cornelius Calkussar (season 1)
* Elizabeth Birkner as Ilyin (aka. The Dragman) (seasons 1–2)
* Sonalii Castillo as Essa Khan (seasons 1–2)
* Medalion Rahimi (season 1) and Amita Suman (season 2, 4) as Naya
* Lilli Hollunder as Rebb (season 2)
* Jelena Gavrilović as Sana (season 2)
* Andreja Maricic as One (of the Three) (season 2)
* Jelena Stupljanin as Two (of the Three) (seasons 2–4)
* Eilian Wyn-Jones as Three (of the Three) (seasons 2–4)
* Dragan Mićanović as Captain Orlick (season 2–3)
* James Downie as Sammy/Alton (seasons 2–3)
* Patrick Lyster as Captain Calkussar (season 2–3)
* Tiana Upcheva as Warlita (seasons 2–4)
* Tamara Aleksić as Liecia (season 3) and Janya (season 4)
* Nikki Leigh Scott as Vorta (seasons 3–4)
* Milos Vojnović as Tera (seasons 3–4)
* Maeve Courtier-Lilley as Luna (season 4)
* Tamara Radovanović as Nedra (season 4)
* Pavle Jerinić as 313/Marvyn (season 4)
* Jovana Miletić as Levare (season 4)
* Srdjan Timarov as Kultor (season 4)
* Jovan Jovanović as Golu (season 4)
* Gerard Miller as Aster (season 4)

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10) | October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11) | September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08) | January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03) |
| 4 | 13 | 13 | July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15) | October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07) |

### Season 1 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "One Is the Loneliest Number" | John Lyde | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10) | 0.77 |
| Talon, who is the lone survivor of a race called the Blackbloods seeks revenge on those who once wiped out her village. On a quest to find them she journeys to the outpost at the edge of the realm. Upon arriving she is saved from a plagueling attack by Garret Spears. After finding one of the men responsible for murdering her family she kills him in battle but is seriously wounded. She is saved by a mysterious man. |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Two Heads Are Better Than None" | Kurt Knight | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) | 0.64 |
| Upon waking up Talon learns, from the mysterious man that saved her, secrets about herself and her people. He gives her a phrase to recite when the time is right. Meanwhile Gate Marshal Wythers investigates the death of the Prime Order officer she previously killed the night before. |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Mistress and the Worm" | Kurt Knight | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24) | 0.64 |
| Talon struggles to control a lethal creature she has summoned. Garret and Janzo try to learn the cause of the plagueling disease. |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Strange Bedfellows" | John Lyde | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31) | 0.61 |
| 5 | 5 | "Bones to Pick" | John Lyde | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | August 7, 2018 (2018-08-07) | 0.60 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Book of Names" | John Lyde | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | August 21, 2018 (2018-08-21) | 0.56 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Colipsum Conundrum" | Kynan Griffin | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | August 28, 2018 (2018-08-28) | 0.64 |
| 8 | 8 | "Beyond the Wall" | Clare Neiderpruem | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11) | 0.65 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Vex Rezicon" | Jason Faller | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) | 0.60 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Dragman is Coming" | Jason Faller | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) | 0.59 |

### Season 2 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 11 | 1 | "We Only Kill to Survive" | Marc Roskin | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11) | 0.61 |
| 12 | 2 | "This Is One Strange Town" | Marc Roskin | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | July 18, 2019 (2019-07-18) | 0.54 |
| 13 | 3 | "Not in My Kingdom" | Jonathan Glassner | Jonathan Glassner | July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25) | 0.52 |
| 14 | 4 | "Regarding the Matter of Garret Spears" | Jonathan Glassner | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01) | 0.65 |
| 15 | 5 | "The Blade of the Three" | Orsi Nagypál | Katherine DiSavino | August 8, 2019 (2019-08-08) | 0.63 |
| 16 | 6 | "Because She's Worth It" | Orsi Nagypál | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | August 15, 2019 (2019-08-15) | 0.60 |
| 17 | 7 | "Where You Go, People Die" | Milan Todorović | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | August 22, 2019 (2019-08-22) | 0.65 |
| 18 | 8 | "A Crown For the Queen" | Milan Todorović | Katy DiSavino | August 29, 2019 (2019-08-29) | 0.48 |
| 19 | 9 | "There Will Be a Reckoning" | Dusan Lazarevic | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05) | 0.64 |
| 20 | 10 | "The Only Way" | Dusan Lazarevic | Katherine DiSavino | September 12, 2019 (2019-09-12) | 0.63 |
| 21 | 11 | "Nothing Short of Heroic" | Kurt Knight | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | September 19, 2019 (2019-09-19) | 0.66 |
| 22 | 12 | "In The Worst Corner of My Memory" | Marc Roskin | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) | 0.59 |
| 23 | 13 | "This Is Our Outpost" | Marc Roskin | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) | 0.48 |

### Season 3 (2020–21)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 24 | 1 | "For the Sins of Your Ancestors" | Marc Roskin | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08) | 0.46 |
| 25 | 2 | "The Peace You Promised" | Milan Todorović | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | October 15, 2020 (2020-10-15) | 0.59 |
| 26 | 3 | "A Life for a Life" | Milan Todorović | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22) | 0.43 |
| 27 | 4 | "The Key to Paradise" | Orsi Nagypál | Jonathan Glassner | October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29) | 0.44 |
| 28 | 5 | "Under Yavalla's Control" | Orsi Nagypál | Laura Whang | November 5, 2020 (2020-11-05) | 0.44 |
| 29 | 6 | "Kill the Rat, Kill the Kinj" | Jonathan English | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | November 12, 2020 (2020-11-12) | 0.42 |
| 30 | 7 | "Go Ahead and Run" | Jonathan English | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | November 22, 2020 (2020-11-22) | 0.38 |
| 31 | 8 | "Dying Is Painful" | Milan Todorović | Laura Whang | November 29, 2020 (2020-11-29) | 0.25 |
| 32 | 9 | "She Is Not A God" | Imogen Waterhouse | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06) | 0.34 |
| 33 | 10 | "From Paradise to Hell and Back" | Kurt Knight | Justin Patridge | December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13) | 0.26 |
| 34 | 11 | "The Hardest Part of Being Queen" | Kurt Knight | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | December 20, 2020 (2020-12-20) | 0.32 |
| 35 | 12 | "Where Death Lives" | Milan Todorović | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | December 27, 2020 (2020-12-27) | 0.31 |
| 36 | 13 | "Violence Is Futile" | Milan Todorović | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03) | 0.29 |

### Season 4 (2021)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 37 | 1 | "Someone Has to Rule" | Milan Todorović | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15) | 0.45 |
| 38 | 2 | "A Throne of Our Own" | Orsi Nagypál | Jonathan Glassner | July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22) | 0.45 |
| 39 | 3 | "The Gods Thank You" | Orsi Nagypál | Rebecca Rosenberg | July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) | 0.45 |
| 40 | 4 | "Going to Meet the Gods" | Kurt Knight | Justin Partridge | August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05) | 0.33 |
| 41 | 5 | "They Bleed Black Blood" | Kurt Knight | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12) | 0.49 |
| 42 | 6 | "All We Do Is Say Goodbye" | Imogen Waterhouse | Rebecca Rosenberg | August 19, 2021 (2021-08-19) | 0.45 |
| 43 | 7 | "The Power of the Masters" | Imogen Waterhouse | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | August 26, 2021 (2021-08-26) | 0.46 |
| 44 | 8 | "The Pleasing Voice of the Masters" | Igor Ŝunter | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02) | 0.39 |
| 45 | 9 | "The Price of Immortality" | Igor Ŝunter | Justin Partridge | September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09) | 0.33 |
| 46 | 10 | "Something to Live For" | Milan Todorović | Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin | September 16, 2021 (2021-09-16) | 0.37 |
| 47 | 11 | "Guardian of the Asterkinj" | Jake Stormoen | Rebecca Rosenberg | September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23) | 0.35 |
| 48 | 12 | "The Betrayer" | Milan Todorović | Justin Partridge | September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30) | 0.32 |
| 49 | 13 | "Nothing Lasts Forever" | Milan Todorović | Jason Faller | October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07) | 0.32 |

## Production and broadcast

Syfy International greenlit the series for a 10-episode first season on January 16, 2018. On March 7, 2018, The CW picked up the series for broadcast in the United States. It was filmed in Utah between January and May 2018.
In October 2018, The CW renewed The Outpost for a second season, which premiered on July 11, 2019. Production on the second season began in January 2019, with production on the series moving to Serbia. The CW renewed the series for a third season in October 2019 which premiered on October 8, 2020. In March 2020, Stormoen announced that production of The Outpost had been shut down during the filming of the sixth and seventh episodes of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 8, 2020, it was reported production was set to resume filming for the third season in Serbia on June 12, 2020.
On October 7, 2020, ahead of the third-season premiere, The CW picked up an additional 13 episodes of the series. In May 2021, it was reported that The Outpost would return to airing on The CW on July 15, 2021. On September 15, 2021, The CW canceled the series after four seasons, and it concluded on October 7, 2021.

## Home media

The first season was released on DVD from Electric Entertainment on August 6, 2019. The second season was released on DVD from Electric Entertainment on September 15, 2020.

## Reception
### Critical response

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports a score of 50% for the series, with an average rating of 4.67/10, based on 10 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "A featherweight fantasy with a few enticing features, The Outpost's potential pleasures can't quite overcome its cheap-looking production design." On Metacritic, the series holds a score of 39 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
In his review of the premiere, Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter considered the series looked "cheap" for a broadcast network series, adding that, "Way too much of the pilot for The Outpost is people talking around the things the budget can't show." CBR's Josh Bell similarly criticized the series' production values, but also its use of fantasy "clichés and contrivances" in the pilot episode. Several critics compared The Outpost unfavorably to other fantasy series, including Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and Xena: Warrior Princess.

### Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of The Outpost :
| Season | Timeslot (ET) | Episodes | First aired | First aired | Last aired | Last aired | TV season | Viewership rank | Avg. viewers (millions) |
| Season | Timeslot (ET) | Episodes | Date | Viewers (millions) | Date | Viewers (millions) | TV season | Viewership rank | Avg. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | 10 | July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10) | 0.77 | October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) | 0.59 | 2017–18 | N/A | 0.63 |
| 2 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 13 | July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11) | 0.61 | September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) | 0.48 | 2018–19 | 204 | 0.89 |
| 3 | Thursday 9:00 p.m. (1–6) Sunday 9:00 p.m. (7–13) | 13 | October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08) | 0.46 | January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03) | 0.29 | 2020–21 | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | Thursday 9:00 p.m. | 13 | July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15) | 0.45 | October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07) | 0.32 | 2020–21 | TBD | TBD |

#### Season 1

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Outpost :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "One Is the Loneliest Number" | July 10, 2018 | 0.1/1 | 0.77 | 0.1 | 0.32 | 0.2 | 1.09 |
| 2 | "Two Heads Are Better Than None" | July 17, 2018 | 0.2/1 | 0.64 | — | 0.40 | — | 1.03 |
| 3 | "The Mistress and the Worm" | July 24, 2018 | 0.1/1 | 0.64 | 0.1 | 0.35 | 0.2 | 0.99 |
| 4 | "Strange Bedfellows" | July 31, 2018 | 0.1/1 | 0.61 | 0.1 | 0.30 | 0.2 | 0.90 |
| 5 | "Bones to Pick" | August 7, 2018 | 0.1/1 | 0.60 | 0.1 | 0.36 | 0.2 | 0.96 |
| 6 | "The Book of Names" | August 21, 2018 | 0.1/1 | 0.56 | 0.1 | 0.30 | 0.2 | 0.86 |
| 7 | "The Colipsum Conundrum" | August 28, 2018 | 0.2/1 | 0.64 | — | 0.28 | — | 0.92 |
| 8 | "Beyond the Wall" | September 11, 2018 | 0.2/1 | 0.65 | — | 0.30 | — | 0.95 |
| 9 | "The Vex Rezicon" | September 25, 2018 | 0.2/1 | 0.60 | — | 0.33 | — | 0.93 |
| 10 | "The Dragman is Coming" | October 2, 2018 | 0.1/1 | 0.59 | — | 0.26 | — | 0.85 |

#### Season 2

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Outpost :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "We Only Kill to Survive" | July 11, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.61 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.2 | 0.88 |
| 2 | "This Is One Strange Town" | July 18, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.54 | 0.1 | 0.29 | 0.2 | 0.83 |
| 3 | "Not In This Kingdom" | July 25, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.52 | — | 0.22 | — | 0.74 |
| 4 | "Regarding the Matter of Garret Spears" | August 1, 2019 | 0.2/1 | 0.65 | 0.0 | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.85 |
| 5 | "The Blade of The Three" | August 8, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.63 | 0.1 | 0.24 | 0.2 | 0.87 |
| 6 | "Because She's Worth It" | August 15, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.60 | 0.1 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.85 |
| 7 | "Where You Go, People Die" | August 22, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.65 | 0.1 | 0.23 | 0.2 | 0.88 |
| 8 | "A Crown For The Queen" | August 29, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.48 | 0.1 | 0.24 | 0.2 | 0.82 |
| 9 | "There Will Be a Reckoning" | September 5, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.64 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.84 |
| 10 | "The Only Way" | September 12, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.63 | 0.1 | 0.24 | 0.2 | 0.88 |
| 11 | "Nothing Short of Heroic" | September 19, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.66 | 0.1 | 0.23 | 0.2 | 0.89 |
| 12 | "In The Worst Corner of My Memory" | September 26, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.59 | — | 0.28 | — | 0.87 |
| 13 | "This Is Our Outpost" | September 26, 2019 | 0.1/1 | 0.48 | — | 0.28 | — | 0.76 |

#### Season 3

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Outpost :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "For the Sins of Your Ancestors" | October 8, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.46 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | "The Peace You Promised" | October 15, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.59 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | "A Life for a Life" | October 22, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.43 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | "The Key to Paradise" | October 29, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.44 | 0.0 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.60 |
| 5 | "Under Yavalla's Control" | November 5, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.44 | 0.0 | 0.21 | 0.1 | 0.65 |
| 6 | "Kill the Rat, Kill the Kinj" | November 12, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.42 | 0.0 | 0.23 | 0.1 | 0.65 |
| 7 | "Go Ahead and Run" | November 22, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.38 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | "Dying Is Painful" | November 29, 2020 | 0.0 | 0.25 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 9 | "She Is Not A God" | December 6, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.34 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 10 | "From Paradise to Hell and Back" | December 13, 2020 | 0.0 | 0.26 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 11 | "The Hardest Part of Being Queen" | December 20, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.32 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 12 | "Where Death Lives" | December 27, 2020 | 0.0 | 0.31 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 13 | "Violence Is Futile" | January 3, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.29 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |

#### Season 4

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Outpost :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Someone Has to Rule" | July 15, 2021 | 0.0 | 0.45 | 0.0 | 0.22 | 0.0 | 0.67 |
| 2 | "A Throne of Our Own" | July 22, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.45 | 0.0 | 0.18 | 0.1 | 0.62 |
| 3 | "The Gods Thank You" | July 29, 2021 | 0.0 | 0.45 | 0.0 | 0.16 | 0.0 | 0.60 |
| 4 | "Going to Meet the Gods" | August 5, 2021 | 0.0 | 0.33 | 0.0 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.49 |
| 5 | "They Bleed Black Blood" | August 12, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.49 | 0.0 | 0.18 | 0.1 | 0.67 |
| 6 | "All We Do Is Say Goodbye" | August 19, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.46 | 0.0 | 0.19 | 0.1 | 0.65 |
| 7 | "The Power of the Masters" | August 26, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.46 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | "The Pleasing Voice of the Masters" | September 2, 2021 | 0.0 | 0.39 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 9 | "The Price of Immortality" | September 9, 2021 | 0.0 | 0.33 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 10 | "Something to Live For" | September 16, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.37 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 11 | "Guardian of the Asterkinj" | September 23, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.35 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 12 | "The Betrayer" | September 30, 2021 | 0.0 | 0.32 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 13 | "Nothing Lasts Forever" | October 7, 2021 | 0.0 | 0.32 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |

### Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Television Series | The Outpost | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Saturn Awards | Best Action-Thriller Television Series | The Outpost | Nominated | |