Twenty years after an abduction, a homeless man wins $2 billion and finds his family.
#239 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
Outlaw of the Westside
After catching an outlaw, a top bounty hunter learns his wife has been abducted and sold.
NetShort · 51 episodes · about 3.4 h
FreeEp 1–8on NetShort
Locked43of 51 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Cole, the top bounty hunter of the West, brings down the outlaw Kariff. Then he finds his wife Sarah abducted and sold, and the hunt turns him into a fugitive. He joins other outcasts, Nicole, Lena, Cassie, Reid and more, and they blaze a trail across the West. Their path leads toward Sterling, the 'Railroad King.'
Historical & periodRevenge & paybackwild west chaseoutlaw crew
Who will like it: viewers who liked a bounty hunter turned fugitive who builds a crew of outcasts.
Main characters
- Cole: top bounty hunter turned fugitive
- Sarah: his wife, abducted and sold
- Sterling: the 'Railroad King'
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 8 free. Grey: 43 locked. About 3.4 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 51
- Free
- 8
- Locked
- 43
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 51 | 8 | 43 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 51 episodes is longer than 83% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 8 free episodes is the same as the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 16% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- English, German
- App tags
- Historical, Revenge, Underdog Rise
- NetShort
- 2.1K likes, 2.8K followers
The apps' own counts, shown as printed, never folded into the reader rating.
Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.