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Stephen king the outsider review5/9/2023 That there could be some supernatural explanation for all this only gradually comes into view, with the arrival in a later episode of Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo), an unorthodox investigator who is open to all manner of possibilities, including the eerie parallels between the case at hand and other ostensibly unrelated ones in far-flung locales. Soon, however, there are conflicting signs, and what looks like an airtight alibi. Investigated by a local detective, Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn), the evidence seems clear at first, pointing toward Little League coach Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman), an unlikely perpetrator given his strong ties in the community. Like many of King’s works, this one begins with a horrific crime, one involving the murder of a child. HBO’s “The Outsider” bucks those odds, delivering a taut, noir-ish thriller with echoes of “The Night Of,” perhaps because it features the same writer, Richard Price, behind it. Stephen King adaptations have a spotty track record, one that isn’t helped by the sheer abundance of them.
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