Season 4 - 10 episodes (2024)
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Created by: Shannon Burke, Jonas Pate, Josh Pate
Starring: Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Austin North, Charles Esten
Rated: TV-MA
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Plot
A group of teenagers from the wrong side of the tracks stumble upon a treasure map that unearths a long buried secret.
Verdict
This is so much manufactured drama and defying reality. It's not a great show, but I do watch every season that comes out because it does just enough to entertain. It may be ridiculous and frequently stretch credibility, but it's an easy watch. This is an action series that's big on thrills and light on most everything else that isn't drama. It's mindless entertainment, and I'd like more story and development. Every season I'm just curious enough to see what nonsense this group gets into, and I'm always surprised at how ridiculous this is and the amount of forced drama. This show is a drama manufacturing machine.
Skip it.
Review
After quite the adventure in season three of Outer Banks, the Pogues are rich, build a commune, and start a bait shop. Somehow they blow a million dollars and the first episode decides to throw in dirt bikes for no real reason. All of this is filler for the real mystery of Blackbeard's treasure. I don't know why the first episode has so much unrelated story that has nothing to do with the adventure. How does a group of kids get into so much trouble? I think they were in high school when this started, but they never go to school and live some kind of fantasy. This show is part teen soap opera and knockoff Indiana Jones.
This show takes huge leaps while also dropping obvious clues that no one would miss. The sub-plots are generic, and this season stokes the rivalry of the poor and rich for no real reason other than more drama. This show loves drama in all forms, and it's all so mindless. JJ's (Rudy Pankow) parentage suddenly comes into question, and both parents, real or fake, seem like they're trying to cheat him. John B (Chase Stokes) and Sarah (Madelyn Cline) got married last season. Pope's (Jonathan Daviss) parent want him to join the Marines, just in case we had forgotten about the character. That and we need more crimes as if the cops don't have enough reasons to chase the group.
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A refresher I needed for this season is that Rafe (Drew Starkey) shot his sister Sarah and their father Ward (Charles Esten) faked his death in season two. In season three Ward really did die, sacrificing himself to save the Pogues, a heel turn as he was their enemy for the first couple of seasons. Rafe blames Sarah for their father's death as it's convenient for the plot. It's why this season ignores the fact he shot her.
The show is always trying to outdo itself and episode nine is really stretching. The Pogues are on a boat in a storm, and it doesn't seem near as grave as it should be. We get people over board which seems like a death sentence, but in this show you never know. It would be some real stakes, but I never expect that from this show.
These poor kids from the Outer Banks get into all kinds of trouble while traveling the globe. With what transpires this season, I wondered if this was the last season, but the show is scheduled for a fifth and final season. Just as I think we're getting a conclusion to this season's adventure, we get a few scenes to extend the adventure into the next season. This show is action first. Yes, stuff happens but it's not far from filler. If someone asked me what happened, I could say not much and a lot. The reason it feels like there wasn't much is that most of it ultimately doesn't matter.
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