Netflix has renewed the fan-favorite drama Outer Banks for a fifth and final season, ahead of its Season 4 Part 2 premiere on November 7. The news comes two days after the second Poguelandia: An Outer Banks Experience, held November 2 at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
Writing for the final season is currently underway. Season 5 details and additional information will be shared at a later time by the streaming service.
Outer Banks Season 4 Part 1 debuted at #1 on Netflix’s global top 10 English TV chart following its release on October 10 and has remained in the top ten for three weeks, reaching the top 10 in 74 countries, leading up to the release of Part 2 on November 7. Across all four seasons, Outer Banks has spent a total of 27 weeks in the global Top 10 English TV List.
Co-creators and executive producers Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Shannon Burke shared the following message with fans about the fifth and final season:
“Dispatch to all Pogues: Seven years ago, in the summer of 2017, we came across a photo of teenagers on a beach at dusk during a power outage. That photo sparked an idea for a story of four best friends who only want to have a good time all the time.
“From this beginning, we imagined a mystery that would lead to a five-season journey of adventure, treasure hunting, and friendship. At the time, seven years ago, it seemed impossible that we would really get to tell the whole five-season story, but here we are, at the end of our fourth season, still chopping away.
“The fourth season was our longest and hardest – but most rewarding – to produce. The season ends with a feature-length episode, which we think is our best, most powerful episode. We hope you feel the same way.
“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.”
On Saturday, November 2, Netflix hosted Poguelandia: An Outer Banks Experience for 2,500 fans at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA. The fan event featured performances by Jungle, GloRilla, Remi Wolf, and Chase B, as well as Outer Banks-themed photo ops, concessions, and merchandise.
Leading up to Poguelandia, the cast took part in a multi-country Pogue tour that spanned Salvador, Brazil; Toronto, Canada; Chicago; Houston; Miami; and Seattle.
Additionally, on the gaming front, Netflix just released Netflix Stories: Outer Banks, an all-new interactive mobile game. Join the Pogues back at the beginning of their quest to find long-lost treasure. When you learn your estranged father has gone missing, you buy a one-way ticket to the Outer Banks to find the half-brother you’ve never met.
Step into the world of Outer Banks and make choices that impact your story. Will you risk it all to find treasure? Will you find your father? Will your love withstand the danger? There’s only one way to find out.
Following last season’s 18-month flash-forward showing Wes Genrette’s proposal for the Pogues to find Blackbeard’s treasure, Outer Banks Season 4 takes us back in time to the lead-up of that moment. After finding the gold at El Dorado, the Pogues return to the OBX and commit to having a “normal” life.
They’ve built themselves a new safe haven, officially dubbed “Poguelandia 2.0,” where they live together and run a fairly successful bait, tackle, and charter tour shop. But after some financial setbacks, John B, Sarah, Kiara, JJ, Pope, and Cleo take Wes up on his offer, drawn back into the “G” game for a whole new adventure.
But before they know it, they’re well in over their heads, with dangerous new enemies hot on their heels, racing them to the treasure. Meanwhile, their problems are only growing, and they’re forced to question their past, present, and future – who they really are, whether it has all been worth it, and how much they are willing to risk.
The cast includes Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Carlacia Grant, Drew Starkey, Austin North, Fiona Palomo, J. Anthony Crane, Pollyanna McIntosh, Brianna Brown, Rigo Sanchez, Mia Challis, and Cullen Moss.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.