Outer Banks, the hit Netflix original, continues its impressive stretch of successful seasons. The series takes you along the crazy lives of the “Pogues”. This time around John B., JJ, Kiara, Pope, Sarah, and Cleo travel to different places, solve more mysteries, and of course, chase more treasure. Many cast members have described this season as being like no other. So, let’s dive into all the exciting and not so exciting things that happened.
Town Hall Meeting
To start with the more exciting part of the season, let’s go with the Town Hall meeting. I mean come on “The New Cut”? What a great name for an all-inclusive club. Our hero John B. is pushed up to the mic, and he tries to tell the Council, “This is our home!” Good for you John B., getting up there and stating the obvious. The plot twist here was when Luke made a deal to say the bank’s sale of the land was invalid, in return for immunity from his felonies. I mean I thought we were all a Pogue family here. At least from this jaw dropping announcement we get JJ’s take on Beyonce’s “Formation” music video as he trashes the entire downtown. Might as well rack up those felonies while you’re young!
Sarah is Pregnant?
Truly the most insane part of the season was the big reveal of Sarah’s pregnancy in the trashed drug store bathroom. The girls solved their beef seasons ago and I love how Kie is the first one to know, not even her boyfriend John B.! Great foreshadowing with the whole “biological clock” thing. Of course, the Kooks had to come along and ruin this great news the day they were trying to get their marriage license at the ripe age of 19.
JJ and Sarah Swim to Morocco
Just when we think Shoupe will finally arrest someone, Rafe arrives to save the day. Rafe what happened to hating the Pogues? Come on Shoupe stand up to the kids for once, but you’re the best because now from your decision to let them run off to Morocco, JJ died there. We all thought JJ, Sarah, and the poguelet died after the storm in the Atlantic. Poor pregnant Sarah fell in, but drunk JJ to the rescue as he dives in to save her. We all stopped holding our breath when we saw them walking towards us along the coast. These 19-year-olds must be unstoppable to survive this.
Pogues are Bankrupt
Now to the not so exciting parts of the season. How is it possible for the Pogues to lose all their money and gold in the span of one episode? This makes no sense because they have Pope. He is supposed to be the smart friend, he should have controlled them to make sure they manage the money and don’t lose it all. So, what do they do? The Pogues go on another treasure hunt. But of course, Wes Genrette dies before he can pay them their $50,000 from their exciting dive.
Lightner Kidnaps Cleo
On the Pogues wonderful, carefree day of surfing (with a little bit of Kooks), no one noticed that Cleo was missing the entire day. Pope how can you arrive a minute past the deadline? Now Terrance was shot and killed from trying to protect Cleo from Lightner. Lightner not only takes the amulet, but the Pogues decide it’s best to hide Terrance’s body behind the couch before Shoupe walks in. Great idea, right?
JJ is a Kook?
Perfect, another plot twist is just what we need in this show. JJ receives a letter from Wes Genrette in case he dies, which he did. When Luke and JJ escape from the cops, they decide to hide out in a lighthouse, so Luke thinks it’s a great time to reveal that he isn’t his real dad, Chandler Groff is his biological dad. Wait a minute, JJ born a Kook? We all know John B. had daddy issues, but now JJ too? Good going Outer Banks.
Boat Attack Pt. 2
JJ, who is already calling Chandler Groff “dad” follows him to the middle of the ocean on a boat. We’ve all seen this somewhere before. We can’t have this kind of scene without a near death experience because of the rich middle-aged man. Groff throws JJ overboard and leaves him to die in the ocean. Luckily, the Pogues were able to find him after tracking his phone. How did JJ even have Wi-Fi all the way out there?
No Title Needed
Now to the very worst part of the entire season, in the last 10 minutes of the last episode, our beloved JJ is murdered. Not only does he hand the crown over to Groff to save Kie, but Groff also decides he needs to stab JJ and kill him. As we all watched his quick 30 second montage death with Kie holding him in his arms, I’m not going to lie there were a lot of tears. I mean, a lot. The biggest question is how they all have lasted this long through their adventures, we knew one of them was going to go. At the same time, none of us wanted it to be JJ.