VALLEY does not know a single person who hasn’t watched Outer Banks. The hit show began streaming in April of 2020, the peak of Covid and lockdown. It was a national obsession and quickly jumped to the top of every chart. It was all people could talk about.
Throughout the last four years since its release, the show has released four seasons. The fourth was just released, the first half on Oct. 10 and the second part on Nov. 7. Since, it’s released the media has been buzzing with controversy regarding the season’s ending.
We are going to warn readers now before it’s too late. VALLEY will be spoiling the entire season for you. So, if you’ve only watched the first half, haven’t started it yet or is about to finish, we advise you to stop reading now.
Ok, now that they’re gone, let’s get into it.
Pogues For Life? Maybe?
The foursome is famous. JJ, Kiara, John B and Pope. The original Pogues in the series, while we’ve had some additions throughout the seasons such as Sarah Cameron and Cleo seen as honorary Pogues. We all assumed the original four would stay untouched, though they’ve had several close calls, no one thought any of them would be killed off.
But, to fans’ surprise, one of the original four, and the main characters, JJ, played by Rudy Pankow was killed off by his biological father in the show. This created a storm in the media.
Justice For JJ
JJ was one of the fans favorites out of the original four. So, when fans tuned into the new season to find out he’d be killed at the end, they were not pleased and started to investigate the cast, off screen.
It has been speculated the past few seasons that the dynamic between the cast off camera was beginning to become shaky. Internet sleuths and hardcore fans have pointed out the cast unfollowing each other along with the fact that Bailey, playing Kiara, and Pankow didn’t do any joint press together for this season even though their characters are each other’s love interests in the show.
But now, fans on TikTok have been posting scenes from the new season pointing out that stunt doubles were used in scenes shared between Bailey and Pankow. The friendship between the two off camera has been questioned by fans neither have commented on the matter publicly.
Theories regarding what happened between the two are circulating around the internet, but nothing has been confirmed or denied.
Let us know your theories between the two or what your thoughts are on the new season on X @VALLEYmag!
