‘Outer Banks’ kills off major character in Season 4 finale and viewers are outraged: ‘Throw it away’

Warning: Spoilers below.

“Outer Banks” killed disconnected 1 of its astir beloved characters during nan Season 4 finale.

JJ Maybank (Rudy Pankow) was murdered by his biologic father, Chandler Groff (J. Anthony Crane).

Groff went aft JJ and Kiara (Madison Bailey) to get nan Blue Crown. He held a weapon to Kiara’s cervix and JJ handed nan Blue Crown complete to prevention Kiara.

However, Groff stabbed JJ who died successful Kiara’s arms.

“I already sewage my wish. Everything I wanted,” JJ told Kiara successful his last breaths.

“Take attraction of nan others. I emotion you, Kie,” he added.

An affectional montage past played of JJ’s moments pinch nan different Pogues pinch a narration by John B (Chase Stokes).

After JJ’s death, Kiara reunited pinch nan remainder of nan Pogues arsenic they decided to spell aft Groff and activity “revenge” for JJ.

Pankow, 26, played JJ since nan Netflix show’s premiere successful 2020. The bid was renewed for a 5th and last season earlier nan last episodes of Season 4 dropped connected Thursday.

Fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to definitive their devastation complete fan-favorite JJ’s death.

“You are telling maine that nan characteristic who went done nan astir trauma and yet deserved a happy ending sewage murdered. Throw it away!” 1 personification tweeted.

“There is nary #OuterBanks without JJ Maybank,” personification other said.

“‘I emotion you’ arsenic past segment for a decease trope is purely evil,” different instrumentality wrote. “jj maybank travel backmost it can’t extremity for illustration this.”

A different angry tweet read, “there is nary outer banks without jj. location is nary pogues without 1 of nan members, location is nary s5 without jj. a immense book spread and each this because nan actors person individual problems betwixt them. professionalism sent greetings.”

“I’m still shocked by JJ’s death,” different spectator confessed. “I didn’t expect that personification from nan Pogues will beryllium killed earlier nan bid ending. It was a bold move. His past segment pinch Kiara destroyed me.”

“Taking everyone’s favourite characteristic away? Who’s determination was this? Horrible ending, it decidedly won’t beryllium nan aforesaid without JJ,” 1 different instrumentality wrote.

Pankaw addressed his character’s decease successful an question and reply pinch Netflix aft nan finale.

“For JJ, he has to judge each infinitesimal successful his life, if it’s worthy it [to return nan risk], and I deliberation it’s constantly, yeah, it is for him,” nan character said. “Even passim nan symptom and nan suffering and nan struggles for JJ, it’s worthy it for him to spell to that length. He lives his life to nan utmost fullest, and I don’t deliberation he regrets immoderate portion of it.”

The show’s creators, brothers Josh and Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke, revealed that they ever planned to termination JJ.

“It was a really difficult determination because he’s specified a awesome portion of nan ensemble,” said Josh. “It sets nan shape for an epic 5th and last season. We’re readying a communicative of redemption, and a play that embodies nan relationship that JJ had travel to represent. JJ’s decease was a difficult but basal portion of nan architecture for nan story, and we scheme connected honoring that arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin because we emotion nan characteristic arsenic overmuch arsenic nan fans do. And Rudy’s a awesome friend of ours.”

The Season 4 finale besides revealed that Sarah (Madelyn Cline) is pregnant pinch John B’s baby.

Sarah learned she’s expecting aft taking 2 gestation tests successful a drugstore bathroom. She later told John B, who was blatantly shocked but excited astir nan news.

“We’re gonna fig this out. Because we ever do,” he told her.

Stokes, 32, and Cline, 26, dated successful existent life for little than 2 years until October 2021. Stokes is now making love state vocalist Kelsea Ballerini.

“Outer Banks” follows a group of friends searching for mislaid wealth successful North Carolina. The formed includes Stokes, Cline, Pankow, Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Drew Starkey, and Carlacia Grant.

Netflix announced this week that nan show will extremity pinch Season 5.

“With a small sadness, but besides excitement, we’re putting Season Four down us, and are turning to Season Five, successful which we dream to bring our beloved Pogues location successful nan measurement we imagined and planned years ago,” nan creators said successful a statement.

“Season Five will beryllium our past season, and we deliberation it will beryllium our champion yet,” they added.

“Outer Banks” is streaming connected Netflix.