The treasure hunt is far from over.
The Pogues are returning for more action and adventure with a fourth season of Outer Banks in fall 2024. And here to welcome you to The Cut’s own Kildare County surf shop are the Pogues themselves — John B (Chase Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), JJ (Rudy Pankow), Kiara (Madison Bailey), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), and Cleo (Carlacia Grant).
Check out the commercial above (written and directed by Daviss!) for the one-stop shop for all your island essentials built by Pogues for Pogues (and some Kooks!), on the old Maybank property. Want to schedule a scuba and surf tour with JJ or a custom surfboard design session with Kie? The surf shop is coming to the OBX this fall!
While one chapter of the Pogues’ story has closed, the next phase of #P4L has only just begun, and the hunt for Blackbeard’s gold is on the horizon. Here’s everything we know so far about the upcoming fourth season.
All right, guys.
Has Outer Banks Season 4 production wrapped?
Yes. The Pogues have kicked off their flip-flops (and hopped in the shower) because Season 4 filming has officially finished. “It has been a crazy, crazy journey,” says Stokes. “But it’s done.” And now that they’re “wrapski,” the Pogues are game to get in on the post production. Check out the video above to see Grant try her hand at ocean sound effects and Daviss jump on the computer to edit. Jokes aside, they’re all “so stoked” to bring Season 4 to the fans. Now we just have to count down the days of post production (hopefully minus any Pogue input), and we’ll be back on Kildare Island before we know it.
When did Outer Banks Season 4 start filming?
The gang was back on Kildare Island — with the Twinkie — from June 2023. Watch the cast say “#P4L” from set in the clip at the top of this article, which Stokes premiered live at Tudum: A Global Fan Event in 2023. Check out behind-the-scenes photos of them on set.
How did the Outer Banks cast announce Season 4?
At none other than Poguelandia, of course! In February 2023, Poguelandia took over Huntington Beach, California, with an immersive fan event, re-creating the Pogues’ island paradise. All the Pogues took to the stage with a couple of the kookiest Kooks — Drew Starkey and Austin North — at Poguelandia to drop the news that Season 4 is on the way … all before Season 3 had even arrived.
Sitting on the edge of the stage, Stokes told the crowd that they were the first to know that “Outer Banks has been renewed for a fourth season!” He took a moment to thank the fans for sticking with John B, the Pogues, and even the Kooks for three and a half years. “This is an incredible moment for all of us,” he said. “To our cast and crew, thank you so much for all of your hard work.”
What is Outer Banks Season 4 about?
Last we saw of the Pogues in the Season 3 finale,18 months had passed since they found the gold in El Dorado. They were still grappling with the deaths of both Ward (Charles Esten) and Big John (Charles Halford), but were actually taking a moment to process their hard-won victory. After all, “they couldn’t completely lose the third season,” co-creator Shannon Burke previously told Tudum. Co-creator Josh Pate added, “We knew we needed to give them a win, but it ended up being a complicated one. We wanted the audience to feel that they had accomplished something and that it wasn’t all for nothing.”
With the stakes higher than ever in Season 3, the creative minds behind Outer Banks, executive producers and creators Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Burke, told Tudum they hoped fans would really feel the strength of the Pogues’ friendship in Season 3. “There’s all this action and adventure, but it’s really about the bond between the friends,” Burke said. But most importantly, Josh Pate wanted all the wannabe Pogues watching at home to feel “the sense that there’s more coming.”
Who’s in the cast of Outer Banks Season 4?
What would OBX be without the Pogues coming back for their next adventure? Returning series regulars are Stokes as John B, Cline as Sarah, Bailey as Kiara, Daviss as Pope, Pankow as JJ, Grant as Cleo, North as Topper, and Starkey as Rafe. In addition, Fiona Palomo will return as Sofia and has been upped to series regular.
But wait, there’s more! Here are all the new (tanned) faces you can expect to meet in Outer Banks Season 4:
J. Anthony Crane (Dead Ringers, Billions) plays Chandler Groff. Darkly grief-stricken over the loss of his wife, he is welcoming to the Pogues on their latest adventure.
Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Double Blind) plays Dalia, a revolutionary-like leader and worldly baddie on a plunder who comes face-to-face with the Pogues.
Brianna Brown (Dynasty, Eastsiders) plays Hollis Robinson. The biggest realtor on the island who previously worked with Ward in a successful business deal, she now has her eye on Rafe for a new venture.
Rigo Sanchez (Animal Kingdom, Station 19) plays Lightner, an imposing stranger with a piratical nerve. This dangerous and calculating outdoorsman appears to test the Pogues.
Mia Challis (FBI: International, Clickbait) plays Ruthie, a wild child with a toxic streak who develops a close relationship with Topper.
Come on, you got the voice.
Carlacia Grant and Madison Bailey on the ‘Outer Banks’ Scene They Thought Was ‘Cursed’Somehow, it ended up being “the most fun scene to film.”
When’s the Outer Banks Season 4 release date?
The Pogues will wash back up on shore in fall 2024. In the meantime, relive the past three seasons of Outer Banks now on Netflix — and keep coming back to Tudum to learn when the Pogues’ new adventure begins this year.
And remember … P4L.
