Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’ to end with season 5

5 November, 2024

Netflix‘s hit American young adult adventure series Outer Banks is set to end with a fifth and final season – find out more below.

Last night (November 4), Chase Stokes, star of the adventure-mystery drama shared a letter on social media addressed to fans of Outer Banks. In the post, he and the show’s creators Shannon Burke, Josh and Jonas Pate outlined the vision for the series since its inception.

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‘Outer Banks’. CREDIT: Netflix

“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,” they wrote.

Just a few days ahead of the season four part two premiere, the confirmed: “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.”

See the full statement below.

Production has yet to begin on season five of Outer Banks, and a release date has yet to be announced.

The second half of Outer Banks‘ fourth season will premiere its five remaining episodes on November 7 exclusively via Netflix. After the first three seasons released between 2020 and 2023, Netflix split the fourth season into two parts, with the first five episodes coming out October 10, 2024.

The confirmation of the show’s end with season five comes after co-creator Josh Pate said to Tudum that they had planned season four as the start of a new trilogy following the first three seasons.

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Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline in ‘Outer Banks’ CREDIT: Netflix

“We think about the first three [seasons] as a trilogy and then we’re starting over on [another sort of] trilogy now,” Pate said about the 18-month time jump at the end of season three. It is currently unclear if the two parts of season four and the entirety of season five will wrap up this new trilogy.

Starring Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow and Carlacia Grant, Outer Banks follows a tight-knit group of teenagers from the wrong side of the tracks called The Pogues.

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