Outer Range Theory: Why Autumn Needs Royal's Help
WARNING: Spoilers for Outer Range episodes 5 and 6.
Imogen Poots's Outer Range character, Autumn Rivers, has always been a mysterious presence, ever since she showed up in the first episode asking to camp out on the Abbott family's land. She is highly interested in the giant hole that has appeared on the west pasture and has embroiled herself in all sorts of business with each of the family members. Though Autumn's true motives are still unknown, she might actually be antagonizing Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) because she really needs his help.
Autumn's meddling began inOuter Range episode 1, «The Void,» when she pushed Royal into the west pasture hole after he dumped Trevor Tillerson's body into the same hole thinking it would just disappear. Clearly, Autumn believed the same because she was surprised that Royal came back. In episode 6, «The Family,» Royal continued his efforts in trying to get Autumn to leave him, his family, and the hole alone, but this only made Autumn that much more determined. She revealed that the hole is filled with the physical form of time visible to the naked eye — time formed into a tangible dimension, much like length, width, or height.
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While the inky, black mineral and Outer Range's time travel haven't been thoroughly explored just yet, Autumn seems to know much more than she lets on. She has an obsession with finding out more about the void, almost winning Royal's entire west pasture in a game of poker, and what Royal experienced falling through it and then coming back. Her desperation and experimentation with the void show how badly she needs Royal's help and perhaps even discreetly reveals the rules to time-traveling
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