The Outsider has some good things going for it: stand out acting talent, ominous mood, and excellent cinematography. Plus, it has the platform that brought us the likes of The Sopranos, The Wire, Sharp Objects, and the first seven seasons of Game of Thrones. Despite all these attributes, I find myself (at the end of episode 8) being underwhelmed. To put it bluntly, the plot is moving as slow as molasses. It is my understanding that half of the source material was jam-packed into episodes 1 & 2, leaving the rest of the exposition to drag relentlessly across 8 more episodes--and I can definitely tell. We find characters sharing intimate conversations, ones that feel as though they should be suffused with great meaning, yet it seems each of them have had these same exact interactions before. The plot has gotten terribly tedious and I find myself struggling to finish each new episode, bored to the brink. I really want to like this show. It has a creepy vibe and the acting talent (although, in my opinion, somewhat miscast) is top-notch. However, the point of television is to entertain--to tell a great story. I'm getting the impression that the showrunners mistakenly tried to tell a horror story in the vein of True Detective; yet, believe it or not, this isn't a true crime story, it is a supernatural one. Hulu's Castle Rock did this type of Stephen King material much better. The Outsider just doesn't work for me. I cannot fathom the reasoning behind the pacing of the plot materials. I hope it gets better in the last couple episodes, otherwise it will sadly be a miss for me. Shame.