The Pogues are out for revenge in Outer Banks final season first look

Jason Sargent Friday, June 19, 2026

The Netflix hit says goodbye on Aug. 20.

The Pogues are out for revenge in Outer Banks final season first look

The Netflix hit says goodbye on Aug. 20.

By Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence is a former associate editor at **. He left EW in 2022.

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June 18, 2026 12:15 p.m. ET

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The 'Outer Banks' cast

The 'Outer Banks' cast. Credit:

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- Netflix has released the first look photos and trailer for the final season of *Outer Banks*.

- The fifth season finds the Pogues dealing with the death of one of their own.

- The hit series returns on Aug. 20.

The Pogues aren't saying goodbye until they get revenge.

On Thursday, Netflix released the first look at the fifth and final season of the smash hit *Outer Banks*. In the debut trailer, the crew is still reeling from the devastating loss of JJ (Rudy Pankow), who was killed by his evil father, Chandler Groff (J. Anthony Crane).

"Let's go get this son of a b----," John B (Chase Stokes) declares in the new footage.

"This is going to be the main story for the rest of season 5 — it’s going to be the emotional spine," showrunner Shannon Burke previously told ** of the effect of JJ's death. "It’s not something you get over in a day or an episode. It’s something that is going to affect them and it’s going to be the emotional center of the rest of the series. Mourning is just a tiny piece of it, but they all will be dealing with this gap in their friendship and how it affects them."

Here's the official logline for the final installment: "Season 5 finds the Pogues at their absolute breaking point following the tragic loss of JJ in Morocco. Stranded far from home and mourning the heart of their crew, they’ve lost the Blue Crown and continue to face a gauntlet of familiar threats. With Chandler Groff still at large, Dalia and the Corsairs closing in, and the Kooks ensuring the Pogues have no home to return to, John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, and Cleo must rely on their scrappy instincts—and an uneasy alliance with Rafe—to keep from falling apart for good."

"Their mission is now a desperate race to reclaim their future and finally win the freedom they’ve been chasing since the beginning," the description continues. "It’s the Pogues against the world as they seek to avenge their best friend and bring it on home…one final time. "

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