Rani finally gets her phone back and listens to Esme’s voice mail. Her attempts to connect with the brother-sister duo are to no avail, though. Greg is finally being considered for a partner after his success with Lady Gaby. Spencer, his arch-nemesis, spies on him to find a fault.
The father of one character and the father of the other are in a business meeting with significant financial consideration.
Lady Gaby presents her father, the Earl, with an idea for the music festival titled “Pryvet”. John takes Frank – with the name Howard Cherry – to explain his sudden investment to his father.
Both sequences run side by side and end negatively for John, just about managing, and positively for Gaby, whose father agrees in front of her to fund the festival, asks Greg to sabotage the plan.
Christian and Esme make it back home safely after running away. The two share a tender moment and wonder what lies ahead for them. Rano, still reeling from snitching on Christian, is threatened by Diane about the gun incident. ..
Greg, now at a crossroads with the festival, attempts to honor his word to Lady Gaby’s father. In the process, he upsets her so much that her rant takes all of the group in its wrath. Rani adamantly brings up the necessity to find Christian and help him with the money.
Diane’s group ignores her pleas for help, with the exception of Myrna. She visits her sister to ask for advice on the issue: help Christian and thereby lose the chance to help the thousands who will benefit from the money received from the loot. Diane flashback shows how she was asked to make a choice between her current life and the one she wanted by her supervisor.
Gaby is still upset with Greg’s comments about his father. In an act of rage, she stops her party midway and decides to ruin the bungalow’s lawns – the exact reason why her father said no to the festival. She ends up in jail again and calls Greg, who comforts her.
The group of friends decide to help Rani find Christian, and are supported by Myrna and Frank. John, however, snitches on them and the plan is put on hold for the time being. His father discovers Howard Cherry’s truth when he visits the center and sees Frank. ..
The group successfully breaks into Diane’s office, while Spencer investigates Greg’s possible wrongdoing and fraud of the firm. ..
Diane’s observations about Christian are revealed to be true when Sargent looks through her file.
The Episode Review
The cliffhanger that the episode ended on is just one of the many subplots that make the wait for the season finale a nightmare. So many different subplots crescendoed ominously for our group. Spencer discovers the fake files; John’s father discovers his lie about Howard Cherry’s identity; Tom discovers Frank’s plan to abandon the family – the list is a good one. ..
Episode 5 was heavy on themes of abandonment and parenting. The crafty parallels drawn between the characters’ conditions were heartbreaking, but also worthy of praise. Other important elements of the storytelling in Episode 5 include the need for a stronger human connection, empathy, and the strength of togetherness. ..
This episode explored the idea of living with yourself and the decisions you make. It also looked at how this can be done in a meaningful way, and how it can affect your life in the long run.
In the first four episodes of Season 1, The Outlaws seemed to be on the upswing. However, the season finale seems to promise to be something truly extraordinary. If done well, it will end on a high note.
