The finale of the second series of Outer Banks
comes with a whole load of twists,
as you've come to expect
from this adventure mystery show
starring our favourite runaway pogues.
We got it!
So much happened this season.
John B went from fugitive
to prisoner
to exonerated man.
Oh, you know they can't keep me in, boy!
Pope found out his family heirloom is
a giant golden cross.
We did it!
And Kiara got kicked out by her parents.
Go live like a fricking pogue!
But let's get to some of the twists and turns
of the final few episodes
and dig into what they reveal
and what they set up for the pogues in the future.
Let's start with the first.
Mid-season,
Ward Cameron appears to die aboard his ship
after setting off an explosion
and admitting to all of his misdeeds.
I did it.
I did all of it.
Crucially,
he also takes the fall for shooting the sheriff.
Of course, as Sarah and John B witnessed,
it was actually Rafe who murdered her.
Not the first or the last time
he tries to murder someone on this show,
yet only the pogues seem to see him
as what he really is.
-We know what you did! -Hey.
-Murderer! -No.
Speaking of things not being what they seem,
there was definitely something fishy
about Mr. Cameron's death.
And it turns out he faked his death
in a bid to escape
and to ensure Rafe didn't see prison time.
It's the only way to be a family again.
He ends the series still very much alive,
despite a run-in with John B.
While John B seemed to have the chance
to end the war between them once and for all,
with eerie mirroring of how Ward dealt with his father,
more on that later,
he decides to take the higher ground
and spare Mr. Cameron's life.
So, now we wonder:
will Ward Cameron's bid for freedom at sea work
or will the cops realise he's still alive?
Now, last season,
the drama all hinged on the treasure
aboard the Royal Merchant.
With that treasure found… and lost,
there's a gap for a new hunt on the horizon.
When Pope gets a strange letter from a rich lady
demanding to know the location of a key,
a new mystery is afoot.
And it turns out Pope's family was more involved
with the Royal Merchant than any of them ever realised.
Here lies Denmark Tanny:
the famous ex-slave.
Denmark and Cecilia
Are your great grandfolks going way back.
They eventually find Denmark Tanny's cross
in a dilapidated church.
Unfortunately, after Pope goes into anaphylactic shock
due to wasp stings,
forcing them to abandon the treasure for medical help,
so does Rafe Cameron.
He, in turn, brings it aboard the ship
carrying our old friend Ward Cameron.
At this point,
the final battle upon the coastal venture
is not just one for the cross,
but for Pope's heritage.
The time where people do shit to us
and we just sit back and take it is over!
That's my boy!
Thanks to help from their old friend Cleo,
they get so close to their goal.
At one point, Pope is willing to let the cross
drop into the ocean
rather than let the Camerons have it.
If we can't have it, no one can.
Sorry, Denmark.
Unfortunately,
Rafe and the crew manage to drag it back aboard
while Pope and his friends watch
from their departing speedboat.
It's safe to say, however,
the search for the cross transformed Pope,
so it's not likely he'll let them take it
without a fight to get it back.
This shit ain't over.
The pogues, along with adoptees Cleo and Sarah,
end up on a seemingly abandoned island
somewhere in the Caribbean
and decide to stay put to live their best pogue life.
I claim thee Poguelandia.
I like the ring of it. I'm going to make a flag.
It's going to have a chicken on it.
With a coconut bra, smoking a J.
And crocs.
Back on the outer banks,
their family and friends have reported them missing,
so exactly how much trouble are they going to be in
upon their return?
There's one final mystery unveiled in the finale.
Limbrey, the rich woman obsessed with
finding Denmark's cross,
knocks on a stranger's door.
And that stranger?
Well, it's only Big John,
a.k.a. John B's dad.
He seems to have been there for a while
from the conversation Limbrey has
with his caretaker.
How is he?
Half dead.
For a long time.
Just like John B found plenty of notes
about the Royal Merchant
in his father's abandoned office
in season one,
Limbrey takes a peek around his makeshift office
in this new home
with coordinates written everywhere in red ink.
Unsurprisingly, Limbrey is there about the shroud
she believed to be hidden in Denmark's cross
and Big John seems to know all about it,
but his information comes at a cost.
I know where it is.
I can help you.
But you…
have to help my son.
This cliff hanger leaves us with so many questions,
namely: How did Big John survive?
Who rescued him?
Is John B going to find out about this?
And how is he going to feel about it?
And how will Pope feel about this unlikely team
comprising of his friend's supposedly deceased father
and a woman who tried to kill him
for his family's treasure?
Well, if news of a season three drops,
you'll know where to find us.
Until then…
Welcome back to the pogue life.
Full pogue.
Full pogue!