Everything to Know AboutOuter BanksSeason 4

Mar. 15, 2025

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This post contains spoilers forOuter Banksseason 3.

The Pogues are going on another treasure hunt!

Ahead ofOuter Banksseason 3, the cast announced the show’s renewal for a fourth season during their fan event Poguelandia on Feb. 18, 2023.

“Seeing Poguelandia come to life was nothing short of spectacular,” series co-creators, executive producers andshowrunners Jonas Pate, Josh Pate and Shannon Burke said in a joint statement toVariety. “The Pogues are enjoying an adventure of a lifetime and we now get to map out more twists and turns as the joyride continues into Season 4 ofOuter Banks. Thank you to Netflix, our cast and the amazing fans who helped to make this happen.”

Here’s everything to know about the upcoming season ofOuter Banks.

Who is returning forOuter Banksseason 4?

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It’s assumed thatthe main cast will returnforOuter Banksseason 4, including Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Carlacia Grant, Austin North and Drew Starkey.

Speaking with PEOPLE exclusively, Daviss admitted he’s interested to see how thePogues' relationships with each other progress in a fourth season.

“There’s no way they’re not treasure hunting, so how does that play into all of this?” he teased. “How is his relationship with JJ and Kiara now? Is that different? Is his relationship with John B different? They’re all still friends, but it has been a year. So I’m interested to see what all those interpersonal dynamics are.”

Who is not returning forOuter Banksseason 4?

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Starkey spoke with PEOPLE about how he thinks his character Rafe will react to his father Ward Cameron’s demise … especially after putting a hit out on him in season 3.

“It’s interesting because he’s already made the conscious decision to go into these uncharted waters of independence this season,” he said.

“The first two seasons, you’ve seen him holding onto this dependency from his family and his father, and then this season, he allows himself to break free of that. It could go one of two ways: he could embrace it and move forward or he could react a little more aggressively.”

What willOuter Banksseason 4 be about?

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As teased in the season 3 finale, the show features a major time jump as the Pogues are honored for their discovery of El Dorado while also given the opportunity to go on a new adventure, seemingly in search of famed pirate Blackbeard’s hidden treasure.

For Bailey, the actress told PEOPLE the new treasure hunt feels like a “fresh start” for the show. “[Fans] should interpret it not as the end of an era, but we are very much summing up seasons one and two with a button,” she teased.

“It can go really anywhere,” she said of the new season. “I think we have a bit of a clean slate.”

Of her hopes for the Pogues, she wants them to get a “solid win” in the new season. “With the [season 3] finale we’ve had our treasure hunt fun, which was kind of just to help John B and also to help Pope’s family, and this kind of feels like a job opportunity,” she noted.

“I hope they embrace this new challenge with more wisdom and I am excited to see where the relationships go and how have they’ve matured over these 18 months.”

Josh also teased that the upcoming seasonwill feature several flashbacksto fill in the gaps with the 18-month time jump. “We felt like we needed to migrate them out of school,” he explained to Tudum. “We think about the first three [seasons] as a trilogy and then we’re starting over on [another sort of] trilogy now. We just needed to clear the decks. We’re going to have new villains, a new treasure hunt, a new life situation.”

Speaking with PEOPLE in March 2024, Stokes teased that thecharacters will be dealing with self-doubtamid all they’ve faced the past few seasons. He added that John B and Sarah will also be grappling with the trauma of losing both of their fathers.

“Anytime you experience loss, it hits in spaces and in places that you don’t anticipate,” he said. “Being in the situation that John B and Sarah are in, it really will force them to evaluate everything. Where they are, what their purpose is, what their intentions are, and what was the actual value of it? Was it worth it, in hindsight? If they could go back and change things, would they? Or do they feel okay with it?”

When didOuter Banksseason 4 film?

The cast was originally going to start filming in the summer of 2023, however, production was put on hold amid the writer’s and SAG strike.

In November 2023, the cast began filming the new season in Wilmington, North Carolina, a move fromthe show’s usual filming locationin Charleston, South Carolina. After filming overseas for a few weeks, the cast resumed filming in Charleston in late March 2024.

While speaking with PEOPLE in March 2024, Stokes revealed that the cast is “getting close” to the “finish line" when it comes to filming for the fourth season.

In June 2024, the cast announced that filming had wrapped witha fun video on Instagram, with Stokes noting it’s been a “crazy journey.”

Is there a trailer forOuter Banksseason 4?

In August 2024, Netflix released thefirst teaser trailerfor season 4.

“We finally did it. We finally found the gold,” John B can be heard saying in the 45-second clip. “That’s where the story should have ended. But really, it was just the beginning.”

The teaser then shows the group embarking on a new adventure — the hunt for Blackbeard’s treasure — which takes them to the depths of the ocean.

When willOuter Banksseason 4 be released?

Outer Banksseason 4, part 1 premieres on Oct. 10, 2024. Part 2 will drop on Nov. 7. In the meantime, the first three seasons are currently streaming on Netflix.

Will there be anOuter Banksseason 5?

Netflix hasn’t confirmed if season 4 will be the show’s final season. Showrunners Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke previously stated that they had plans for theseries to run for four or five seasons, however, they recently told EW thatthey’re no longer adhering to that plan.

“I don’t know if I could put a real number on it right now — how long it takes to get to that ending might expand, but we now know the shape of the end of the story. We’re going to take it as long as we can, for sure,” Josh told the publication.

Josh also teased to Tudum thatthey already know how the series will end. “We’ve always known from the beginning what the last scene would be, if we would be lucky enough to get it that far,” he said, while Burke added that there’s “a lot of dark, blank space” before reaching that final moment.

source: people.com