Outer Banks

Warning : control SPOILERS for Outer Banks , season 4 , part 1

Outer Banksseason 4 , part one left viewers on a crazy cliffhanger – that one of the beloved Pogues , JJ Maybank ( Rudy Pankow ) is not who he think he was . JJ is revealed to be the son of a flush Kook couple , Chandler Groff and Larissa Genrette . In Netflix ’s raw preview of the upcoming part two of the currentOuter Banksseason , further insight intoJJ ’s rearing is unveil , including an explanation as to why he was adopted by Luke Maybank ( Gary Weeks ) .

JJ ’s first and center name were yet to be let out throughout the show , but a newspaper clipping this season has last revealed the truth . JJ stands for John Jackson , and Luke Maybank opted to nickname him to conceal his identity . When Larissa drown in a boating accident and her son is believe to have die with her , Chandler asks Luke , a maintenance worker on their dimension and a supporter of Larissa ’s , to adopt JJ and raise him as his own , hoping to evade the syndicate bane . This traditional knowledge is only to be expanded inOuter Banksseason 4 part two .

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Outer Banks Season 4 Confirms JJ’s Real Name Is John Jackson

His Nickname Was Natural Given John B Is His Best Friend

When the gang is approach by the wealthy Wes Genrette(David Jensen ) , they find themselves mixed up in the race to find Blackbeard ’s treasure . Wes offers the Pogues $ 50,000 to ascertain Blackbeard ’s hoarded wealth , which includes an talisman that he believes will pause a family curse after his ascendent vote down the late pirate and his married woman Elizabeth Teach . Elizabeth was never buried with her precious amulet , and Wes think that this is the root of a nemesis . menage extremity report being haunt by Elizabeth ’s wraith prior to their untimely deaths , Larissa admit .

Netflix has renewed its popular YA teen drama Outer Banks for a season 5 , which has been confirmed to also be the conclusion to the show .

In a brief shot , Chandler shows the group a paper clipping cover his wife ’s passing years sooner . In the paper , her son is listed asJohn Jackson Groff . Luke Maybank take in JJ after Larissa ’s death , as Chandler worried that masses would surmise foul play if it was discovered that he was not on the boat . Luke nicknamed him JJ to protect his substantial identity operator , and the byname follow naturally as his best friend , John Booker Routledge ( Chase Stokes ) , is also nominate John . Hence , both have nicknames to mark each other , but also in lodge to protect JJ ’s real backstory .

JJ in the back of the twinkie in Outer Banks

Outer Banks' Creators Agreed That One Of The ‘J’s Stands For Jackson

The Show’s Creators Knew His Name From The Start

The creator ofOuter Bankscontinue to ground much of the show ’s details on veridical diachronic figuresand the local lore of the Carolinas . Many of the show ’s principal character have last names that have appeared in the North and South Carolina nose count for centuries ( viaNCPedia ) . When developing JJ ’s character , the creators wanted one of the J ’s to tolerate for John , as a ruddy herring that would explain his nickname but not initially explicate why his real name was obliterate for so long . Rudy Pankow once predicted , " That ’s why it ’s John B and JJ . For John Jackson . "

serial Almighty Josh Pate , Jonas Pate , and Shannon Burke had antecedently agree upon the characters ' middle name . Burke recount , " We had a conversation about this , and I actually ca n’t remember what we enunciate . Jackson was one of the Js(viaNetflix ) . " While his first name is John , the first eight - minute preview ofOuter Banksseason 4 part two reveals that his parent intended to call him Jackson throughout his lifespan . This have the byname Luke gave him even more relevant to concealing his indistinguishability .

Luke Calling Him JJ Instead Of Jackson Helped Hide His Identity Throughout His Childhood

While Luke Had His Own Issues, He Successfully Protected JJ From Family Melodrama

In the flashback , it is confirm thatLuke Maybank has always been a working - course resident physician of the Outer Banks , making him decidedly Pogue . He is ab initio a humble but successful mechanic and maintenance actor on the Genrette attribute , and a admirer to a lonely Larissa , who had difficultness adjusting to marriage and maternity . As TV audience sleep together , Luke subsequently sputter with alcoholism , and becomes physically and verbally scurrilous to JJ .

watch the backstory of Luke ’s character , it is clean-cut that Luke nicknamed JJ and keep him interested in the working - class Pogue trades , in part to protect him from the Genrette family curse , and potentially a obscure secret with his birth father , Chandler . While looker will have to tune up in toOuter Banksseason 4 part two for more answers , it is likely that the Genrette crime syndicate drama had a deeply negative force on Luke ’s life , and could have resulted in his previous ill-treatment of JJ .

Sources : NCPedia , Netflix

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

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.

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Outer Banks follows a group of teenagers in the Outer Banks of North Carolina as they uncover a legendary treasure linked to the inscrutable fade of the radical ’s leader ’s father , leading to a serial of severe and thrilling escapade .

JJ looking at portrait of Larissa Genrette in Outer Banks season 4

Luke and JJ Maybank speak at the lighthouse in Outer Banks season 4

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