Outer Banks

John B. Routledge ( Chase Stokes ) is the primary character ofOuter bank , and he has some of the best quote on the show . John B is a working - family teenager from the Cut in the titular Outer Banks of North Carolina , and between drinking beer and surfriding , serves as the story ’s narrator . John B has some of the most memorable inverted comma inOuter Banksbecause his case regain the equilibrium between youthful recklessness and mature reflection . Outer Banks ' castintroduces John B when he is struggling to cope with his sire ’s sudden fade .

Like JJ Maybank ( Rudy Pankow ) , John B has had encounter with death and has seen many of the gloomy things lifetime has to propose . At the same time , he is often the group ’s optimist , encourage each of the Pogues to know their Charles Frederick Worth and endeavour towards their end .

John B is also the character that work to understand people the most , as such is evident from hisrelationship with Sarah Cameron ( Madelyn Cline),once a loaded member of the rival gang the Kooks , who inhabit the Outer Banks ' extravagant Figure 8.Outer Banks’final time of year will in all likelihood feature plenty of John B ’s intimate soliloquy as he copes with JJ ’s death .

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10“The Outer Banks, Paradise On Earth. It’s The Sort Of Place Where You Either Have Two Jobs Or Two Houses. Two Tribes, One Island.”

Said In Season 1, Episode 1

In John B ’s iconic opening monologue , he lays the view for the show – a narrative of aplace in which the rich and the poor always make do for power , be it within local politics , soil ownership , or even cherish hunting . ThroughoutOuter Banks , John B on occasion narrate his choices and polar moments for the group , adding setting to scenes that otherwise would seem to simply showcase a group of teenagers having playfulness together in the summer .

Netflix ’s popular stripling drama Outer Banks has already inebriate with 4 season thus far , and the Pogues will return for season 5 .

John B ’s father , Big John Routledge ( Charles Halford ) is a historian who is missing during the first season ofOuter Banks . While he is afterward revealed to be alive , Big John give way from a gunshot wound inOuter Banksseason 3when the gang heads to South America and completes his lifetime ’s work of finding El Dorado . John B ’s knowledge of account through his father , and his human relationship with Sarah Cameron , both give him windows into other perspectives that several of the other characters lack , making his narration potentially part of a prominent plan for the show ’s final time of year .

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9“The Way I See It, The Game’s Rigged. Maybe It Always Has Been. And With No Parents, No Money, And No One Looking Out For Me, I Got No Chance. Unless I Make It On My Own.”

This quote sets the tone and thematic focus of the ensue four season ofOuter bank . John B was abandoned by his mother and finally lost his founder . The show navigates howJohn B and JJ , in fussy , navigate their way through the systemic issues that face up rural communities across America , and how the group of friends office as a chosen class to both of them . JJ additionally battles an opprobrious alcoholic father , while Pope Heyward ( Jonathan Daviss ) has a stable home animation but assay a college education to break his generational hurt .

Netflix renewed Outer Banks for a 5th and final season , and the shocking season 4 last set up a story that will be dissimilar from the others .

While the Pogues ' motive for gem hunt is often for the money that will lift up them out of poorness , they also assay to retaliate their lose family member and place of import historic artifacts in the correct hired hand . With John B ’s late father being a historian and Pope ’s academic aspirations , the group ’s gem - track down need are unique in that they are not root in rapacity . Their desires to hunt down themany artifact ofOuter depository financial institution , while not needs selfless , are certainly ethical compare to their competitors .

A composite image of Sarah looking sad in front of John B. comforting JJ in Outer Banks

Outer Banks follows a group of teenagers in the Outer Banks of North Carolina as they uncover a legendary treasure linked to the mysterious disappearance of the group’s leader’s father, leading to a series of dangerous and thrilling adventures.

8“You Want Me To Take A Picture Of You? You Want To Make Our Own Incriminating Evidence?”

Said In Season One, Episode One

The Pogues ' treasure Leigh Hunt begins when they stumble upon a shipwreckin the local Ngaio Marsh , where they discover an gasbag carry a key to a motel room . When JJ and John B venture to the motel , they name there is money and a gun leave behind in the way ’s secure . In one of his many moments of comic relief , JJ asks John B to take a pic of him with the gun to commemorate their adventure and make him look cool . John B responds by saying“You want me to take a picture of you ? You require to make our own incriminating evidence ? ”

This humourous moment marks the first of many of the Pogues ' run - ins with the law .

The duo ’s banter is a key elementto the show ’s largely improvise dialog . While John B often finds himself in serious situations that take all of his aid , there are many moments between him and JJ throughout the show that cut the tensity in some of the most high - stakes dangerous undertaking schemes . This humorous minute marks the first of many of the Pogues ' trial - ins with the police force .

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7“He Wanted Adventure, And He Wanted To Find Treasure. You Know What I Realized? I Am My Father’s Son.”

Said In Season 3, Episode 10

John B is last reunited with his father , Big John , inOuter Banksseason 3.While John B admire his father ’s diachronic knowledge and thirst for adventure , he is often disturbed by the lengths his father is uncoerced to go to in pursuit of his hoarded wealth , include murder . John B has long drop his father ’s treasure hunt as delusions , but now that he find himself on a similar course , John B recognize that he can succeed in his father ’s footsteps in his own way .

This quote solidify the ruminative quality of John B ’s tale , and touch at a potential season 5 meter jump , as he often narrates in the past tense . The reunification with his father raised a mint of complex feelings , as his father went into hiding instead of now contacting him . Regardless , Big John was the only family John B had left since his mother abandoned him when he was three years honest-to-goodness . This is whythe Pogues ' seat as his chosen household is so of import .

6“I Look Like I Got Kicked Out Of The Barbershop Quartet.”

Said In Season 1, Episode 4

The first season ofOuter Banksdepicts the beginning of Sarah and John B ’s kinship . The improbable pair first unite while John B is working for Sarah ’s father , Ward Cameron ( Charles Esten ) . Sarah quickly finds herself embroiled in John B and the Pogues ' first treasure hunt for the Royal Merchant . In this conniption , Sarah takes John B shopping for formal wearing apparel as they prepare to sift through the historical archives at the University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill .

John B , who has now lived as an orphan for an extended menstruation , has not experienced many of the typical moments of adolescence , let in parent buy their nipper their first stately wear for prom , commencement exercise , or college consultation . This humourous moment allowed John B to explore his panache and feel emotionally support , all while he evenly makes an effort to get to make out Sarah as she facilitate him on his delegacy . The episode marked the prescribed beginning of their relationship .

5“Are We In The Presence Of A Royal?”

Said In Season 2, Episode 6

This witty quip from John B is about the Pogues ' discovery thatPope is a direct descendant of Denmark Tanny(based on the real - life Denmark Vesey).This sets up the chemical group ’s treasure hunt throughout season 2 for the Cross of Santo Domingo . This import is an representative of the friendly rapport of the Pogues , and also John B ’s strong committal to uplifting his champion . While the Cross is not as right away relevant to John B ’s initial mission of revenge his father , the group now continue their interest in treasure hunting when it could mean a band to Pope .

The group becomes in particular seat in the hunt for the mark due to Pope ’s personal connexion to it .

This is yet another example of the Pogues serving as a chosen family line , particularly to John B , who is eventually orphan . His narration throughout the show proves that he has grown up even more since the result of the show , and this moment of young banter bury viewers in the feat of his adolescence .

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4"JJ, What Is It? Snack Time?"

Said In Season 3, Episode 7

After John B ’s founder , Big John , is kidnap , the group searches for him at his former colleague , Professor Sowell ’s ( Jay Huguley ) menage . John B , unquiet about his father ’s whereabouts and the snatcher ' violent motives , is urgently seek for clue when he encounter that JJ has snuck into the kitchen to scarf down some leftover volaille . This line illustrates thebrotherly bickering between JJ and John Bthat is a fundamental part of the show ’s quick and often improvised dialogue .

While JJ is an emotionally complex character knock off with many payoff , moments like these remind watcher that he is a simple teenage boy at heart , whose priorities are often just finding food to eat , surfing , and having a place to sleep at night . While the pair are in several difficult situations throughout Outer Banks time of year 3,moments like these remind viewers that the lineament are ordinary people in sinful state of affairs .

3“Don’t Let Your Past Define Who You Are, Let It Be A Part Of Who You Become."

Said In Season 3

John B had a harsh childhoodand a dangerous untested maturity . His narration seems to arrive from a place of stability , and one that appears to have reflected that all the chaos led him to where he is meant to be . While he is frequent by his begetter ’s fade and death , his mother ’s absence seizure , and the poverty in which he was raised , his forward - mentation viewpoint is what largely drive the plot of ground ofOuter Banks .

Even in the many moments in which the Pogues lose their riches , from Rafe stealing the Cross to JJ play forth the atomic number 79 inOuter Banksseason 4 , John B takes each lesson in stride and continues to expand his historical research skills alongside Sarah , Pope , Kiara , and JJ.It is this perspective that sometimes land John B in fuss , as he has a history of confide Pogues gone Kook who ends up stabbing him in the back .

2“I Think Next Time We Take A Trip, We Should Maybe Plan Ahead.”

Said In Season 4, Episode 10

In this uproarious understatement , John B points out that the group is incessantly in peril whenever they travelinternationally . Throughout their treasure hunting , the Pogues often sweep or catch ride on cargo ship to reach their finish , all without passports . Whenever they land in international tussle , the group is left to narrowly break away within inches of their lives ( in this case , sans JJ , who tragically dies from a shot wound in theOuter Banksseason 4 coda in Morocco .

The group ’s lack of implements of war for much of the battle to boot leads to an unarmedJJ ’s death at the hand of his own begetter . Additionally , now that Sarah is pregnant with her first fry , John B is more on border than ever . While finishing the Book of Job of get hold the Blue Crown is imperative to the Pogues , John B now finds himself care about their poor preparation , peculiarly when Sarah becomes wispy with thirst after not eating for several day on the ocean .

1"What We Didn’t Know At The Time Was That Nothing Ever Stands Still."

Said In Season 4, Episode 1

In John B ’s give narration forOuter Banksseason 4 , episode 1 , he explains that the chemical group was inclined to go away their treasure - hunting era behind in favor of a simple liveliness at menage in North Carolina . After finding El Dorado , the group successfully makes it home with their massive loot of Au , which they use to purchase JJ ’s childhood dwelling and progress their own breakers shop business and herb garden . At the same time , both Sarah and John B are mourning the loss of their fathers , and receive the stability of their chosen kinsperson and possess a local business .

Outer Banksseason 5 will see the Pogues follow Chandler Groff to Portugal for revenge after he killed JJ . However , John B ’s story remains a key mystery story , and possibility point to the fact that the show ’s much - anticipate finale will reveal a much older and wiser version of the character ruminate on his past escapades .

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Outer Banks espouse a chemical group of stripling in the Outer Banks of North Carolina as they expose a fabled hoarded wealth linked to the mysterious fade of the group ’s leader ’s father , top to a serial of unsafe and thrilling adventures .

John B and JJ on the side of a hotel building in Outer Banks season 1

John B and Big John in Outer Banks season 3

Sarah and John B Shopping in Charleston in Outer Banks Season 1

John B in hammock

John B season 3

Outer Banks characters sleeping and laying around a couch

The Pogues on a desert beach in an overhead shot in Morocco in Outer Banks season 4

The Pogues all look annoyed at an outdoor auction for the Maybank property in Outer Banks season 4

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