The 'Outrageous' Finale Is Both an Ending & a Beginning

The finale of BritBox's Outrageous doesn't feel all that much like a finale. Perhaps that's a good thing, if it means the streamer is confident that the series will likely be back for a second season. The hour tries to conclude on a sort of "end of an era" note, as the group gathers to say goodbye to their family pile before many of the siblings begin new chapters in their lives, it also repeatedly hints that there is much more (and worse!) to come in the story of this family. (Which, technically, is very true!)

It's a bit difficult to judge this episode as an ending, if only because it so determinedly isn't one. It's more of a pause, really, and we'll have to wait and see if the series is allowed to pick its narrative threads back up again. All that said, this chapter of the Mitford's saga wraps up with a bang, complete with the looming specter of financial ruin, a violent riot, and multiple siblings making rather shocking choices in their personal lives.

As the episode begins, it's mid-1936 and the Mitfords have been forced to move en masse back into their London flat as Baron Redesdale attempts to find a way to save the family fortune. Nancy's still processing Peter's affair; he says he's in love with her (former, I presume) friend Mary, but doesn't want the scandal of divorce. Unfortunately, she's probably the Mitford with the most stable romantic life at the moment. Unity is still cultishly devoted to Hitler, Deborah is riding around with the much older Derek, and Diana is still waiting for Mosley to get the memo and make an honest woman out of her.