Outer Banks season 5: Release date, cast, plot, spoilers and news so far

4 November 2024, 22:22

Outer Banks season 5 - will there be another season? Picture: Netflix

By Katie Louise Smith

Will there be an Outer Banks season 5? Here's what's been revealed so far about the final season of the Netflix series.

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Outer Banks season 5? Good news: It's officially happening! Bad news: It'll be the final season.

Following the release of Outer Banks season 4 on Netflix, the streaming platform has now confirmed that Outer Banks season 5 will be the end of the beloved adventure series marking the last time we see our favourite treasure-hunting Pogues.

Confirming the season's renewal with Tudum, creators Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke revealed that the season 4 finale – which will be feature length – will “set the stage for an epic fifth and final season."

Here's everything that's been said about Outer Banks season 5 by the creators so far, including what happens next, and how season 4's final episode will affect our fave Pogues going forward.

Scroll down for all the info on the potential release date, potential plot and potential returning cast...

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Everything we know about Outer Banks season 5 so far

Outer Banks season 5 has already been teased by co-creators. Picture: Netflix

Will there be an Outer Banks season 5?

Yes! Outer Banks season 5 was confirmed by Netflix on November 4th 2024, just three days ahead of season 4 part 2's release on the streaming platform.

The renewal comes as no surprise as not only is Outer Banks is huuugely popular, but the co-creators had previously teased their plans to go beyond season 4.

In early 2023, Josh Pate told 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."

However, with the renewal also comes confirmation that Outer Banks season 5 will be the final season.

When will Outer Banks season 5 be released?

Once production begins on season 5, we'll then have to wait until filming starts to have a clearer idea.

Per Tudum, the writing team are currently in the midst of working on the scripts for season 5 so the ball is officially rolling.

Since premiering in 2020, Outer Banks has faced several filming delays with the pandemic delaying season 2 and the strikes delaying season 4. For comparison, season 3 took seven months to film. Season 4 took an entire year to complete, starting in June 2023 and wrapping in June 2024.

Hopefully, there will be no delays this time around but with the cast's busy schedules outside of the show, fans may not see another season until the end of 2025 or even 2026.

Watch the trailer for Outer Banks season 4

Will Outer Banks season 5 be the final season?

Yep – we now have confirmation that season 5 will be final season. In a letter addressed to the fans, Pate, Pate and Burke wrote: "Now, with a little sadness, but also excitement, we're putting Season Four behind us, and are turning to Season Five, in which we hope to bring our beloved Pogues home in the way we imagined and planned years ago."

"Season Five will be our last season, and we think it will be our best yet. We hope you'll join us for one more paddle out to the surf break."

Outer Banks co-creators confirm season 5 will be the final season. Picture: Netflix via Tudum

Back in 2020, when the show premiered on Netflix, co-creator Jonas Pate teased that the series would definitely run for four seasons, with a possibility of a fifth season.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, he said: "Ever since we started, we always viewed it as something that was probably like a four-season, maybe five-season show, but definitely four seasons. We've sort of long-arced it out pretty far. I'm just hoping that we get a chance to actually tell those stories."

Thankfully, Netflix allowed the trio to bring their full vision to life and end the series on their own terms.

Speaking about how the series ends, Josh Pate told Tudum: "We’ve always known from the beginning what the last scene would be, if we would be lucky enough to get it that far." Shannon Burke added: "There’s a lot of dark, blank space before that, but we know where it’s going."

Will there be an Outer Banks season 5? Picture: Netflix

Outer Banks season 5 cast: Which actors and characters will return?

It all depends on which characters manage to survive the danger that season 4 brings. As we know on Outer Banks, no one is safe. Not even our beloved Pogues. (Still recovering from Sarah's near-death experience in season 2 tbh.)

We'll have to wait and see who makes it out of season 4 alive but for now, here's a list of the main cast members who could *potentially* return for Outer Banks season 5. (We'll update this list at the end of season 4 in November when we know who survives.)

Chase Stokes (John B)
Madelyn Cline (Sarah)
Madison Bailey (Kiara)
Rudy Pankow (JJ)
Jonathan Daviss (Pope)
Carlacia Grant (Cleo)
Drew Starkey (Rafe)
Austin North (Topper)

Secondary characters like Shoupe (Cullen Moss), Kie's parents (Marland Burke and Samantha Soule), Pope's dad (E. Roger Mitchell) and Rose and Wheezie Cameron (Caroline Arapoglou and Julia Antonelli) could also pop back up.

No doubt there'll be several new characters and antagonists that will impact the Pogues in a big way if season 5 happens but we won't know for sure what the future might look like until the credits roll on season 4.

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Outer Banks season 5 plot: What will happen next?

Again, until season 4's finale episode has been released, we won't have any idea of what might happen next to the Pogues.

With the El Dorado and Denmark Tanny storylines stretching over 3 seasons, it's possible that season 4's Blackbeard storyline may also be part of season 5. Or, season 5 could introduce an entirely new treasure hunt and central mystery.

Speaking to Tudum, co-creator Shannon Burke teased that season 4's hunt for the Blue Crown “should carry us through all the way to the end."

We'll update this article as soon as we know more.

Which characters will return in Outer Banks season 4? Picture: Netflix

Will there be a time jump in Outer Banks season 5?

Outer Banks season 3's finale featured an 18-month time jump, bringing the Pogues out of school age and into a new era of their lives. Going into season 4, most of the Pogues are now around 19 years old.

The cast and crew have not yet discussed the possibility of another time jump occurring at the end of season 4, so we'll have to wait and see how season 4 ends.

Of course, the actors can't play teenagers forever. With the exception of Chase Stokes and Drew Starkey, who are now 32 and 31 respectively, the rest of the main cast are all in their mid twenties.