Some kid is killed. The policy quickly finds enough evidence to arrest some guy. Problem is the guy has enough hard evidence that puts him somewhere else entirely during the murder. How to solve this? Well, the suspects ends up getting killed so that takes care of that. Now the show takes a turn to the supernatural, as we learn that something happened to him before the murder and in fact there have been similar murders elsewhere, where the main suspect has a solid alibi. We learn this because the main cop bring in some annoying psychic to help. She theorizes that this chain of murders of kids are committed by some creature that is able to take the human form of those it scratches. The question that is who is the current creature's embodiment and when will it strike. We learn early on what the creature is up to but it takes forever for the rest of the characters to get there. Eventually they confront the creature and its sidekick in a surprising shootout.

The Outsider starts out pretty good and interesting. Like most shows these day, the episodes are unnecessarily slow and long. I have to say I was very suprised that this was a show for adults featuring adults. No anorexic teenagers flying around and beating big guys to a pulp. And the first two episodes with Jason Bateman were strong. Unfortunately once he's gone, there's no one to connect to. The rest of the main cast is frankly mediocre, hideous, and lousy. How on earth did any of those people ever get hired I can't fathom. Similarly, cinematography is poor, dark, discolored. Why producers insist on making shows unpleasant to see makes no sense to me. I didn't expect the supernatural turn the show took, which was occasionally creepy, but more could have been done with the creature and more of a horror angle could have been included. Overall, this show is worth seeing but not by much.