‘The Outlaws’ Recap: ‘Season 3, Episode 3’

​Written by John Edward Betancourt

Christopher Walken as Frank Sheldon in Season 3 of ‘The Outlaws’. (Photo Courtesy of Simon Ridgway/BBC Worldwide Americas/Prime Video.)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 303 of ‘The Outlaws’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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One of the hardest lessons that we will ever have to learn in this life, is the sheer fact that we won’t always come out on top when it comes to difficult goals in life. In fact, this is an even more difficult lesson to learn, when we have on several occasions, beat the odds and enjoyed grand success. Because then… it just seems as though the universe is slapping us in the face and outright messing with us. When in fact, it is trying to teach us a valuable lesson regarding the importance of failure and what it can do for us in a healthy manner, and never was this lesson more evident, than during the next episode of The Outlaws on Prime Video.

For this next chapter in the saga of these flawed heroes… saw everyone deal with devastating failure and push back regarding their goal to be free of crime and to live a simple and relaxing life. For some, those issues were a bit more personal in nature, as was the case with dear Gabby. Because she struggled to get a little sperm from Greg since she needed a donor and her father, decided to manipulate her to get her to give up on her quest to get her inheritance. Because sadly, that’s what the universe does sometimes, it just roadblocks us and fights back and puts us in a tough place… and she wasn’t alone.

Because John and Myrna, and Ben and Rani, found themselves under fire from the Dean’s police lackeys. To the point where threats were made, the kind that prompted John and Myrna to testify against DS Haines and make her look bad and shatter Diane’s hero complex of her in the process, and Ben and Rani… well they were simply running scared here. Because they were confronted with threats as well, and they had to help Greg nurse back to health for a bit. Because he came along in an effort to trap that nasty crooked cop… only to be put unconscious and well, that left everyone just besides themselves and unsure of what to do. Because they all failed to be slick here, to be heroes. They were just broken and angry and desperate.

Which is… what the universe wants of us in that moment. To help us understand we are not invincible when we’ve had a lucky streak, and that failure is part of life. And that we need to endure it and learn from it. Because failure can teach us how to stand tall and push forward and think our way out of awful situations and well… eventually the group learned all that. For Gabby came to learn she needed to stand up to her dad and showcase how far she’s come, and the others… came to realize… they could not let the Dean bully them any further. They had to push back and teach him a lesson for all time, and in doing so, become stronger and ready for life beyond their community service and well, that prompted them to make an important phone call.

One to New York City… to speak to their good friend Frank Sheldon. Because no one else would have a better idea on how to burn the Dean better than he. But while we wait to hear what that idea will be, we can celebrate one amazing episode. For this is the one, the one where the Outlaws finally learned the most important of lessons. Because they have indeed beat the odds and won, but now… they must look inward and face themselves and their mistakes and that’s why we tune in. To see these good people find growth and peace at last and truly, it will be interesting to see what lies ahead, now that the Outlaws are ready to strike back and take complete and utter control of their lives. Until next time.

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