![]() Season two picks up literally one day after the bated-breath drama of its first season. called, it wants its floppy-haired boys-next-door back references on its sleeve - teen angst, but make it beachy! - and infuses them with the high-octane cliffhangers of something like Ozark, another show about money wars in a regional American outpost. Such is the razor-sharp line that Outer Banks treads, between funny and farcical, between “a lot” and “too much”. ![]() Can you imagine any other character saying this with a straight face? The answer is no, and yet - in this show about rival teen gangs trying to find buried treasure - the line seems entirely feasible, the least absurd thing in this sun-drenched universe of bonfire punch-ups, underwater expeditions, and adolescent shoot-outs. I could spend an entire newsletter writing about these two lines but instead I will just note: Sarah’s entirely sincere invocation of her scantily-clad (and, as it later turns out, evil) brother during a moment charged with sexual tension is testament to Outer Banks ’ commitment to the bit. ![]() There are many things about this dialogue that encapsulate the heart of Outer Banks, an unashamed, flagrantly hyperbolic teen melodrama that treats even its most absurd plotlines with the greatest of reverence. ![]()
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