'OBX' season 3 is formally taking place! From the primary teaser to when season 3 might be launched, this is every little thing we all know to this point.
Occasion it up, Pogues! Outer Banks is coming again for a 3rd season. The first season 3 teaser was launched on September 24 throughout Netflix’s TUDUM occasion. The footage confirmed John B and the remainder of the Pogues dwelling it up on the abandoned island they’ve dubbed Poguelandia. Regardless of their little paradise, the Pogues will face hazard from Ward, Rafe, and extra in season 3.
The Netflix sequence turned THE present of 2020 after its epic debut on April 15, 2020. The quarantine hit proved it wasn’t only a one-hit-wonder when the present returned for season 2 in July 2021. From the forged’s celebratory video to launch date information, HollywoodLife has all the newest updates about Outer Banks season 3. Buckle up, it’s going to be fairly the trip, particularly after that game-changing twist that John B’s dad continues to be alive!
Outer Banks Season 3 Launch Date
Netflix hasn’t revealed a selected launch date but, however the streaming service did specify when it can launch within the first teaser. Outer Banks will premiere in 2023. On condition that filming has already wrapped, season 3 might debut in early 2023.
The Present So Far
Outer Banks takes place in, you guessed it, the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The present follows John B and his group of associates, a.ok.a. the Pogues, who find yourself on the treasure hunt of their lives after they go on a seek for John B’s lacking father. The Pogues find yourself discovering $400 million price of gold. Alongside the best way, John B falls in love with Sarah Cameron, the daughter of the very rich and really highly effective Ward Cameron.
Season 1 ended with the Pogues, Ward, Rafe, Topper, and extra pondering John B and Sarah perished in a tropical storm. John B had been on the run after being framed for killing Sheriff Peterkin. Rafe was the one to kill Peterkin, and Ward helped cowl up his son’s crime. John B and Sarah’s boat did crash within the storm, however they survived and had been picked up on a ship sure for the Bahamas.
Season 2 discovered John B and Sarah nonetheless on the run after they reached the Bahamas. Sarah almost misplaced her life after being shot by Rafe. John B and Sarah ultimately reunited with the opposite Pogues, and the hunt for the gold continued. Pope actually took heart stage within the second season as he realized that he's associated to Denmark Tanney, the one individual to outlive The Royal Service provider shipwreck. The Pogues met Carla Limbrey, a Charleston socialite dead-set on getting her arms on the Cross of Santo Domingo’s therapeutic shroud, which was on The Royal Service provider.
When it seemed like Ward and Rafe would lastly must pay for his or her crimes, Ward blew himself up on his boat. Effectively, it appeared he did. Ward really faked his demise. The Pogues ended up on a ship taking Ward and his household overseas. John B had an intense confrontation with Ward that left Ward gravely injured.
The Pogues, together with Cleo, left behind the Cross of Santo Domingo with Rafe and escaped on a lifeboat. They ended up on a abandoned island close by they declared “Poguelandia.” The ultimate moments of season 2 featured Carla Limbrey in Barbados to fulfill up with none aside from… John B’s dad!
Except for the treasure hunt information, Pope and Kiara obtained collectively in season 1 and break up mutually within the second season. Within the season 2 finale, JJ was knocked overboard throughout a battle, and Kiara jumped in to avoid wasting him. After this near-death expertise, issues appeared to essentially shift for Kiara and JJ. Additionally they talked about happening a surf journey collectively.
Earlier within the season, JJ determined to assist out his father one final time, although his dad didn’t deserve it. He helped his dad get out of city earlier than he might get despatched again to jail.
John B and Sarah obtained married whereas within the Bahamas, however their relationship took a flip after Ward’s obvious demise. Whereas Sarah was devastated by the explosion, John B seemed happy to see Ward die. Fortunately, these two reconciled by the tip of the season.
Outer Banks Season 3
Netflix confirmed Outer Banks will return for season 3 on December 7, 2021. The forged got here collectively for an epic announcement video when the third season was formally revealed.
The present’s second season launched on July 30, 2021, and shortly rose to the highest of Netflix’s most-watched rankings. The teenager drama was the most-viewed present on Nielsen’s listing, with 1,160 million views from August 9 by means of August 15, based on IndieWire.
Filming obtained underway in February 2022 and wrapped in September 2022. The forged filmed the season in Barbados and the Charleston, South Carolina, space.
Netflix posted a photograph of the forged when manufacturing kicked off in February 2022. “Wouldn’t wanna be stranded with anybody else. OBX3 is now in manufacturing,” the caption learn.
Outer Banks Season 3 Solid
Outer Banks season 3 will star the core Pogues: Chase Stokes as John B, Madelyn Cline as Sarah, Madison Bailey as Kiara, Jonathan Daviss as Pope, and Rudy Pankow as JJ. Cleo, the most recent Pogue performed by Carlacia Grant, has been upped to a sequence common for season 3.
Rafe was nonetheless serving up bother on the finish of season 2, and breakout star Drew Starkey is again as a sequence common as effectively. Charles Esten and Austin North, a.ok.a. Ward and Topper, will return as sequence regulars, too.
Season 2 ended with a significant cliffhanger: Large John is alive. Charles Halford and Elizabeth Mitchell’s Carla Limbrey have unfinished enterprise and a 3rd season would offer them with ample time to care for all of it. The official season 3 announcement didn’t specify if Halford and Mitchell will return.
Season 3 Theories
There are many theories followers have give you that may very well be explored in season 3. Some of the common theories to come back out of season 2 is that the therapeutic shroud Carla Limbrey is on the lookout for is hiding in plain sight. The shroud is definitely the bandana that John B wears round his neck, based on one Reddit principle.
“Keep in mind when John B obtained bitten by a crocodile and tied his necktie round his leg. I've a sense that the necktie was a part of the shroud as a result of if the legend is true, his leg actually did get healed as a result of after some time he was wonderful to run, stroll and even bounce over partitions,” the idea learn.
One other main principle is Carla Limbrey’s doable familial connection to one of many forged members. TikTok person zbennettt posted a principle saying Carla is really John B’s mother. Nonetheless, the proof isn’t actually there. However Carla may very well be a relative of John B’s and probably his aunt. As HollywoodLife wrote again in August, John B’s mother could have been Carla’s sister.
This isn’t a principle, however extra of a word followers have made whereas watching (and rewatching) the sequence. Some followers, particularly on TikTok, have seen the clear chemistry between Kiara and Rafe. JJ had a visceral response in season 1 when Rafe mentioned, “Inform Kiara she seems to be fairly sizzling for a Pogue.” There was additionally that second on the film screening within the first season. Might one thing have occurred between them up to now? Time will inform!
What Will Season 3 Be About?
The Outer Banks EPs have laid the groundwork for future seasons already, and there are ample storylines to discover. Jonas Pate instructed TVLine in July 2021 that the Outer Banks EPs don’t have a “grasp plan” for season 3 simply but. Josh Pate additionally defined precisely what Large John’s return means for the present.
“The treasure-hunt facet of the present is one thing that we see as vital and integral to the present,” Josh mentioned. “And bringing him again, we realized perhaps there was a method to [combine] these totally different treasures that they’re going after into a bigger mythology.” He added, “We thought that Large John’s return can be a approach we might excavate a few of that.”
For all of the Jiara shippers on the market, season 3 will doubtless be the season of JJ and Kiara. “Teen romance and teenage cleaning soap are a giant a part of the present,” Josh instructed Leisure Weekly. “We wished to discover the Ki-Pope relationship however clearly, we’re conscious of how the followers really feel about JJ and Ki. We wished to tease that for the third season. We didn’t wish to do it instantly, however we positively wish to do it simply because that took us without warning, just like the viewers’s response to JJ and Kiara and rooting for that romance. So we had been instantly open to it as a result of it looks like an fascinating concept to discover however we type of left it for season 3.”
Chase Stokes instructed HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY in April 2022 that season 3 might be “much more of a wild trip” than the earlier 2 seasons. “These characters have been put by means of insane circumstances within the final 20 episodes, so I can say it’s simply going to proceed on that development. A variety of epiphanies, plenty of development for all of those children. They’re type of compelled to, particularly with the place it was left off being caught on a abandoned island. It’s gonna be a enjoyable one, that’s for positive!”
With Large John again within the image, that would present some main father-son drama in season 3. “It was his option to exit and go away his son, and what does that appear to be? What does it appear to be when a child comes face-to-face with a father or mother who’s left and selected to place him in these circumstances and has no concept what has occurred within the meantime?” Chase instructed TVLine.
Carlacia Grant revealed to HollywoodLife that many questions that followers have might be “defined” in season 3. “I really feel like with season 3, we’re actually tying in these two seasons and every little thing that has been teased. It’s actually bringing every little thing collectively,” she added.
Elizabeth Mitchell would like to see Carla Limbrey make a return in season 3. “I'd like to do it once more. I imply, there’s one thing enjoyable about becoming a member of a longtime present the place everyone has already made it wonderful as a result of which means you get to come back in and play. I'd love to hitch them anytime,” she instructed HollywoodLife.
She additionally weighed in on these shroud theories. “Wouldn’t that be utterly wonderful? It might make sense. I've to say the Pogues are extraordinarily gifted with the best way they stroll by means of life. Possibly they’ve been strolling round with the shroud all alongside,” Elizabeth mentioned in our interview.
The showrunners positively wish to dive into extra romance in season 3, much like the primary season. “That was one factor we actually cherished about season 1 that’s much less of a component of season 2 that we actually wish to get again to,” Josh instructed EW. “That was the plan, type of architecting the characters in direction of opening up some romances in season 3.” Shannon Burke added, “Usually, we had been mainly shot out of a canon in season 2. And we wish to have a bit extra room for like our teen drama and teenage romances in season 3, simply as a basic precept.”