Autumn is Amy
After Amy goes off with Rebecca to parts unknown, and after Royal and Autumn nearly kill each other in a car chase gun battle that also involves a buffalo stampede, Royal realizes Autumn is Amy. (Paradoxes be damned: the two characters do actually interact in an earlier episode, and it’s unclear if either or both realized she was talking to herself.) Somehow, the granddaughter he knew to be a precocious eight-year-old is this deeply unhinged 20-something with intricate ideas about fate and destiny, a mysterious trust fund bankrolling her mostly off-the-grid lifestyle, and a deep desire to possess Abbott Ranch, even if it means killing Royal. Especially if if means killing Royal.
The family connection is what makes Royal save her and apparently forgive her; the season two trailer hints that she’s on good terms with Cecilia and Royal—as well as still with Billy, who was implied to be dead at the end of season one, but is somehow still alive? (Also still alive, per the trailer: Wayne, who had a debilitating stroke in season one, as well as Luke, who got trampled by that buffalo stampede.)
Outer Range season one surely had some missing pieces, but we’re ready to fill them in—or not—when it returns for season two. It’ll premiere May 16 on Prime Video; you can watch season one now. The soundtrack is killer, by the way.
