Outer Banks Season 4: Cast, Story, Trailer & Everything We Know (2024)

Netflix’s hit series Outer Banks will be back for season 4, with Outer Banks season 4 news coming down the pipeline fast. The young adult drama centers on a group of working-class teens, the Pogues, whose lives in North Carolina’s Outer Banks are changed forever when they discover clues that may lead them to a fortune in hidden treasure. The show has become one of the best teen series on Netflix, balancing its high stakes and commentary on wealth inequality with its sense of adventure and the endearing bond between its central protagonists. Everything confirmed about season 4 indicates that this balance will remain at the heart of the show.

Interviews, announcements, and the information found in the season 3 finale combine to form a more complete picture alongside Outer Banks season 4 news. The new season takes place 18 months after the events of season 3 and is described by co-creator Josh Pate as something of a fresh start. He says, “We think about the first three [seasons] as a trilogy, and then we’re starting over on [another sort of] trilogy now" (via TUDUM). Season 4 still needs to resolve some lingering mysteries, and viewers have some Outer Banks theories after season 3, but the cast and tone that made it a hit are returning to deliver answers.

Outer Banks Season 4 Latest News

Filming Wraps On Season 4

Not long after Neflix teased the release window for the next season, the latest news confirms that Outer Banks season 4 has wrapped filming. The update was revealed on Netflix's official X account in the form of a video showing all the Pogues celebrating the conclusion of season 4's production. Though the video doesn't reveal an exact release date, the June 2024 filming wrap suggests that the show really will be returning before the end of 2024.

Outer Banks Season 4 Is Confirmed

Netflix Quickly Renewed The Show

The announcement that Outer Banks season 4 was confirmed came much earlier than expected. While celebrating the imminent release of Outer Banks season 3 in “Poguelandia," Chase Stokes announced onstage that Outer Banks season 4 had been renewed before season 3 premiered. Such an early renewal shows substantial faith in the series on Netflix’s part, but the viewing numbers for season 3 certainly justified their gamble.

Outer Banks Season 4 Production Status

The Pogues Return In 2024

Though an exact release date is still elusive, Netflix has confirmed that Outer Banks season 4 will premiere before the end of 2024. Following a strike-affected 2023, the confident release window suggests Netflix's popular teen drama is back on track, and the announcement that filming wrapped in June 2024 is further evidence. With filming wrapping at the halfway point of the year, it's highly likely that Outer Banks won't be back until the fall at the earliest.

Outer Banks Season 4 Cast

Expect The Entire Ensemble To Return

The TUDUM teaser trailer for Outer Banks confirmed that all six of the “Pogues” will be returning to the Outer Banks season 4 cast. The trailer playfully shows each central character in sequence, starting with Sarah (Madelyn Cline), followed by Cleo (Carlacia Grant), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), Kiara (Madison Bailey), JJ (Rudy Pankow), and John B (Chase Stokes). They won't be the only cast members in the upcoming episodes, but the main crew's return confirms that the same charm from previous seasons will continue in season 4.

The presumptive cast of Outer Banks season 4 will include:

Actor	Outer Banks Role
Madelyn Cline	Sarah
Carlacia Grant	Cleo
Jonathan Daviss	Pope
Madison Bailey	Kiara
Rudy Pankow	JJ
Chase Stokes	John B
Drew Starkey	Rafe
Austin North	Topper Thornton

Outer Banks Season 4 Story Details

The Pogues Hunt For Blackbeard's Treasure

There isn't any Outer Banks season 4 news regarding the plot, but interviews with the creators and speculation based on the events of season 3 can give a strong impression of what's coming. The biggest clues for what to expect in season 4 come from the season 3 finale epilogue, set 18 months later. The closing moments of season 3’s final episode saw a man approaching the Pogues with a promising proposition. He has a captain's log from 1718 that contains information about the pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard. By all indications, Outer Banks season 4 will see the Pogues on the hunt for the famed pirate’s treasure.

The Outer Banks season 3 epilogue also saw the main characters busy with their own pursuits. John B and Sarah are running a surf shop, Pope is at school, Kiara is saving turtles, and JJ bought a charter boat. The Outer Banks season 4 story will flesh out these developments and feature flashbacks to fill in the gaps from the last 18 months, as showrunners Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke confirmed. When asked whether Outer Banks season 4 will be the show’s last, the showrunners revealed (via EW) that they are no longer adhering to their initial plan of having the series run for only four or five seasons.

Outer Banks Season 4 Teaser

The First Look At What's To Come

Presented at Netflix's TUDUM event, the Outer Banks season 4 trailer shows the Pogues in their natural habitat on Kildare Island in front of their reliable van, the Twinkie. The trailer doesn’t reveal much, but its playful tone and summery music are a good indication that in Outer Banks season 4, the series' usual sense of fun is still intact, as is the connection between the group.

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Outer Banks is a coming-of-age adventure-mystery story that follows a tight-knit group of local teens (the “Pogues”) in the Outer Banks of North Carolina beach vacation destination. When the group's leader's father goes missing, he enlists the help of his friends to find him. However, the stakes are raised when the Pogues discover the disappearance may be linked to a legendary treasure.

Cast

Jonathan Daviss , Charles Esten , Madison Bailey , Austin North , Madelyn Cline , Rudy Pankow , Chase Stokes , Drew Starkey

Release Date

April 15, 2020

Seasons

3

Streaming Service(s)

Netflix

Writers

Josh Pate

Directors

Jonas Pate

Showrunner

Jonas Pate