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Outer Banks Season 4 is now out on Netflix, and the fourth season ended with a big death that is set to condition the fifth and final installment of the show. A treasure-hunting young adult drama, the show follows a group of friends from the poor side of town as they seek treasure after treasure and try to build a family with each other.

Season 4 showed us time and time again that John B. struggles with pulling the trigger because he's apprehensive about becoming his father. And sure, Pope may have killed Lighting in the final episode, but it’s clear in the aftermath that it wasn’t a decision he felt good about, even if it meant everything to Cleo.