WARNING: Spoilers for Outer Range episodes 7 and 8.
Amazon Prime Video's Outer Range season 1 delivers more questions than answers in its final two episodes, but who is Rebecca Abbott hiding from? The show has only grown in scope as characters have parted ways and made intriguing revelations about the bigger picture that keeps getting teased. However, the most surprising moment of the Outer Range season finale was the return of the missing Rebecca Abbott (Kristen Connolly). The whereabouts of Amy's mother have continuously haunted the Abbott family, and the circumstances regarding her situation remain mysterious.
Rebecca Abbott has been much less of a focus of the sci-fi western in recent episodes as Outer Range finally confirmed a longstanding Autumn identity theory. Rebecca disappeared nine months before the events of Outer Range, and despite Deputy Sheriff Joy's (Tamara Podemsky) determined investigation, the FBI is ready to give up on the search in the first episode of the series. Still, Rebecca is an important part of the story, even more so now that she has returned.
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Rebecca's reappearance comes at Rhett Abbott's (Lewis Pullman) bull riding competition, where Amy and Cecilia Abbott (Lili Taylor) are in attendance. Rebecca apologizes to Amy for running away and tells her, "I had to go. I had to hide," before rushing her away from the stadium unbeknownst to Cecilia. While her explanation is very cryptic, there are three main suspects that she could be afraid of. Royal Abbott (Dune's Josh Brolin), Perry Abbott (Tom Pelphrey), and Autumn Rivers (Imogen Poots) are each major players with ties to Rebecca that could have forced her to hide for all this time. Here's every
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