Breaking Down the Series Finale of Outer Banks

Madelyn Cline as Sarah Cameron, Chase Stokes as John B, Jonathan Daviss as Pope, Madison Bailey as Kiara in Outer Banks —Courtesy of Netflix Warning: This post contains spoilers for Outer Banks Season 5.

After years of treasure hunts, betrayals, shipwrecks, family feuds and increasingly improbable escapes, the Pogues finally make it home.

The fifth and final season of Netflix’s Outer Banks sends John B (Chase Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), Kiara (Madison Bailey), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), Cleo (Carlacia Grant), and Rafe ( Drew Starkey ) through one last race for treasure—this time involving the Royal Merchant gold, the Blue Crown, a deadly hurricane, and the ghosts of everything they have lost along the way.

The finale takes the Pogues far beyond the Outer Banks before bringing them back.

First, they learn that the arms dealer Anton Finch is planning to use the Blue Crown during a meteor shower.

The group travels to Azerbaijan to stop him, while Cleo is arrested as they are leaving for the private plane.

She tries to board as the plane is taking off, but a police officer shoots at the plane's stairs, causing her to fall.

Pope is already in Azerbaijan with the others when he discovers that Cleo has been deported to Nassau, Bahamas.

Kiara eventually gets the Blue Crown from Finch and takes it to the lake during the meteor shower, hoping it can bring JJ (Rudy Pankow) back.

The crown doesn't resurrect him, but it gives Kiara a powerful final connection to her memories of JJ and everything they shared.

Finch later takes the crown back, meaning the Pogues return to the Outer Banks without it.

They arrive just hours before Hurricane Cassandra hits.

Meanwhile, back in Kildare, Rose has the Royal Merchant gold after stealing it from the Pogues.

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