“LET POPE GO TO COLLEGE!!!”😭😭 that was so real

They really have to give Sarah a storyline outside of men (her dad, Topper, John B, Rafe) because it’s TIRING at this point. They completely disregarded her and Kies relationship. Plus what happened to her mom ?

finally the review has come, honestly the lowest point of the season for me was big john, he took WAY too much screentime away from the pogues.

Unpopular opinion: I hate that they made everyone in the group date. Especially having Kiara date every guy in the group. I would've liked if she remained platonic with all of them

Season 3 made me so thankful for streaming services bc if I had to tune in weekly for that mess I’d go insane.

I was so mad about what they did with Sarah's character like please don't ruin my girl like that

the fact they just repeated the same plotlines for s2 (kiara fighting with her parents, sarah being torn between john b and topper) and thought we wouldn't notice.....

I hate how they made Kie incapable of having a platonic friendship throughout the entire series. They literally passed her around the group and it was sooo unnecessary and distasteful. Especially when there was no chemistry with any of them to begin with so it was really just weird.

they barely did any scenes with the pogues all together like it was just the couples all the friendships were overlooked

As someone who spends most summers on the Outer Banks, I believe the series would have been fine if we had just stuck with the season 1 type of Party teen vibes/drama that we had going on.

big john ringing this damn bell and yelling “BRING IT ON HOME JOHN B” still haunts me

can we talk about how kiara was shipped off to that camp in the middle of nowhere and that became a small plot?? like that was NOT necessary at all

I thought Big John was awful, I thought they ruined Sarah’s character, the Topper plot was stupid, Ward’s ending was disappointing, Rafe’s arc was disappointing, and literally the only thing I liked was JJ and Kie 🥲 really sad since I loved s2 so much

Biggest letdown was not having Rafe as the main antagonist. He's easily one of the most complex characters & has history with everyone (+ great actor!!). Interesting dynamic with Ward too -could've had him turn against his dad & go against the Pogues his own way. S3 set up was very much Camerons: 2 - Pogues: 0, we need to get a win. But they just tossed those unfinished storylines & the Camerons to the side for a random new guy & treasure.

Not sure if I'm in the minority here but...I think Topper should've had a redemption arc and then just been a side character. But for some reason it seems like the writers are gonna redeem Rafe? I have no idea why ppl want him to become a good guy, he's much better off as a full fledged villain and this season he really should've gone completely insane.

The entire time I was watching season 3 all I could think was how I didn’t remember the writing being so bad in the other seasons

The amount of times Big John said hurry up John B made me lose my mind.

They done pissed me off with that cheating conflict. Like yes let's make Sarah cheat on John B with Topper after a _minor_ fight and then regrets it later (because that's how the cycle always goes) and runs back to John B, he forgives her and they all live happily...ever after. 😍😀

I was taught in film and theatre school that if you don't notice the editing, it's good editing. If you notice the editing, it's bad editing. And also, yeah I agree that season 3 was kind of the same old, same old.

This season was horrible imo. The writing was off. 1. Pope should've been in that cave. It was his ancestors' money. He should've been the first person walking in. 2. Too much romance with no chemistry. The only couple with chemistry surprisingly was cleo/pope 3. Too many characters loved cleo, but she was not needed nor rafe booty call. She was there for d*** and vibes 4. Bad writing, let obx 4 be the last.

the way they tried to portray Topper as bad and irrational. I was rooting for him the whole time. They’re trying so hard to push the “pouges good, kooks bad” narrative

At least they were recognised by the general public for all their efforts because they were beginning to look crazy, running around and randomly disappearing for months at a time.

I also feel like there was soo much potential to make it interesting on a psychological level instead of just filing the season w repetitive action scenes. John B met his Dad after thinking he was dead for years, and it was kinda brushed over like??? They couldn’t let that marinate for even a second before something else happened. Big John annoyed me so much the entire season as well cuz he seemed so emotionally unavailable and only caring about the treasure. The kids literally risked their lives to save him in South America and he barely said thank u, didn’t even trust Sarah and just starting obsessing over the treasure lol Sometimes I could see that Big Johns behavior annoyed John B but I feel like they didn’t focus on it enough? Imagine the emotional turmoil John B probably goes through discovering that his dad is alive only to realize that he doesn’t really care about him… that would’ve been interesting for me to watch, Instead the season just left me frustrated because nothing deep was addressed … I want a bit of draaaaaama and not just superficial action.

I agree with almost everything...I think that the whole treassure hunt thing is a heart of the show. New love drama is not that bad (except for the JB/Sara/Topper mess). EJ and Kiara would be far more enjoyable if it wasn't for her previous thing with Pope which was weeeird. The plot was lacking tho and the "bad guy" was ridiculous.

***spoiler*** the time skip not acknowledging rafe at all was so non sensical like so youre telling me that rafe either didn't find out that ward *actually* died or he did but was nonchalant about it? psycho weirdo crazy rafe wouldn't care that his dad died and his sister was involved? nahhh cmon now

the main problem with season 3 was that there wasn't nearly enough of the pouges being together and having a good time, which is the heart of the show.

The whole season I was just like ok just kill everyone at this point 🤭 also WHY is there a whole other season after this one???? What is left🤕

i feel like the plot got wayyy too expanded. i did not give a single fuck about big john, sing, and the whole el dorito thing

i wish they could let these guys chill for once, like in s1 they actually hung out but this season they were split off into couples. kiara and jj was rushed, and pope and cleo just felt too forced because they were the only ones who weren't paired up 😒 time skips just ruin every single show, also the plot was SO UNREALISTIC like tf u mean a cave?? a curse?? blackbeard?? be so FR LMAOOOO

FINALLY someone else mentioning Netflix’s three-season curse… obx, umbrella academy, cobra kai, never have I ever, on my block, and it somehow gets worse EVERY TIME.

JJ & Kiara made sense in the first 2 seasons, there were a lot of moments of tension between the two of them (particularly from JJ's end though), however I feel like they heard what fans wanted & really rushed through to get them together because the progression of Kiara's dynamic change w/ JJ did not make sense.

I never noticed the crab chomp while watching but I’m dyingggg 😭😭

The first treasure hunt was great and honestly ended way to early, but the whole cross and looking for the gold was stupid and then el dorado- AND THEN BLACKBEARD 😭😭😭

Can't wait for Season 4 where Outer Banks does a crossover with the mermaids of H2O Just Add Water.

this season of outer banks came out when I was on the coach journey back from a school trip and me and my friend were SO excited to have something fun to watch on the way back. we genuinely got like 3 episodes in and then I turned to her and said 'can you remember a single that that has happened so far' and she was like 'nope' and we turned it off and never resumed 💀💀

unpopular opinion: i really kind of hate how kiara and jj are a couple in season 3. the only reason they were actually together in s3 because the fans pressured the director or whoever decides that stuff to make them a couple. i mean i guess they are a sort of okay couple but i feel like they didn’t have much chemistry. on the other hand i love how pope and cleo are a thing.

Pope and Cleo gave me sibling energy

They're trying to make the stakes so much bigger that it ironically made the stakes feel smaller. Like, expanding upon Rafe's storyline and having him be the main villain of s3 would've been perfect because he actually has character development and history with the pogues, but instead they introduce Singh as this big bad villain but it just feels so forced, unrealistic and unnecessary. The show was better when the world was smaller and more detailed instead of this big expansive treasure hunting world that feels unrelatable and unrealistic.

I'm so glad my sister and I weren't the only ones who hated S3. I didn't like the storyline at all, I feel like the directors should have gotten their dynamic of outer banks back instead of constantly going to different places with terrible subplots. Then essentially trying to ruin their friendship, as if they didn't spend months together on an island... I also hate that they brought up Kie being a kook as an argument again, it's oversaid and annoying and Sarah being a cheater AGAIN like ENOUGH lmaoo It was def rushed for S4 and it showed heavily (Lastly, everyone loves JJ and Kie but personally i hate it, that was also rushed, weird, and awkward. It should have been them in S2 and not Pope at all tbh)

I told my husband as a joke in season 1 “poor pogues. They just never get a moment of rest” and then I started saying it more often at the end of season two still as a joke. And season three it was a joke how much I had to say it. The story never got to breathe. It was always one thing after the other with ZERO stakes.

I honestly think not many people get that literally the only problem is that shows think they need to do more and more. They always incorporate more tension and adventures and eventually overdo it. Always. That is the reason every single show flopped from season to season, every single one. Which is exactly what was slowly shining though in season 2 and then really developed in season 3. And I don't freaking get how producers and writers can't learn out of this for the life of them. Like why? People are obsessed with this show mostly only because of its initial vibe. A warm summer, being free, surfing with friends, watching sunsets on a boat, pool parties, picknicks. That's _exactly_ what people want to see. Then they just need a little adventure to keep you hooked and that's it. But in season 3 they completely cut off this chill summer vibe and overdid it with the adventures SO much. That was literally the only problem. I hope they listen to that and change it for the better in season 4 because Outer Banks is still my absolute favorite show and its such a shame.

Season 1: S grade - best scene - JJ crying in the bath tub Season 2: A grade - best scene - Ward blowing up the Druthers Season 3: F grade - no good scenes. They turned the show from comfy and casual treasure hunt and surf beach bros brotherhood into a discount Indiana Jones and the crystal skulls.

I am SO glad to hear that there's someone else who thought the exact same about the season as me. And especially when it comes to the relationships, like yes, why does everyone in the group has to be a couple. Can there not be at least one person who's just single and chilling (like me lol) Thank you so much for sharing this, it felt like a relief watching this after most comments I've seen online

Kiara and JJ are a thing because fans have been begging for them since season 1 💀(also if you skipped a few episodes did you miss the one where topper burned John b house down)

wish they did what madison wanted and made kie a lesbian it would make so much sense sarah saying "you liked me" kie saying to pope "I want something different" then going to sarahs window smiling also madison and ruby don't have chemistry like it clear there not close anymore

ngl I was shipping Kie and JJ because the actors have such good onscreen chemistry and play off each other so well for the comedic beats of S1 and S2. But I knew immediately that the writers had decided they would become a thing this season because every interaction between them suddenly felt so FORCED. Like, the two became so *aware* of each other that the sheer awkwardness of their presence onscreen just KILLED the easy familiarity they had that made it so fun to imagine their friendship turning into something more. I was already bored with the actual plotline of the show so wasting the characters was the last straw and I dropped the show

I dropped the show the moment Sarah cheated… It was so unnecessary and seeing so many ppl defend her just because they like the actress was really annoying I hate how cheating has been so minimized it’s gross. It would have been better if she had found JJ when she was looking for instead of going with Topper (who really need a better storyline or just get out of the way ) because their duo is so underrated. Pope and Cleo were the best part of this season for me ❤

it was weird to me how they built up rafe to be mentally unstable and a ticking time bomb in season 2 only for him to turn into a criminal mastermind in season 3, and be partially redeemed. i would have liked if they leaned more into his character going a-wall, it would have been more interesting.

As a Bahamian I can’t forgive the portrayal of our accent from Cleo…love the actress but the imitation of our accent was abysmal…

this needed to be said, season 3 was not what I was expecting...

Season 3 jiara felt forced to me ngl...just cause fans want them together doesn't mean they should be (also the "I love you scene" happened so fast)

I'm watching this cos I didn't know what happened in Season 3 lol. I stopped watched the second Kia shouted out "MURDERER" for no reason when they were supposed to be incognito and recording evidence for Ward shooting that plane guy. Then the camera was dropped , broke and yeah.

This season had so much potential to be soo good like back in season two every ep made you want to watch more. It would have been amazing if they slowed down it felt like the pacing was off and if they stayed on the island for a while and set up this crazy treasure hunt to eldorado for season 4 and make it the final one. End it with a banger and higher stakes by killing an important character. They could have redeemed Topper in s 3 and then killed him in s4 (they where trying to redeem him in season one when he helped them) with another main character. At least put one of the pogues in the hospital for something serious “life threatening” at least. You are telling me JJ’s crazy ass didn’t get injured badly once like i need a dramatic hospital scene. I wish they could have made Rafe more insane kill his dad and then in s4 he could’ve been the mist menacing fd up person

I'd say it's somewhat of an unpopular opinion, but instead of making Kie kiss EVERYONE of her male friends, they should've just turned it into Kie figuring out what she wants romantically. She confused her platonic feelings for the guys with romantic feelings. Let's be real, she has more chemistry with Sarah than with any of the guys in S3. They could've fixed it if they just made her lesbian. The actress has a girlfriend irl so it would've been authentic and it would've made her character better (cuz she's not jumping from guy to guy just for fun but to figure out her sexuality). I loved Kie and JJ as friends but now after all that happened in the prior two season, it feels forced. Like it's not a slow burn if she tried every other option esp with no chemistry (I also blame the script cuz wtf was that). It also pissed me off that they made Sarah cheat on John B. Like just break up 😭

whole season in conclusion: BIG JOHN : BRING IT ON HOME JHON B SARAH : JHON B, TOPPER, JHON B, TOPPER, JOHN B WARD : SELL THE CROSS WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE NOW RAFE : THE CROSS IS MINE ITS MINE DAD CARLOS : WHERE IS TREASURE BIG JHON JHON B : DAD dad DAD dad DAD dad they didn't even gave enough screentime to my guy jj it was so dissapointing omg

I just finished the season today, I’m here for ALL the tea… except Jiara I actually like them. I think it feels weird because of the old shitty romance attempts with Kie and the other boys, but I actually like JJ and Kie

I agree with all this! I feel like the finale felt like the end of the show…. The forced coupling of all the characters especially. It’s not love it’s trauma bonding.

i'm totally disappointed in this season. when season 1 came out in 2020, i quickly fell in love with the teen/summer/treasure hunting vibe. i do think that the show should have continued on, but kept it on a smaller scale and focused on ONE thing, rather than tons of diff plots all over the place. ALSO, the time jump??? NEVERRRRR DO A TIME JUMP!!

Cleo is literally the ONLY good thing to happen this season

i agree with everything except the kiara and jj thing.. personally i loved it, and they have been building it up in since previous seasons too, and they have chemistry, in my opinion. cleo and pope, on the other hand, totally unnecessary… BUT JOHNS B DAD PISSED ME OFF SM HE WAS SO ANNOYING

You ate with this 😂 I remember once someone said OBX is like adult goonies and I’ve seen it like that ever since I started it. The characters, the script and even the timeline is so… silly idk how to explain it

The writing was always pretty weak… but season 1 there was a lot of on screen chemistry between characters and the plot was easy to follow … but now most of the actors don’t even like each other so the writers can’t rely on the chemistry from season 1

things i wished for this season or didnt like: •bringing wheezie in wit sarah for a scene of two •rafe wanting help but cant get it and has a breaking point • cleo and pope staying friends • better chemistry wit jj n kie • WAY LESS BIG JOHB SCENES • we find sarahs or jjs mom maybe🤷‍♀️ •more scenes wit the all the pouges •kiara in the mental school place longer and i wish it wasnt that easy to get her out •more consequences for their actions things i lowkey fw •the sarah cheating: i wished it took longer for her to gain trust back tho •focusing and sarah missing her old life BUT OVERALL I WISH IT WAS MORE LIKE SEASON 1

Season Three was hot garbage.

Season 2 of outebanks was funny but the third season keep having me fall asleep

Sorry but Jiara was the only reason I made it through this season, I’ve been waiting 3 seasons for them and really would’ve been satisfied if they hadn’t done the initial (and imo unnecessary) Kie and John B kiss and Kie and Pope relationship (idk if I should even call it that). I liked some parts of this season but definitely loathed others

this season pissed me off on how they for one, made everyone fucking date. like it’s so awk now it’s meant to be friends not dating everyone.. two, changed so much for jiara to get together like jj and pope are so close jj would not do that to him or gaslight him? like it doesn’t make sense. or how jj didn’t care at all pope dropped out of school? he went to jail for pope so he could stay in school but he drops out now and jj does not care? three, no one cared about kiara but jj? like they r all so close ain’t no way jj the only one who cared she was gone. my little rant!

Remi shouting "ARE YOU NOT TIRED?" After he says they're having another treasure hunt took me out 😭

I hope season 4 is a lot about pogues vs kooks, but from the new perspective that the P4L crew are no longer pogues since they found the gold.

When they showed Sarah being traumatised and John b comforting her. I had some hope cause damn girl went through alot and finally they are delving into that THEN BOOM shite

s3 felt SOOO different from the other seasons omg

here's my opinion: I think that it def wasn't the best season. Big john kind of drove me crazy, and he separated john b from the pogues way too damn much. I also really ship Jiara, but it felt rushed. Overall, there were some good moments, and I still enjoyed the season, but there were a lot of flaws. I hope that next season will be a redemption, and as good as the 2nd season.

netflix is truly trying to convince us that everyone in the obx is straight too

The way I agree with everything in this review!😂 Like this whole season seemed so forced.

Overrated show: Not all main characters are well written and motives are forced, there aren’t any actual character arcs just forced drama and wasted time, John B’s personality is “Bro, we gotta find the treasure!” and we never really know if a character is actually dead. Btw, S4 theory: Ward secretly survives and teams up with Topper and Rafe to take over the United States of America by stealing the gold to buy a bunch of people off; that’s how predicable this show’s plot actually is. 😂

They made Kiara date every guy in the group. Too be honest they could’ve just let Jj and kie build their chemistry over the seasons

I'm here for the rant

Jiara was so random even though everyone had been shipping them. They had ZERO chemistry this season.

it’s actually not strange that they are all coupled up: all the guys admit they have a think for kiara or think she’s cute from the very beginning.. cleo will probably naturally have feelings for pope after he took her in and gave her his room.. she even mentioned that we wants what john b and sarah have (someone romantic who helps her) and it’s cool that it becomes Pope

The problem is the unrealistic things that happened in the forest and the cave, as if I was watching Harry Potter 😏

FINALLY SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT THOSE AWFUL SOUND EFFECTS!!!!

pope and kiara was such a mistake. It should've been kiara and JJ from the start- or kiara and sarah

Big John took away so much screen time from the Pogues. I loved the show because of the Pogues. We rarely got to see them together 😭😭

It really didn’t live up to its hype, very disappointed 😔

It took me almost a month to finish the season because I just didn't find it interesting. From the villain being lame with his constant "you know". To Rafe just has multiple breakdowns. He's literally giving the same performance every time he's on screen. The problems the pogues encounter seem like they are too easy to solve. For ex. lighting fireworks to scare away bad guys is just not it...any 12-year-old could do that. It's giving Kevin McCallister in Home Alone. Also, I didn't mind Kie and JJ getting together, but it was a little weird because I do see them more as friends AND wasn't she just dating Pope. I'm getting whiplash. The group was separated for way too long and why is Ward acting so soft now lol. The way this man wanted to give the cross away just felt like it came out of nowhere because just last season he was happy to do anything to get it. Anyway, when it got to the last 2 episodes is when I felt like I got invested.

i’m in a class where we just learned about the “island of gold” and “el dorado”. nobody ever saw it in the western world but people talked abt it. everyone who tries to find it doesn’t come back. i feel like knowing the history made me really into it. esp knowing the gold owned to popes fam

I think it would be better if they did not ruin the main 4 friend's relationship. Why can't they stay as a friend? Like I don't get it. It would be so much better if they always stay as friends.

I love the pass 2 seasons , everything was well written but this season literally was so terrible , and I love this show with my whole heart but their was so much things happening in one season , which was crazy . The fact too we’re Madelyn and chase broke up in real life so there characters was so off . It just didn’t feel like obx . I really do hope s4 will be a lot better .

I was so excited for the season but it was so bad. I missed the group dynamic so much

season two was so hard for me tbh n season three j made me realize it wasn’t worth it. i loved the lighthearted vibe of season one n ik it got more intense in the end but it worked out. they j don’t write well n tbh the acting was rlly throwing me off in the beginning of this season two. season twos last episode made me esp mad bc it pulled a riverdale in my eyes. there was no lead up or foreshadowing for big john to b alive n then they j threw it in there. i feel like rafe needed more screen time of him j losing his mind lol. ik john b is the main character but he was annoying me sm n that shouldn’t happen w a main character. i wish we saw them b friends more n j do dumb teen things n bond. sry this is so long lol

the end scene made me SO MAD. LIKE WHY WOULD THEY LOOK FOR BLACKBEARD?????? they’re TEENAGERS. THEY ARENT DETECTIVES LIKE… it’s so random none of them are connected to this random ass blackbeard treasure why would they look for it.

I remember when you had just 50k, so glad you've grown and ppl recognize the ART of you dragging these shows and characters

Here’s a few things that I would want for Season 4 that could’ve been made possible in season 3: Rafe getting arrested for shooting Peterkin, Ward getting arrested for his shit, Topper getting arrested for setting the chateau on fire. I wanna see Wheezie join the Pogues, as well as Rafe getting drug addiction help, and mental help…..I wanna know the backstory of Rafe, Sarah, and Wheezie’s birth mom ( I think it could be Carla Limbrey) I wanna know if JJ, Pope, Cleo, and Kie ever got to see El Dorado for themselves to, because even though we only saw that Sarah and John B got to see it…..the scene cut to 18 months later, so the rest of the gang could’ve actually seen El Dorado as well, but it wasn’t included in the season. I also really want to understand Kie’s kook life before she met the Pogues. I remember in season 1 when the boys left her and Sarah on the boat, Kie asked Sarah what happened between them, and Sarah said that Kie liked her….which makes me think that maybe Kie had some feelings for her. I honestly think Kie and Sarah would make a better couple than Kie and JJ, and John B and Sarah.

I love the show personally and I’ll probably be coming back for season 4 (mostly for Jj, Kie, Cleo, and pope bc they carry the show) but i feel like the story this season was VERY chaotic..like we were on the island for 5 seconds then in the Bahamas and now back in the obx..it was just ALOT going on in a very unorganized way. It felt like they put they’re all into the scenes they promoted the most and the more action-y scenes, then anything after that was just..there😭 As far as the relationships go, i loved the angst between jj and kiara, but i wish we would’ve gotten more couple scenes..like I’ve been waiting TWO SEASONS for a single kiss and a hand hold..BFFR??? Same with pope and Cleo..they got all of 3 couple-y scenes, THEY WERE THE SALVATION POC COUPLE AND THATS HOE YALL PLAY IT OUT? And i completely agree with you, THEY SHOULDA STAYED ON THE ISLAND!!! I think it could’ve done SOO much for them if they had to couple everyone tg..like i woulda killed for Cleo and Pope to kinda go off on their own and have a moment😭 ALSO..i hope one of the main characters dies,,😭😭like rafe, WHY HAVE WE NOT KILLED HIM OFF? WHY IS HE STILL RELEVANT??

My opinion is let jj and kiera be a thing and not make her with someone else again, still not over how they make a really awkward thing out kie and John b in season 1 like nooooo

I watched the first two episodes and then was uninterested. And I really enjoyed the first two seasons, I knew as soon as they were stranded on the island still looking clean, hair done and lips glossed, wasn’t serious enough for me.

This season was way too unbelievable at the end. How are you going to go underwater cave diving with no gear, no oxygen tank, no nothing and no idea how long the swim will be and just send it like it’s no big deal, I mean they didn’t even mention that they were about to do one of the most dangerous things ever then it conveniently is a short ass swim and they find an air pocket 😂 no shot they would have drowned irl

YES i’ve been waiting for this!

I mean it wasn't so bad, but i didn't feel the vibe i wanted to plus everything and everyone was messed up, pouges aren't pouges anymore

I started watching outer banks about a month ago I binged watch season one and two when I got to season three it was just not as interesting :(The ending of the last episode was also ok not the best. I saw someone say it was cheesy and reminded them of Scooby doo ✨