Outer Banks: Season 5

2026 · 10 episodes · ★ 6.2

What Season 5 of Outer Banks

Season 5 finds the Pogues at their absolute breaking point following the tragic loss in Morocco. Stranded far from home and mourning the heart of their crew, they’ve lost the Blue Crown and continue to face a gauntlet of familiar threats. With Chandler Groff still at large, Dalia and the Corsairs closing in, and the Kooks ensuring the Pogues have no home to return to, John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, and Cleo must rely on their scrappy instincts—and an uneasy alliance with Rafe—to keep from falling apart for good. Their mission is now a desperate race to reclaim their future and finally win the freedom they’ve been chasing since the beginning. It’s the Pogues against the world as they seek to avenge their best friend and bring it on home…one final time.

10episodes

Aug 20, 2026premiered

8.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 The Crossing
Aug 20, 2026 · 52 min · ★ 7.2
Devastated by a loss and stranded in Morocco, the Pogues navigate a treacherous border crossing as they race to intercept Groff — and the Blue Crown.
Directing: Jonas Pate · Writing: Josh Pate, Shannon Burke · Starring: Fiona Palomo, Pollyanna McIntosh, Jason Alan Carvell, Slavko Sobin
5x02 The Crown
Aug 20, 2026 · 41 min · ★ 5.4
With her quest for vengeance hanging in the balance, Kiara strikes an uneasy deal with a rival. Groff's scheme to get rich goes sideways in Dubrovnik.
Directing: Jonas Pate · Writing: Josh Pate, Shannon Burke · Starring: Fiona Palomo, Pollyanna McIntosh, Jason Alan Carvell, Slavko Sobin
5x03 The Square Grouper
Aug 20, 2026 · 54 min · ★ 5.2
The crew hits rock bottom with a hostile homecoming to the OBX, but the tide begins to turn when John B snags a lucrative catch.
Directing: Jonas Pate · Writing: Josh Pate, Shannon Burke · Starring: E. Roger Mitchell, Deion Smith, Marland Burke, Samantha Soule
5x04 Inside Job
Aug 20, 2026 · 50 min · ★ 5.7
With Sarah's life at stake, Rafe runs interference at a Kook golf tournament while John B attempts a brazen heist in the heart of Figure 8.
Directing: Jonas Pate · Writing: Josh Pate, Shannon Burke · Starring: Marland Burke, Nicholas Cirillo, Chris Gerard, Mary Rachel Quinn
5x05 The Scytale
Aug 20, 2026 · 44 min · ★ 6.2
Kiara and Pope search for a mysterious artifact that could unlock the Blue Crown's powers. Rafe faces mounting pressure to sell Tannyhill to developers.
Directing: Lukas Ettlin · Writing: Josh Pate, Shannon Burke · Starring: Marland Burke, Fiona Palomo, Justin Matthew Smith, Nate Bynum
5x06 The Big Easy
Aug 20, 2026 · 50 min · ★ 6.3
Sarah and John B hit the road to pursue a fresh lead in New Orleans, where Sarah comes face-to-face with a figure from her past.
Directing: Lukas Ettlin · Writing: Josh Pate, Shannon Burke · Starring: Charles Esten, Marland Burke, Samantha Soule, Fiona Palomo
5x07 Bal des Sauvages
Aug 20, 2026 · 49 min · ★ 6.5
The Pogues infiltrate a glitzy masquerade party, where Kiara angles for access to the scytale drawings — and crosses paths with a murderous enemy.
Directing: Darren Genet · Writing: Tom Garrigus, Crystal Garland · Starring: E. Roger Mitchell, Fiona Palomo, Mia Challis, Pollyanna McIntosh
5x08 The Runway (2)
Aug 20, 2026 · 46 min · ★ 6.4
The friends get crafty to decode the scytale's secrets. Rafe becomes a wanted man when a violent mistake catches up to him. Cleo makes an explosive move.
Directing: Darren Genet · Writing: Jay Beattie, Joey Elkins · Starring: Marland Burke, Samantha Soule, Fiona Palomo, Mia Challis
5x09 Arise, Arise
Aug 20, 2026 · 52 min · ★ 6.3
A mission to Azerbaijan gets rocky when Pope engineers a daring ambush. Kiara rushes to outpace the Corsairs and test the Crown's powers of resurrection.
Directing: Jonas Pate · Writing: Josh Pate, Shannon Burke · Starring: Nicholas Cirillo, Gary Weeks, Fiona Palomo, Pollyanna McIntosh
5x10 The Storm and What Came After Season Finale
Aug 20, 2026 · 69 min · ★ 6.6
As a raging hurricane lashes Kildare, the Pogues race to save their loved ones and settle the score before a life-changing treasure slips away — again.
Directing: Jonas Pate · Writing: Josh Pate, Shannon Burke, Brad Caleb Kane · Starring: Lilah Pate, E. Roger Mitchell, Marland Burke, Samantha Soule