Fans were shocked when one beloved character died during the season 4 finale of Outer Banks — and the showrunner is admitting they “second guessed” their decision. Warning: Spoilers below from Outer Banks season 4, episode 10. After a tumultuous treasure hunt , JJ ( Rudy Pankow ) was handed the blue crown by his biological father, Chandler Groff ( J.
Anthony Crane ) — and was stabbed. JJ died from the injury, capturing fans’ hearts when he told Kiara ( Madison Bailey ) that he loved her . While speaking with Entertainment Weekly on Thursday, November 7, co-showrunner Shannon Burke said they “always” knew they were going to kill JJ.
Despite his murder being planned, Burke admitted the writers “100 percent” considered changing the story to not have him die. “It’s really scary. We had talked about, ‘One of the Pogues is probably going to have to die,’ and Rudy seemed really excited that it would be him,” Burke said.
“We all thought it would probably be JJ, and as you’re going along, it seems like it would happen to him because he takes so many risks and it’s set up in the story as logical and also terribly emotional.” Burke continued, “As we got closer to the moment, it was scary and we weren’t sure — we were definitely questioning if we were going to do this. We were really hesitant and we weren’t sure it was going to work, but everybody did their best work for it and I think it’s really effective and in the end, it makes a good sto.