Outer Banks (2020)

Watchseries; Never have I seen so much trashy and predictable directing. Anything that can go bad. DOES!! Straight trash directing !!

Never have I seen so much trashy and predictable directing. Anything that can go bad. DOES!! Straight trash directing !!

Outer Banks watchseries. I remember the first season as being a generally fun, rich kids vs. Poor kids, teen drama/adventure/treasure hunt. The biggest downsides were the overly old cast and quite a few cringe-worthy situations and choices. Like a lot of "teen" shows, it would have been better cast with actual teens (or just have them be in college instead of high school), but it seems typical to cast 27 year old guys as 17 year olds in grade 11 these days.

Unfortunately the second season ramps up the stupidity to comical levels. It is literally the definition of a "comedy of errors": an event or series of events made ridiculous by the number of errors that were made throughout. Middle schoolers will still like it, as will people who can completely turn off their brains (or have none to begin with). Really basic things like travelling times and distances, the weight of $500 million in gold, and recovery time after surgery to repair a gunshot wound to the gut, plus the incredible number of stupid things the main characters do, make it beyond frustrating to watch. I'll finish it because the overarching treasure hunting plot is kind of fun, but it's definitely at the "so bad it's good" stage now, at best.

Could have been great with better writing.

I found the first season interesting, with a unique plot, reasonably good action, eye candy, strong performances, and appealing, colorful cinematography... so, despite the fact that there were some annoying plot elements, I decided once I finished with that first season that I'd go ahead and watch the second when it was released (which explains why I gave this show 4 stars instead of 1).

Well, boy, do I regret that decision. I honestly don't know if I've ever felt more frustrated watching a television show in my life. The entire plot of this second season was painfully predictable, driven by ridiculous levels of bad luck, unrealistic, unbelievable events, and profound, consistent stupidity on the part of the main characters. I found my voice hoarse from yelling angrily at the TV and my forehead stinging from repeated forceful facepalms over the course of this dumpster fire of a season.

After slogging all the way through, hoping that things would turn around and I'd end up being pleasantly surprised, the wrap-up turned out to be so thoroughly unsatisfying, I sat there, stunned, as credits rolled on the last episode, thinking "why the h*ll did I just spend so much of my time watching this garbage?" No offense to the actors -- they did well with what they were given -- but the writing was simply atrocious from start to finish. And, of course, the writers had the audacity to throw in that last second bait for the third season. Yeah, no thanks, I won't be watching anymore. If I wanted to feel that frustrated and upset while watching television, I'd just turn on the news.

If Into The Blue had a baby with The O.C. and that baby had an affair with the baby of the Goonies and National Treasure, this is your type of show. I really couldn't care less about kid acting, the story is fun and always had my attention. Another season would be great!

I'm 73 and my husband and l loved it! Well played by all the actors. Great story line. I hope that there will be another season.

Like you, I've been holed up binge watching Nexflix and Prime. I've watched everything under the sun. This had just come out on Netflix and I started watching it. I never stopped. It is a fun and enjoyable show. The casting is extraordinary...every actor hits it out of the park. The story moves along at an engaging pace to the end, yet looking back, every episode could stand as a one off...on it's own. It's a remarkable accomplishment and kudos to the writers. It's hard to categorize the genre. It's rated m, but no nudity or gore. I see no reason why a 13 year old couldn't watch it. It's funny, has many mini adventures, many misadventures, romance, shipwrecks, storms, fires, gunshots, keggers, jail, boys save girls, girls save boys, parents are devil's, parents are angel's, treasure maps ...and the show has fun doing all of it. Perfect for a quarantine.