Prime Video Sets a Premiere Date for 'The Outlaws' Season 2

Though Season 1 of charming crime caper The Outlaws only arrived on Prime Video back in April, a second season of the comedy is coming sooner than most of us probably expected. Before the end of the summer, in fact! It's thanks to a rare positive confluence of events due to the coronavirus-related shutdowns that ground much of the entertainment industry to a halt in 2020. With no other work, series star and co-creator Stephen Merchant (The Barking Murders) used the break (which took place after just ten days of filming on Season 1) to pen a second season of the show. It was shot back to back with its first once filming resumed.

The Outlaws follows the story of seven strangers assigned to work together in the same Bristol community payback group as part of their sentencing for the various petty crimes they've each committed. But while they're all paying their debts to society, they become much more like friends, especially after they accidentally become entangled with the local drug cartel.

Though the first season's primary arc — involving a stolen bag full of cash — was largely resolved by the finale, the gang still has plenty of time left to finish on their community service sentences. Therefore, the series has plenty of time for more hijinks in Season 2, which picks up a few months after the first. And apparently, the underworld of Bristol isn't quite through with them yet.