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Outer Banks on Netflix had two mysteries at his heart: where the treasure that the cast are looking for is located, and what happened to the father of John B. (played by Chase Stokes) after he went missing at sea. Both of these mysteries are answered in the Outer Banks season finale in a dramatic episode that sees John B. and Sarah (Madelyn Cline) going on the run after the former is falsely accused of murder.
What happened at the end of Outer Banks?
Outer Banks Episode 10, titled "The Phantom," ends with John. B and Sarah on a boat on their way to Nassau in the Bahamas—the same place that the treasure has been sent by Ward Cameron (Charles Esten).
This seems to set up a Season 2 where the cast go way beyond the Outer Banks as we follow them on to the Caribbean to track down the gold and get justice for John B.'s father.
How they end up on a ship on the way to a new island is due to the events of the final episodes of Outer Banks Season 1. To prevent John B. being put into foster care after social services realise that he is an orphan, Ward Cameron offers to become his legal guardian.
However, it turns out that he has a sinister ulterior motive in doing this. He and John B. go on a fishing trip together, where Ward offers to help him to get the gold. When John B. says no, he is attacked but he is able to defend himself and escape.
Viewers of the Netflix series then learned that John B. is not the first member of his family to have been attacked by Ward. Originally, John B.'s father and Ward had meant to get the treasure together. However, when they disagreed over who should get the bigger share, they fought. John B.'s dad ended up in the water, and Ward left him for dead.
This means one of two things for Season 2 of Outer Banks. Either John B.'s father is dead, which means that Ward is guilty of manslaughter and will have to face John B., or he is alive, which means that John B. and Sarah are likely to find him in the Bahamas.
After John B. escapes Ward, the latter finds the treasure and sends it on a private plane to the Bahamas. John B. then tries to stop him by parking a van on the runway. Sheriff Peterkin (Adina Porter) turns up, and we think she is there to arrest John B., but she is actually there to apprehend Ward. However, she dies at the hands of Ward's son and Sarah's brother Rafe (Drew Starkey)—though Ward manages to frame John B. who goes on the run.
He and John B. get on a speedboat and escape from the police, only to get flung overboard in a tropical storm. Everyone in the Outer Banks presumes they have died, but they wake up on a boat on the way to Nassau.
Though the Netflix series does not say this, this could be a hint that John B.'s father is still alive–after all, he too went overboard and is presumed by everyone in Outer Banks to be dead.
Currently, Outer Banks has not been commissioned for Season 2 by Netflix, so it remains to be seen whether John B. and co will return.
Outer Banks is streaming now on Netflix.
