Outer Range: What's Going On With Autumn's Secret Benefactor?
WARNING: Spoilers for Outer Range episodes 5 and 6.
Autumn's true goals in Outer Range are still unknown, but episodes 5 and 6 reveal an important part of her plans. While she initially presented herself as a poet seeking inspiration, Autumn's journey was actually about the void and Royal's family. While many Outer Range theories help explain who Autumn is, the show still hasn't given a definitive answer.
So far, Outer Range has chosen to highlight how differently Royal and Autumn perceive the void. For Josh Brolin's character, the hole in the middle of his ranch is cause for panic, self-doubt, and anguish. For Autumn, the void represents the legitimation of some type of dream or desire for a higher power. It is through this difference in the perception of the void that Outer Range creates an interesting conflict between its two main characters.
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Autumn's enthusiasm for the void already indicated that she would not rest until she achieved her goals. Now, Outer Range reveals that Autumn is not working alone. In episode 6, after being kicked out of Royal's land, Autumn found herself with no money and nowhere to go. However, all she had to do was make a phone call to an unrevealed person to quickly receive money and rent a room. For someone who claimed to be a wanderer with nowhere to go, it is curious that Autumn was just a phone call away from getting support. For the first time in Outer Range, it has been proven that Autumn is getting some form of external help and that her actions are either being coordinated with or commanded by someone else.
Although Autumn did not inspire much confidence from the start, until now, it was not possible to say with certainty that she
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