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OUTLAST: Episode 2.8 – Movieguide | Family Movie Reviews | OUTLAST: Episode 2.8 – Movieguide
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OUTLAST: Episode 2.8 – Movieguide | Family Movie Reviews | OUTLAST: Episode 2.8 – Movieguide

OUTLAST is a survival reality television series broadcast on Netflix. The season 2 finale, “Winners Are Made,” begins on the 30th day of this Alaskan survival competition. There is one rule: you must win as a team to collect the million dollar prize that Team Delta won. There are five people left, while Bravo Team is down to two men. Can the teams stay together and “go far enough” to continue to the finish line, even if they don’t win the prize?

The videography shows the vast and beautiful landscape of Alaska’s wildlife. The interviews and live footage are interspersed well to make the storyline clear and engaging. The dominant worldview is a mixture of romanticism and biblical moral elements. Although many members seem to be doing what they feel is right, one of the Delta members is clearly a Christian and his faith in Christ impacts the entire team. It helps team members forgive each other and keep everyone together. However, in cases of foul language, MOVIEGUIDE® advises children to exercise caution.)

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Dominant worldview and other contents/elements of the worldview:

A mixture of biblical and romantic moral worldviews. Some team members pray freely and speak openly about their faith in God. Redemption and forgiveness are the key themes of this episode. People also do what they believe is right, not necessarily based on God’s Word, emphasizing that people simply are who they are;

Strong language:

20 obscenities, 5 light profanities, 1 pronounced profanity;

Violence:

No violence;

Sex:

No sex;

Nudity:

NO NUDITY;

OUTLAST is a survival reality television series broadcast on Netflix. The season 2 finale, “Winners Are Made,” begins on the 30th day of this Alaskan survival competition. There is one rule: you must win as a team to win the million dollar prize. Team Delta is made up of five people: Eric, Joey, Joseph, Tina and “Mountain Man”, while Team Bravo is down to two men: Drake and Drew. Can the teams stay together and “go far enough” to continue and finish, even if they don’t win the prize?

The videography shows the vast and beautiful landscape of Alaska’s wildlife. The series provides useful information to viewers in a non-intrusive manner, such as participant names, current weather conditions, and the number of days players have spent in the game. Interviews and live footage are interspersed well to convey the storyline clear and engaging. The music fits each scene very well.

The dominant worldview is a mixture of romanticism and biblical moral elements. The goal of this reality TV game is to win. It is a survival competition in which teams compete for a large cash prize, and many characters talk at length about what they will do if they “win”. A team sees its members working together in synergy to achieve a difficult goal. Every Delta member says they want the prize money to help someone they love; However, Bravo crew members say they want money to buy material goods like boats and trucks. At the same time, Bravo’s Drew says at the end, “Thank you, God!

A strong biblical element unfolds throughout the competition. At the start of the episode, there is tension and a lack of trust in Team Delta as member Joey unsuccessfully attempts to join another team in secret. Interestingly, the team he visited, Team Bravo, still has two men, and one of them says, “I’m a man and I hold myself to a high standard.” I have a lot of integrity, and it seems to me that he (Joey) doesn’t. “I’m not going to lie.” “We really see the real side of people” here. “At least I can say, ‘I didn’t let this game or money change me.'”

A Delta teammate, Joseph, talks to Joey and says he tries to talk to him as a “man of God and he tries not to judge, I just give him the benefit of the doubt, even though I don’t don’t want to. I believe in forgiveness. It’s just the way of my life. He reminds him that Joey loves his family and urges him not to let the thought of the prize money and all the stress make him selfish.

Joey is upset that his team welcomes him with open arms after the other team turned him down. This is a photo of a prodigal son on a small scale. Eric is changed by the way his teammates forgive and accept him. On the last day, Joseph of Delta said, “Is it okay if I pray?” He prays a biblical prayer ending with “The mighty name of Jesus, Amen.” And the team says “Amen”.

Joey says he’s so happy they “showed him some grace.” Delta Team members encourage each other in the midst of extreme struggles and difficulties. These biblical redemptive elements make this reality series unique in that one clear Christian has a positive impact on an entire team of people. Ultimately, Movieguide® warns children due to strong language.