"Outer Banks" Season One on Netflix SPOILERS

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Just finished Season One.

This is Goonies meets 90210 and maybe the best combination of stupidity and fun in a series that I can remember in a long time. The acting is fun, the villains are great if not stock and the finale was a perfect setup for a second season. Both sides of the genders will also enjoy the eye candy.

The downsides were the script holes, the fact the island that is the setting does not even coming close to existing, and nor does the deserted island 30 miles off the coast. And I doubt seashore communities are divided between rich “kooks” and poor “pogues”.

Now I know I did this for Ozark Season 3, this not only has plot holes; it has plot CANYONS:

  1. The Pogues are able to simply dive off their boat in swimsuits and explore the shipwrecked fishing boat in the channel. Later in the episode they have to set up special equipment because of the depth of the same boat.

  2. John B and Sarah take an Uber ride from the Outer Banks to Chapel Hill, NC. At best, its a 4 hour ride and it is never explained where they stayed overnight. Sarah seems to have a big credit card.

  3. We have to accept the miracle that John B’s dead father left a compass with a secret message on it in a sunken boat that John B miraculously finds. This is one of two events in the series in which are more unlikely than being hit by lightning.

  4. John B always seems to have an endless wardrobe in his duffel bag, including the makings of a tuxedo.

  5. I doubt someone can “adopt” a parent less child within hours, nor purchase a home and recover treasure from it the same morning.

  6. Who the fuck is the “SBI”??? What, the FBI charges royalties to use their initials???

  7. The final scene is not only more unlikely being struck by lightning, but an asteroid. I’ll leave everyone that saw the show to guess what I mean by this, and the first two guesses do not count.

  8. No way a jet ski goes that far with the gas tank it has.

  9. Was there ANYONE else at the airport while the cop got killed and John B ran onto the runway with the van? Air traffic control, maybe? Come on.

What did you think of Outer Banks? To me it was like watching a bad professional wrestling TV show: if you just suspend your disbelief for an hour, you’ll be entertained.

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I saw that no one has responded to your thread, so I’ll chime in.

I saw the first episode.

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[li]I couldn’t buy the premise well enough to buy the whole show.[/li][li]The “missing” boat was shallow enough that the kids just ran into it, yet no one else could find it? Why not?[/li][li]When they went back out to the wreck, it seemed to be in a totally different place. Why was that? And they needed scuba gear? That they didn’t know how to use?[/li][li]The eye candy was nice, but not enough to keep me watching.[/li][/ul]

I don’t think I’ll be back.

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I gave it a shot. The smug kids grated on my nerves. Not sure if I’ll go back in.