Outer Banks has been renewed for its fifth and final season ahead of its fourth season return

EXCLUSIVE: The Pogues of OBX are on their way to one final epic quest. There's good and bad news for fans: the popular Netflix action-adventure youth series has been renewed for a fifth season, which will be its last. The recording comes ahead of the debut of Season 4 Part 2 on November 7, the trailer of which was unveiled by the cast on Saturday at Poguelandia LA, a live fan event that is part of Netflix Outer Banks Brand expansion on and off screen.

In a “Message to All Pogues,” which you can read in full below, Outer Banks Co-creators and executive producers Jonas Pate, Josh Pate and Shannon Burke explain the decision to end the series after five seasons by recalling how a photo of teenagers on the beach at dusk during a power outage from the summer of 2017 inspired them inspired the conception of the series.

“From the beginning, we envisioned a mystery that would lead to a five-season journey of adventure, treasure hunting and friendship,” they said, admitting that at the time it seemed impossible that we could really tell the whole of Five Seasons. Story.”

The trio can now realize their original vision and are already working on Season 5, which is currently being written.

“It is with a little sadness, but also excitement, that we leave season four behind us and turn to season five, where we hope to bring our beloved Pogues home the way we imagined and planned years ago,” they said. “Season five will be our final season and we believe it will be our best yet.”

In the letter to fans, which the Pate brothers and Burke appropriately concluded with “P4L” (Pogues for Life), they also spoke of the fourth season being their “longest and most difficult – but most rewarding – to produce.” , teasing “a feature film.” Length” finale, “which we believe is our best and most powerful episode.”

Outer BanksSeason 4: Part 1 debuted at number 1 in the global top 10 on English television following its release on October 10th. Since then, it has remained in the top ten for three weeks and is expected to extend that streak to four weeks with the next Netflix series. The weekly rankings will be released tomorrow.

The streamer's move to release Season 4 in two parts underscores this Outer Banks' Success – the strategy aimed at amplifying the cultural impact of a season cancellation is used for some of Netflix's biggest hits such as: Stranger Things, Bridgerton And Emily in Paris.

In fact, it has been the case in all four seasons so far, Outer Banks has spent a total of 27 weeks in the global top 10 list of English TV shows, with more expected on the eve and after the release of Season 4 Part 2.

The starting signal is a welcome change in the dark first weeks of the Covid pandemic in April 2020. Outer BanksSet in a North Carolina beach community divided by class into Haves (Kooks) and Have Nots (Pogues), it quickly captured popular culture and transformed its young cast into teen idols.

Given the focus on young people, it is not surprising Outer Banksin which the Pogues search for famous treasures, has become very popular on social media. Two of its stars, Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline, had 6,000 and 552,000 Instagram followers, respectively, before the series' debut. Now they are at 8.2 million (Stokes) and 16.8 million (Cline). Outer Banks Clips and memes often go viral, with the final season four production video released earlier this year garnering 20 million views.

Netflix has parlayed this popularity into an annual live music event for fans: Poguelandia (named after the Pogues' safe haven), the second edition of which took place last weekend in Santa Monica. It includes recreations of some of the series' signature sets, the gang's trusty Van Twinkie, appearances by all of the main cast, Outer Banksthemed food and drinks and live performances (Jungle, GloRilla and Remi Wolf were the headliners this year.)

In support of Season 4, the show's cast also embarked on a “Pogue Tour” across the United States as well as Canada and Brazil.

Other Outer Banks Expansions include the recently released mobile game Stories: Outer Banks as well as OBX merchandise from brands such as PacSun, Lottie London and Byrd.

In Season 4, the Pogues get caught up in the “G” game again as they set out to find Blackbeard's treasure. As with the Royal Merchant Gold and El Dorado, the pursuit is dangerous and endangers everyone's lives as they face enemies old and new – and JJ must also confront the shocking truth about his parentage.

The fourth season cast includes Chase Stokes (John B.), Madelyn Cline (Sarah Cameron), Madison Bailey (Kiara), Jonathan Daviss (Pope), Rudy Pankow (JJ), Carlacia Grant (Cleo), Drew Starkey (Rafe) and Austin North (Topper), Fiona Palomo (Sofia), J. Anthony Crane (Chandler Groff), Pollyanna McIntosh (Dalia), Brianna Brown (Hollis Robinson), Rigo Sanchez (Lightner), Mia Challis (Ruthie) and Cullen Moss ( Shoupe).

Josh Pate and Burke wrote half of the first season episode and co-wrote every episode of the series starting in season 2. Jonas Pate directed 6 of the 10 episodes of each season, including all of the premiere and finale episodes (as well as writing a first season episode.)

Outer Banks is part of Netflix's YA slate, which also includes hit series Wednesday, Stranger Things, Ginny and Georgia, Cobra Kai, Heartstopper, XO, Kitty And My life with the Walter Boys as well as films, some of which feature Outer Banks Stars, including current titles Ugly with Stokes and Waste of time with Bailey.