By Dax Benway, Senior Reporter
Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for those who have not watched “Outer Banks” seasons one through three.
“Outer Banks” is one of the most popular television shows on Netflix. Airing in 2020 during the pandemic, Netflix did not realize how popular this show was actually going to be. Reaching the top of the charts in views for season one, the crew got back together and put out a second season pretty quickly, releasing it on July 30, 2021.
Season two saw similar success to season one, becoming the top Netflix series again.
Netflix had to respond after seeing how popular the first two seasons were, so after a year and half, it released season three, but did not see the same results.
“Outer Banks” is a show about a boy named John B. Routledge and his friends known as “the Pogues” that try to find different pieces of lost treasure around their home island called Kildare Island, located right off the coast of North Carolina.
They decided to go a completely different direction for season three, with Ward Cameron not being able to live in the Outer Banks anymore after faking his death. He moves away to Barbados.
So, the whole story line is based in Barbados and Kildare Island.
Another way season three is different from the first two, and a big reason it did not have the same success as the first two seasons, is the villain.
It has always been a clash between the Pogues and the Cameron family. Season three was not like that at all.
They introduced a new villain named Carlos Singh, which was a big disappointment.
They also had Ward Cameron try to be a good guy, which didn’t sit right with viewers as he was the most hated character for the first two seasons.
Singh was all talk and never really did anything to the main characters, just innocent people.
He was the person to introduce the treasure of the season, and his biggest rival ended up being John B.’s father.
This was a big shock because John B.’s dad was announced dead at the beginning of season one, having been killed by Ward Cameron.
John B. and Sarah deal with relationship issues the whole season, leading to Sarah cheating on John B. with Topper which made a lot of viewers upset.
Big John and John B. team up to look for the treasure alone, leaving the Pogues out of the picture. John B. would eventually find the treasure, but it would cost him dearly.
Season three was a big letdown in the eyes of Outer Banks fans.
For how long everybody waited for the season to be as bad as it was, it was tough and will probably leave a lot of people questioning if they will watch season four.