Outer Banks season 4 half 2 episode 6 “The City Council” plowed ahead via Luke’s revelation that he was in JJ’s bio dad in “Albatross.” They didn’t do a time bounce. The Outer Banks writers stored the present grounded and continued with this intense scene that blew up JJ’s life. All the things that follows on this episode is a transparent indicator that it’s now time for the Pogues to assist JJ. As a result of he’s going via one thing not like something any of them have skilled.
By the top of season 4, I can’t assist however hope that JJ goes to be the richest b*tch on the island, with a 300-year-old piece of land again in his title, and finally redefining what it means to be a Pogue on an island that’s severely divided by the place you grew up and the way a lot cash you may have. And for JJ, he’s received that Pogue upbringing however (hopefully) tremendous Kook cash. He’s not like anybody on this island and he’s going to alter it for the higher. We’ve simply received some ugly issues to get via first.
Let’s Get the Trash Out of the Manner First
I discovered myself disenchanted in Outer Banks as a present in season 4 half 2 episode 6. Let me clarify.
A variety of it needed to do with the folks of The Minimize as soon as extra making an attempt to destroy the Pogue lifestyle. It’s a bit repetitive however true to our very personal actuality. The wealthy get richer, and the poor get poorer. However an enormous chunk of my disappointment with the present has to do with the present’s dealing with of Luke. I perceive that our mother and father are people. Nevertheless it felt like Outer Banks was making an attempt to redeem Luke with these flashbacks of him and JJ’s mom. They confirmed a Luke that was candy, understanding and knew the best way to settle down a child model of JJ. We even received to see Luke caring for a toddler JJ and educating him the best way to fish. And I’m disenchanted in Netflix and the writers for this present for giving us that whereas we clearly keep in mind how he handled JJ.
Part of me will get the flashbacks, particularly after they distinction Luke being a “good man” with him signing that deed that invalidates JJ’s declare on the house that he grew up in. That was a method for the present to inform the viewer that that is who he’s now. A jerk who doesn’t take care of anybody if it means saving himself. However I didn’t want that to do not forget that Luke Mayweather is a foul man and the worst dad or mum.
In season 1, JJ and Pope rightfully sink Topper’s boat. JJ finally ends up taking the blame and Luke picks him up. And I knew that JJ was terrified of his father from the primary time he was introduced up. However I didn’t perceive how a lot of a trash father he was till he beat JJ to a pulp in that entrance seat. It was the only most violent baby abuse scene that I’ve ever seen in my years watching TV. So Luke Mayweather can go to hell and keep there.
I don’t need any flashbacks and I don’t take care of excuses.
Kiara was proper to name out Luke through the city council assembly. As a result of despite the fact that Luke beat JJ, that boy beloved him. That boy helped him escape. And that boy didn’t inform the cops the place Luke was when he discovered that he was again on the Outer Banks. I really feel no disgrace or unhappiness for the harm on Luke’s face when she referred to as him out and when JJ locked eyes with him. That second was the tipping level for JJ the place life received an excessive amount of. All the things that got here afterward was his intrusive ideas taking management but in addition JJ experiencing heartbreak as a result of he lastly accepted that his dad by no means had his again and he by no means will. So he let go and chaos ensued.
JJ Letting His Chaos Out
Having only recently achieved a rewatch of Outer Banks, JJ has all the time been there for others. He took the rap for Pope again in season 1 for the entire Topper boat factor. He ended up owing Barracuda in Season 3 whereas he was making an attempt to assist John B. He’s all the time there for others and he by no means lets folks see that he’s hurting or that he would possibly need assistance. A variety of that’s tied to self-worth. JJ doesn’t really feel like his issues are sufficiently big for different folks to care. He thinks this whereas additionally caring deeply for his Pogue household that he’ll do something for them. In Season 4 Half 2 Episode 6 “The City Council,” we see a transparent shift in Outer Banks the place JJ is the main focus. He’s the one which’s going to want assist. He’s additionally the one with probably the most emotional turmoil.
JJ has all the time been the sort of man who acts first and asks questions later. And on this episode, we received to see that a part of him mixed with absolute rage at how the world simply retains urgent down on him. So he snapped. He began that combat on the city council and received arrested. And his pals got here for him. At each flip, they had been making an attempt to assist him and ensure he received out okay. Alongside the best way, he burned trash cans, broke automobile home windows, messed with {the electrical} system of the island, and broke a bunch of store-front home windows. He let that little chaos gremlin dwelling in his mind unfastened and dressed it in his indignation. And whereas he’s nonetheless actually indignant, I feel there was one thing cathartic that began on the council and took him via their island…
There’s additionally one thing that occurred throughout this entire chaos sequence that I have to admit as a long-time viewer of Outer Banks.
I really like this present, this household, and the adventures they’ve been on. However I’ve all the time felt this disconnect with them. I didn’t actually ship anybody hardcore or suppose that any of them had been sizzling in addition to acknowledging that aesthetically they’re handsome. However watching JJ slowly stand up from these pews, along with his hair all messy, and that darkish look in his eyes as music began enjoying within the background, that was sizzling. It was even hotter when he let his ache remodel into chaos and he began destroying issues.
I don’t actually need to analyze what that claims about me in addition to that it threw me for a loop. And I do know they’re going to be fangirls which might be going to go completely feral for this. And truthfully, JJ deserves it. Rudy Pankow deserves it for the best way that he introduced this story to life in a method that made me really feel new feelings for his character in addition to me supporting his rights and his wrongs.
JJ Trusting Kiara
Generally I neglect that plenty of time has handed between seasons 3 and 4. Inside that point JJ and Kiara have gotten to know one another on a extra intimate stage. They’ve been pals for a really very long time. Household as effectively. However a relationship adjustments when it turns romantic. It’s such as you let that individual see your soul in a method that your loved ones won’t ever perceive. And when JJ got here to Kiara in “The City Council,” I used to be positive that he wasn’t going to inform her the reality about what Luke informed him and the way that Groff dude may be his dad. However JJ stunned me. He informed Kiara the reality and she or he listened; your entire trade jogged my memory that they’re companions on this.
General, JJ telling Kiara this info when he didn’t need to inform all of their pals, goes to indicate you the way a lot JJ has grown. His impulsivity has all the time been this looming factor over his character on Outer Banks. And coming into season 4, it’s turn into abundantly clear that the adjustments that we’re seeing now spotlight the truth that in seasons 1 via 3 we haven’t seen the character growth we’ve needed for him. However we’re dwelling within the now with a brand new perspective. And within the now, JJ has come to a spot the place he is aware of he can belief Kiara with one thing near his coronary heart. One thing that’s tearing him aside. He didn’t run. He stayed and he informed her. And it bodes effectively for JJ and the way he’ll react to the whole lot that’s coming subsequent in Season 4 Half 2.
As a result of sure, JJ did let the chaos gremlin in his thoughts settle for the intrusive ideas JJ has all the time thought of however ignored and mixed it with the fashion he was feeling in the intervening time. And sure, I feel within the palms of different writers, JJ has the proper makings of a villain as a result of issues like this twist characters up into unimaginable monsters. The distinction is that JJ has a household within the Pogues that cares for him and can combat for him. Additionally, he has Kiara. She has all the time seen one of the best in him even when he hasn’t seen it in himself. And I feel that her voice will deliver him again from the brink of the darkness. However I additionally suppose that her religion in him has given him readability that helps him see himself in a kinder method.
JJ can be okay. Nevertheless it’s going to take some time to get there. So put together for a bumpy experience.
Outer Banks season 4 is now obtainable on Netflix.