Netflix Sets Outer Banks' 10-Episode Final Season for Aug. 20 as Pogues Vow Revenge

3 articles · Updated · tvline.com · Jun 18

August 20 is the release date for all 10 episodes of "Outer Banks" Season 5, which Netflix confirmed as the drama's final run.
The first teaser centers on John B. and the Pogues hunting Chandler Groff after JJ was killed in the Season 4 finale, pushing the group into a revenge mission.
Netflix's synopsis says the crew is stranded after Morocco, has lost the Blue Crown, faces Dalia, the Corsairs and the Kooks, and must work with Rafe to survive.
Production began in Charleston in June 2025, with Tony Crane and Cullen Moss promoted as the returning cast heads into the series' closing chapter.

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