The second part of “Outer Banks” Season 4 picks up right where the first part left off: JJ Maybank (played by Rudy Pankow) with Luke Maybank (played by Gary Weeks) on top of the lighthouse shown in bright blue lighting. 

If you thought the first part of “Outer Banks” was thrilling and overstimulating, prepare yourself for part two. Starring actors such as Chase Stokes as John Booker Roughledge and Madeline Cline as Sarah Cameron, these new five episodes delivered new characters, surprising new alliances, and dramatic twists and turns.

Netflix released the second part of “Outer Banks” Season 4 on Nov. 7, which contained five episodes entitled “The Town Council,” “Mothers and Fathers,” “Decision Day,” “The Storm,” and “The Blue Crown.” Directed and created by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate and Shannon Burke; it was recently announced that there would be one final season after Season 4.

In a social media post that was released onto the “Outer Banks” official platforms, they announced:

“In the summer of 2017, we came across a photo of teenagers on a beach at dusk during a power outage. The photo sparked an idea for a story of four best friends who only want to have a good time all the time. From this beginning, we imagined a mystery that would lead to a five-season journey of adventure, treasure hunting and friendship. We hope to bring our beloved Pogues home in the way we imagined and planned years ago. We hope you’ll join us for one more paddle out to the surf break. P4L, Josh, Jonas, and Shannon.”

-@OBX on Instagram, Nov. 4

JJ finds out the chilling and surprising truth about his childhood while he is with Luke but leaves angrily when he is unsure if he can trust him and the story that he told. This season seemed to very much be focused on JJ’s story, despite how poorly he treats his friends in this season. He was out of control and just kept creating more chaos ever since he spent almost all of their money from their last treasure hunt on his house that went to auction. 

No matter what he put the Pogues through this season, they stayed with him. For a show that tries to highlight the importance of true friendship, the Pogues do an amazing job of staying by his side.

Season 4 Episode 6, “The Town Council,” focuses on The Pogues’ fighting for Poguelandia (which they built in part one and is JJ’s house originally), and the council announces that they plan to rezone the piece of land that they live on, and they would have to move. Their business (and their home) would be turned into a country club. 

After a shocking betrayal, JJ is enraged, and he throws a chair through the window before going to town and smashing as many windows and cars that he can. As he runs from town, he decides to visit Chandler Groff, the man who originally sent them on the treasure hunt at the beginning of the season with his father-in-law Wes Jenrette. On his way there, he passes Rafe Cameron (played by Drew Starkey), who has just agreed to a real estate deal with Groff.

In The Blue Crown, the final episode of the season, the pogues continually keep running into rival treasure hunters led by Lightner (played by Rigo Sanchez) and Dalia (played by Pollyanna McIntosh). They all race to the much-desired blue crown, which leads to a dangerous ship ride to Morocco, and a deadly encounter over the crown during a towering sandstorm.

While I watched this season of “Outer Banks,” I noticed there were some technical errors in this season that caught my eye while I watched this season, and it had a lot to do with the lighting of the show. For example, in the lighthouse scene at the beginning of the show and other scenes that were set in the middle of the night, the screen was very blue, and I could not help but notice how blue the actor’s skins looked in the scene. 

During scenes set in the daytime, there was an exaggerated gold-yellow hue on the screen, and the contrast between the two was distracting and overwhelming. The final episode, “The Blue Crown” seemed out of place due to the war like setting in the end of the episode. The sandstorm looked fake and was an unnecessary addition to the Pogues already high-stake mercenary rivals. While I love the settings that Outer Banks was filmed in, I did not think the camera lighting (and maybe editing) did the episodes any justice.

As much as I enjoyed the storyline and characters in this season, there were a lot of new characters with unique storylines. I felt that the plot started to get convoluted due to the amount of characters added. I was not able to develop a connection with some of the new characters because we hardly learned anything about their character. 

Dalia and Lightner are perfect examples of this. In this part of the season, we begin to learn about the treasure hunting group they are a part of, but we don’t learn their backstories. I am looking forward to watching Season 5 of “Outer Banks” and seeing how John B and his friend’s storyline continues.

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