Outer Banks – Season 4 Episode 10 Recap, Review & Ending Explained

The Blue Crow

Episode 10 of Outer Banks season 4 sees us off in Morocco for this epic finale. After camping out and hanging for a while, the group walk through the desert to town. JJ is surprisingly cheerful, as they aim to reach Essaouira. They need to find Groff’s boat and then figure out where they’re heading.

It’s a tough walk but they eventually make it to the main square. It’s cramped, crowded and they find themselves caught in tight-winding alleys. JJ notices a statue for Murad that could hold a crucial clue, and Kiara agrees that this is a sign.

What happens with Rafe?

Sarah needs to sit down though, and she feels nauseous, so the gang head off on a little sub quest to get some food by stealing from the locals. The authorities are alerted though and unfortunately, Rafe ends up apprehended. The others are quick to abandon him so when the vendor points out that John B and the others are the real culprits, Rafe flies solo. It turns out he has a waterproof bag with money and his passport too. I mean, it kinda serves them right for treating Rafe that way after he saved their asses!

Rafe buys himself some clothes too, along with a knife, and rings Sofia to find the address on the pen Groff gave him. This is in Essaouira of course, and he spies Lightner and Dalia not long after. They head in to see Groff, who tries to play them, until Lightner gets smart and beats him down.

They head up to the rooftop, where Groff tries to get the jump on Lightner. Rafe soon shows and gets involved. He beats down Lightner, stealing his keys and taking off with Groff. He demands the money he owes, and reminds Groff not to try any funny business, threatening that he knows where Groff lives.

Do John B and Sarah gain crucial clues?

Groff hits back though and brings up that Sofia betrayed him, being the one responsible for everything. As the two skirmish, Rafe pushes Groff into a well and takes off. He rings Sofia and demands she leave the house.

The others steal clothes to blend in with the locals, and head to the wharf. They find Terrance’s boat (the one Groff and the others used to get here), and both Sarah and John B head inside to find some clues.

However, JJ notices one of the mercenaries sniffing around, and he tries to give a lookout to the others. Unfortunately, it occurs right around prayer time so the noise is drowned out.

Kiara serves as a distraction, while John B and Sarah find pictures piecing together the map. They eventually do hear the signal and scramble out, just in time. Well, kinda.

Is Groff dead?

JJ stops the mercenary from shooting the pair when he spots them with papers in their hand, and they all slip away in a stolen jeep that Cleo grabbed. As they race off, all roads lead to the same destination. En-route though, they wind up passing the well that Groff is stuck inside.

JJ shows and he has a final word to his dad. He rejects him as a father but drops him some water to help save the guy for a while until someone else helps out.

Next, they march on to Agapenta. Rafe gets there first, followed closely by John B and the group. However, Dalia and Lightner arrive pretty much in-sync and fire warning shots, managing to apprehend Rafe. However, Sarah shoots first, distracting everyone, as they all race after the map.

What happens in Agapenta?

Everything converges inside Agapenta as Dalia and her goons race after Rafe and the others. Here, Sarah opens up about what really went down with their father and with Singh. He obviously died protecting her, and she wants them to work together. Eventually he agrees, but he wants his cut of the treasure too.

With the plan in place, the group find themselves in a race against time with a sandstorm incoming too. The map gets them nowhere but the pictures Sarah and John B took earlier on certainly do. There’s a translation that reads “At the dawn of the day, touch the earth to reach heaven”.

Where is the blue crown?

John B figures it out, putting the map up to the sky, and he realizes it’s right next to them – a lion statue. Trouble may be brewing though as Groff manages to get out of the well and hitches a ride to Agapenta. As he does, the sandstorm blows in and with time of the essence, JJ decides he’s going to climb the statue and retrieve the treasure to save everyone else.

Meanwhile, Pope and Cleo find themselves hunted by Lightner, who’s eventually shot dead. At the same time, Sarah saves John B when he’s choked out by a random mercenary.

Rafe buys the group some time while JJ manages to find the treasure. The blue crown is wedged inside the statue’s eye and he realizes it’s real. Unaware that Dalia is lurking about, he takes the treasure and hops down… only to be immediately hunted by Dalia… and Groff.

Who dies at the end?

Groff returns and holds Ki up at knifepoint. He demands JJ hand over the crown and he does just that. Groff points out that it’s a shame things have turned out the way they have… and then goes ahead and stabs JJ before leaving.

Bleeding out, JJ reveals that he already got his wish – which was basically the friends they made along the way. It’s a shocking turn of events and actually ups the stakes too, killing off a main character in this fashion.

As the group mourn his death, Groff slithers off with the crown, presumably to Lisbon. This is obviously far from over, and the others are deadest on finishing this once and for all.

The Episode Review

The death of JJ raises the stakes in this series in a big way, and it’s something that I wish more shows would do. Pulling the trigger and killing a main character means nobody is safe and every action scene feels that much more tense and suspenseful as a result.

While I’m not happy that we basically spent 90 minutes just to be back at square one again, albeit with the treasure found but still hunted, there’s at least some progress being made with the characters.

It would appear that Pope’s ordeal with killing Lightner is not going to be resolved here, as he may well have PTSD from killing him. But to be honest, that was a pretty lame death. He was killed off-screen and with no fanfare, despite initially seeming to be the big bad all along.

Dalia is okay but she’s basically been kicked off the set of Eastenders and thrown in here with a British accent and not a lot of backstory. And we still haven’t caught a glimpse of this arms dealer who’s apparently overlooking everything too.

However, there are some good scenes here and the show definitely makes a good case for its final season, which promises to be a very tense and emotional affair, especially if this episode is anything to go by.