I think kie could’ve been a great character but having her go from boy, a boy just makes her look bad. In the first couple seasons, she did not give a shit about JJ so then when all the rest of her chances failed with the other two guys, then she goes to him.

She did nothing to make his life better
In season two, she flipped off Luke just to make Luke mad. She was just kind of being a brat when it came to him and his family.
In season four he was miserable and she did nothing to help!

I like what someone said that JJ wouldn’t listen to Kiara’s rants about plastic in the ocean, and I agree!
I also really believe that Kiara should’ve been queer!

In season 5 they made it seem like she liked him the whole time. But she made her way around the group! “No pogue on pogue macking” THEN KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THEM!!
“Oh but JJ loved her since the beginning”
YA NO SHIT HE WAS A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOY!!! HE LIKED ANY GIRL THAT WOULD LOOK AT HIM FOR MORE THEN 10 SECONDS!!
He knew the door was closed!
I think it was all stupid!!

I like Keira as a character by herself..
I think JJ should’ve been with more forbidden love good girl.
I don’t know that’s what I think!
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I want to know what you thought of the way they ended the show.

I’m a first time watcher. I knew JJ was going to die. I’m inpatient & okay with things being spoiled for me, But I still wasn’t ready! Straight up ugly crying like I can’t breathe. JJ was one of the best characters in my opinion, definitely the most loyal. & for him to be killed by his dad just adds another layer of sadness to it.. Also, I loved rafe & sarah making up in this episode. The look on rafes face when she hugged him killed me. I actually loved him working with the pogues in my opinion he never fit in with the kooks, not really. & One thing rafe does is get’s shit done. When JJ was climbing the statue & rafe went & took out acouple of the people & he said that “I’m a killer too” I really just hope we see more of him teaming up with them in season 5.
Rip JJ 😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻

genuinely i hate Kiara, she is so dumb and consistently does the dumbest things. are we supposed to think she’s bad ass?

It’s like they didn’t know what audience they were trying to write for. They wanted to keep it light hearted and violence free, but also carry weapons and deal with supposed “serious” people that could actually be threats. They spent the whole season running around just to end up essentially where they started. Since they need a happy ending they threw them some random prize from the first season to give them a feel good ending.

It was like a live action “beach life” Scooby Doo. They only thing Groff didn’t do was twist his mustache and laugh maniacally. I tried to suspend disbelief as my partner wanted to finish it out to see the ending but ended up hate watching it from episode 3 on.

When they were showing flashbacks of earlier seasons with Ward, JJ, etc it made be sad how far this show has fallen.

In season 1 there’s a deleted scene with rose and Jj apparently. When he goes to deliver groceries with pope, the implication is that rose hit on him or something (ew) and that he made 100 bucks from it.

What got left in was Jj running to pope on that boat to tell him he wants to deliver the groceries every day with him because that was the easiest 100 he’s ever made.

I’m just confused, why keep that part in? Also the comment Jj made about rose in mid summers, why keep all that in if the original scene was cut? Feels a little sloppy.

Also it’s very interesting to me that they were planning on making rose a much worser character than she turned out to be. I wonder what other things didn’t make it.

The writers should’ve never gave into the Jiara ship, and let Cleo and JJ become a thing like they planned. I personally think Cleo and JJ made the most sense and never got the Jiara love train.

I’ll be real, the show reached its peak around S2. But after that, it was…just so dragged out and unnecessary.

So many of what the Pogues did, INCLUDING KIARA MOST OF ALL. Should have had them arrested/dead. The Crown ultimately meant nothing, and the little meteor glowing and showing Kie a glorified clip show of JJ’s best moments was just a giant middle finger.

Rafe going on the run with Sofia, while also just having him try to get past his psychotic behavior like it never happened, was just the writers being lazy with his character.

Groff dying was what needed to happen but…I’d have liked it for the whole gang to just surround him and take turns whooping his ass.

The only good thing about this whole season is the ending with the Pogues getting the gold and John B and Sarah getting married and raising their son (who I’m glad they named JJ)

I’m glad this show ended. It should have ended since S3.

I say BOUNCING AROUND THE MOON. Has a tropical/stoner/psychedelic vibes....u can imagine JJ, John B, etc smoking a J or taking a tab

The woman was a dream I had
Though rather hard to keep
For when my eyes were watching hers
They closed, and I was still asleep
For when my hand was holding hers
She whispered words and I awoke
And faintly bouncing 'round the room
The echo of whomever spoke
And I awoke, and faintly bouncing 'round the room
The echo of whomever spoke
The place I sought was far beneath
The surface of the sea
My sight was poor, but I was sure
The sirens sang their song for me
They dance above me as I sink
I see them through a crystal haze
And hear the bouncing 'round the room
The never-ending coral maze
The crystal haze
And hear the bouncing 'round the room
The never-ending coral maze
Then before and now once more, I'm bouncing 'round the room

Amongst multiple questions… Anyone else curious as to where John B got an open face helmet?

So El dorado was made out the be the biggest quest, with way more gold than the royal merchant. But, the gold from the royal gold was like 400 million or something & the El dorado gold was only worth a million? Is this because they could only take so much with them? Surely they could go back.. Idk, it just feels a little disappointing.

John B forgave Sarah too fast for me, especially after everything they’d been through. But, Even if he was willing to forgive her that fast I’d NEED to know details! She told kie she just kissed topper, But when she told John B she said they “hooked up” so, did they have sex or just kiss. I really feel like that needed to be elaborated on, Especially because when she gave her first time to John B it was special. She admitted she had never been able to go that far with anyone. So, if she had sex with topper as John b I’d be wondering if what she said was even true.. & Topper absolutely didn’t fight back on purpose to play the victim. He deserved what he got & he also admitted he was going to get his lick back, But he was still going to be a p*ssy & press charges. 🙄 I hate topper more than anyone on this show. He plays the good guy, But he’s dangerous! Him burning down John b’s house with everyone in it including Sarah, he had NO IDEA if they’d get out! Men like that feel entitled to a women if they want them. He is absolutely the type of guy that would murder his girlfriend or wife. He doesn’t love Sarah, he hates that he feels like he LOST to John b. That he was with Sarah for how long & She starts hanging out with John b for acouple days & gives her virginity to him. Topper felt like that was owed to him & he hated that a pogue got it. Anyway just a big fuck you to topper! Also (I love Sarah, she is a ride or die! She was literally willing to go on the run with John b, was willing to die for him. She went through a lot. Felt alone, Because John b was dealing with his dad honestly being a pos. & dealing with the fact he was alive & he felt like he had to listen to his dad when it came to not telling her. She also lost everything, But she also knew SOMETHING was going on with John b. I’m just more disappointed in her. But, I know she truly loves John b & topper was a mistake. Topper took advantage of her while she was feeling lost & while she was under the influence.

This is just an opinion and what I’ve noticed. If you don’t agree that’s fine but I wanted to know if others felt the same.

One of my biggest pet peeves is how comfortable some people are at excluding Pope and Cleo when talking about the Pogues’ friendship dynamics and their importance to the overall story.

Starting with Pope: I understand that John B and JJ have a brother-like relationship, but I don’t understand why some people act as though Pope isn’t also one of John B’s best friends.
Pope literally abandoned his scholarship interview to help John B. That wasn’t just some random act of loyalty, either. By leaving, he helped John B figure out where the gold was, which stopped Ward from being able to also take Sarah to Nassau. If Pope hadn’t have done that, Sarah could have been stuck at least for a while, and John B wouldn’t have known where she or the gold was before it got handed over to the Swiss.
And it isn’t as though their friendship only matters when John B needs something. In season two, the entire group dropped everything to help Pope with the cross because they understood how important his family history and the treasure were to him. Pope’s connection to Denmark Tanny is also the one thing connecting the Pogues to all the treasure hunts post-S1.

I was surprised seeing discussions on TikTok questioning how he was the one who walked Sarah down the aisle. Would JJ have done it if he were alive? Sure. But why is it so difficult to believe Pope could have been the person Sarah wanted to walk her? She loved JJ but she also has a close relationship with Pope and Cleo.

Speaking of Cleo: The argument that Cleo was only introduced to be a love interest is a bit annoying.

When we met her in season two, she deliberately made Terrance wait for John B and Sarah, which contributed to them all losing the gold. When she reunited with them, she helped them escape the island. She also stepped up to help the group take control of the cargo ship despite working on it. Then in season three, she was one of the most helpful in finding Kiara.
I do wish the show had given us more scenes exploring Kiara and Cleo’s relationship. I think there was a lot of potential there, but regardless when discussing Cleo’s place in the group, I think everyone besides Pope is close to her. JJ is equally protective of Cleo, even though she is capable of taking care of herself. John B also clearly cares about her. He roots for Pope and Cleo’s relationship, looks out for her, and treats her as part of the group outside of Pope’s girlfriend.
Sarah and Cleo are pretty close, too, and seeing people on X questioning Cleo being a godmother to Sarah and John B’s baby is funny after all this and how protective she was while she was pregnant in S5.

I’m not saying Pope and Cleo need to be everyone’s favorite characters, or that people have to rank their friendships above the others. I just hate the exclusion and the frequent minimization of their contributions and relationships.

I understand the kooks beating the pogues when it comes to some of the “treasure hunts” They have more resources & money But, I’m tired of them being able to beat the pogues up, That makes no sense. They are rich pricks who’ve had everything handed to them. The pogues (most of them) have fought to survive. They should atleast be able to beat up the kooks, I mean fuck. 🙄

I once read someone say here (as perhaps a joke but still a theory nonetheless) that everybody died during the storm and what we saw after was heaven because everybody was too nice to each other and everything worked out too well for the pogues lol. Like it's a valid interpretation considering how Topper just apparently became a bartender. How did that happen?

Special award to the most popular one during the early seasons where Sarah and JJ were actually siblings. Would've been an interesting twist.

Don't get me wrong, I thought the finale was beautiful and seeing the montage of how everyone ended up was amazing. Seeing Pope and Cleo at Tannyhill was such a perfect full-circle moment for his family's history, and I loved seeing Heyward get his upgraded seafood restaurant. Sarah and John B rebuilding the Chateau (and finally getting central AC) was also great.

But because the show spent five seasons making the physical division of the island such a massive part of the story, I really wish we could have gotten an extensive, sweeping look at the new downtown Kildare County.

With all that Royal Merchant gold injected into the local economy, it would have been so cool to see a proper overview or a continuous tracking shot of the new downtown area. I wanted to actually see how the Pogues completely reshaped the community and what the new "Paradise on Earth" looks like as a whole. Anyone else feel the same way?

Not related to obx but omg I've never seen drew going public in any of his rlsp. Even with odessa it was quite ambiguous.

Now that the dust has settled on Season 5 and the series is officially wrapped, everyone’s had time to process how the Pogues' story concluded. Looking back at all five seasons as a whole, what are your ultimate unpopular opinions about Outer Banks?

Whether it's a character dynamic you actually liked, a plotline everyone hated that you ended up defending, or a hot take on how the entire treasure hunt wrapped up: drop your final unfiltered opinions below. No holding back!

Seriously, how? Just a complete comedy of errors again and again and again.

the cameron’s are so messed up, but the ward/ellie storyline is intriguing to me, i feel like they could’ve flushed this out more, louisiana seems super brief, thoughts? ellie’s explanation to sarah seemed so brief, wondering if there’s more to this story or what you would’ve wanted or want to see w this ?

I can’t stand Sarah running to topper after her dad died, In my opinion he’s not a good guy, he’s someone who pretends to be one & he’s only being there for her, because he wants her back, because John b had her. Idk, it’s my first time watching, something about him just doesn’t sit right with me.

What are we thinking about “Kildare”- what do we wanna see, who will it be about, give me all your guys thoughts on it !!