Season Guide
Outlaws Season 1
Season 1 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 1 of Outlaws premiered 1960-09-29 and ran 26 episodes through 1961-06-22.
Episodes
1
Our Take A solid setup episode that leans hard on its ensemble of misfits, and mostly coasts on the chemistry between them. The humor lands more often than it misses,…
2
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
3
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
4
Our Take This is the episode where the show stops coasting on its odd-couple setup and starts squeezing its characters for real consequences, and it's better for it. The comedy…
5
Our Take Midseason episodes like this usually just shuffle pieces around the board, and Shortly mostly does that, though a few character moments land harder than expected. The comedy takes…
6
Our Take The season closes with the heist-style scramble you'd expect, and it mostly lands because the characters have earned their chaos by now. Some resolutions feel a bit tidy,…
7
Our Take The first half of the finale spends a lot of time setting up dominoes that won't fall until next week, so it can feel like an hour of…
8
Our Take A messy but satisfying wrap-up that ties the season together better than I expected. The heist mechanics get rushed and the tonal swings are jarring in spots, but…
9
Our Take A middling hour that coasts on the cast's chemistry while the plot spins its wheels. Rani and Esposito keep things watchable, and there are a couple of decent…
10
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
11
Our Take A slower, more claustrophobic hour that mostly locks its characters in place while they sweat out the consequences of earlier choices. The dialogue still carries it, and a…
12
Our Take The first half of a two-parter, so expect a lot of table-setting and not much payoff until next week. The comedic banter between the brothers still carries the…
13
Our Take Part two of the Dalton gang story wraps things up efficiently, though it leans hard on shootouts and less on the character work that made the first half…
14
Our Take This one leans hard into tension over character, and mostly gets away with it. The pacing keeps things moving, though a couple of scenes stretch longer than they…
15
Our Take A quieter, more character-focused hour than most of this anthology, and it benefits from the slower pace. The lead performance carries a lot of weight here, though the…
16
Our Take A middling entry in this western anthology, with the outlaw-of-the-week format starting to feel a bit mechanical. The lead performance keeps things watchable and the Oklahoma locations look…
17
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
18
Our Take This one's a fairly routine half hour for the series, with a premise that promises more than it delivers. The supporting cast does solid work and there's a…
19
Our Take A middling hour that leans on the show's usual charm but never quite finds its footing. The ensemble banter lands often enough to keep things watchable, though a…
20
Our Take A fairly standard oater hour that leans on familiar western beats without adding much personality. The saloon confrontation has decent tension, but the middle stretch drags badly once…
21
Our Take A pretty standard standalone hour that leans on its guest villain to carry things, with mixed results. The setup moves quickly enough and the climactic confrontation has some…
22
Our Take A middling entry in the series, with the land-rush premise promising more tension than it actually delivers. The lead guest performance is solid enough, but the pacing sags…
23
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
24
Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the details by next episode.
25
Our Take A middling entry that leans on a familiar setup: a kid thrust into adult-sized trouble, with the grown-ups scrambling to keep up. The child actor holds his own…
26
Our Take A fairly routine outing that leans on familiar Western beats without adding much of its own. The guest cast does solid work and there's a decent shootout near…