Ahead of its confirmed fifth and final season, Outer Banks delivered a dramatic feature-length conclusion to season four.
Starring Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline, the action-adventure teen drama follows the conflict between two groups of teenagers, the Kooks and the Pogues, as they search for treasure in North Carolina.
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Outer Banks is created by Josh Pate, Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke, and first season debuted on Netflix in April 2020. The show’s fourth season was divided into two parts, with the final five episodes released in November 2024.
Other cast members in the series include Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Austin North, Drew Starkey, and J. Anthony Crane.
What happens in the Outer Banks season 4 finale?
JJ meets a dramatic end in the season four finale CREDIT: Netflix
The finale follows the Pogues, along with Rafe (Drew Starkey), as they attempt to find the blue crown in Morocco against Dalia’s (Pollyanna McIntosh) mercenaries, which includes JJ’s (Rudy Pankow) biological father Chandler Groff (J. Anthony Crane).
Groff pretends to be aligned with Dalia’s crew again after betraying his son in the previous episode, but his scheme doesn’t last long. Seeing him as a means to an end, Dalia orders Lightner (Rigo Sanchez) to kill Groff, but he’s saved by Rafe.
When Groff later tries to betray Rafe, the latter pushes him into a well, leaving him for dead in the middle of the desert. Groff, however, is later found in the well by JJ and the rest of the Pogues. He tries to plead with his son to save his life, but JJ, who is all too aware of his lies and deceit at this point, leaves him behind.
JJ later acquires the blue crown, but his success is short-lived thanks to Groff, who has managed to escape the well by himself. Groff takes Kiara (Madison Bailey) hostage at knifepoint, and threatens to kill her if JJ doesn’t hand over the treasure. JJ hands over the crown to save her life, but Groff stabs his son in the stomach following the exchange.
JJ dies from his injury, with Kiara by his side. The episode’s final scene sees the Pogues mourning the loss around a bonfire, where Rafe convinces them to avenge JJ’s death by hunting down Groff, setting up the conflict for the final season.
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