American Outlaws and Reaching the End of the Road

The moral case for recognizing what happens when you reach the end.

All roads end.

Some roads are long and winding. Other roads are short and straight. The only thing you can do is figure out what kind of road you're on and decide whether you're going to choose to keep going. Some people will keep going down the same road while others will get off and go down another road. There are also those who choose to pull over on the side of the road and get off. When you know you can see the end of the road though, there's only so much you can do. For the most part, when people see the end of the road coming they cling to what they have and what they know. More often than not it's family because at the end of the road it's all you really have. They're the only people you know will be with you the whole way. No matter how badly the road swerves or how bumpy it gets, they will ride along with you.

At the end of this road, you're no longer that worried about things which seemed important up until that point. You don't really care that much about traffic lights and the rules of the road. You can see the end of the road coming and there's nothing you can do but keep driving. Things like traffic lights and rules don't matter. Even things like the law. They don't matter when all you can see is what's in front of you. So you keep going. You do whatever you have to in order to move forward. To keep the trip going and finding a way to end it. There's a certain freedom in that knowledge. In no longer caring what is and isn't a good idea. You might struggle with some of it but in the end it's not about anything but the road.

Of course, the problem is that you're not the only other people on the road. Not just the family you're driving with, but there's also other drivers. People who haven't reached the end of the road yet and have no intention of ending their journey any time soon. They still care about the rules and the laws and what you shouldn't do. Because of that, they will try and stop you. They will put up road blocks and try and chase you down the road so that you have no choice but to stop before you're ready. Which doesn't tend to end well for anybody.

American Outlaws is fundamentally about seeing the end of the road coming. Dylan, Lee-Grace and Ryan Dougherty, as played brilliantly by Emory Cohen, India Eisley and Sam Strike, have reached the end of the road. Or at the very least they can see it coming. Not because they're dying necessarily but because life is too much for them. They've been through quite a bit in their young lives and it doesn't feel very good. So they no longer see a path forward for themselves. They don't care that much whether there's a road ahead or not. They just want to get where they're trying to go. Each of the siblings simply don't care much anymore for things like the law or what society thinks they should do with themselves.

It's all about going forward, because they can see the end in sight.

Do yourself a favour and explore reaching the end of the road by checking out American Outlaws as soon as you can.

You can watch American Outlaws on Amazon.

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