: Livvy Flynn is a world-famous, snobby 17-year-old author. While driving to a writers' conference, she takes a literal detour and crashes her car [6, 17].
: The series ended on a cliffhanger in Season 4 after being canceled. Nate, attempting to go off-grid, enters a van that is immediately riddled with bullets and explodes, leaving his fate unknown [1, 33]. The Young Adult Novel by S.A. Bodeen (2015) The Detour
: Al Roberts, a piano player, hitchhikes across the country to join his girlfriend in Hollywood. He hitches a ride with a man who unexpectedly dies [15, 18]. : Livvy Flynn is a world-famous, snobby 17-year-old author
: Panicked, Al steals the dead man's identity. He later picks up a hitchhiker named Vera, who recognizes the car and blackmails him, leading to a spiral of accidental deaths and inevitable doom [18, 22, 32]. Nate, attempting to go off-grid, enters a van
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Considered a masterpiece of low-budget "B-movies," directed by Edgar G. Ulmer [18, 32].