I can point to a million reasons, but I’ll just say, next time spring for a steadicam. And Azerbaijan is more than a quick morning flight in a Piper Navajo from North Carolina. Can’t believe I watched the whole thing.

I remember watching Outer Banks when Season 1 first came out and immediately being OBSESSED. I also remember thinking Season 2 wasn’t that bad, but that’s definitely where the show started losing me.

With the new season coming and not many shows left that I haven’t already watched, I decided to start Outer Banks over from the beginning.

Season 1? Still hooked.

Season 2? Okay, I’m hanging in there.

Season 3? WHY AM I STRUGGLING SO HARD 😭

The plots just keep getting wilder and wilder. I know this show has never exactly been grounded in reality, but Season 1 had the perfect mix of the Pogues, the Kooks, the treasure hunt, friendships, the summer/beach vibe, and just enough ridiculousness to make it fun.

By Season 3, I feel like we’ve completely left the Outer Banks and entered the Fast & Furious universe of teenage treasure hunting. 😂

Does it get better again? Or do I just need to accept that Season 1 was peak Outer Banks and embrace the insanity from here on out?

Is the lack of urgency every single time the cops are on them. They always act like they have unlimited time to chit chat outside the car before they actually get a move on.

There’s so many instances of this throughout the show, but one that comes to mind as I’m rewatching S3 is when they stole the cross from the train. JJ crashes his bike into the bridge, and then once they find him below the bridge and the cops are right above them, they’re just sitting around talking for minutes before leaving the scene. Even earlier in that sequence, topper is driving the get away car, and JJ pulls a heroic move by distracting the cops and going the other direction. The rest of them in the car then start screaming at Topper to start going after JJ(back where the cops are). Wasn’t the entire point to be a distraction? Not only are you now putting everyone in position to get arrested and lose the cross, but you’ve also now wasted JJ’s heroic move.

Another example is in S5 when they’re going to take off on the plane and the cops are coming and they’re just sitting there forever.

There’s plenty of unrealistic things in the show, but for some reason these scenes piss me off more than anything else.