Blue Crown’s backstory, criminal history and plans explained

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers for Outer Banks Season 4, Part 2.

Wouldn’t it be a season of External Banks without a memorable and diabolical villain, and Chandler Groff might be the series’ worst antagonist yet. Netflix’s mystery action-adventure teen drama revolves around the Pogues – John B, Sarah, Kiara, JJ, Pope and Cleo – who often (aka all the time) find themselves in trouble as they have become poachers. experienced treasures over the years. As a result, the External Banks The characters have encountered many villains, and a fair number of them are their parents.

During External Banks Season 4, part 1 finale, JJ discovered that Luke Maybank was not his biological father. Groff and Larissa Genrette were JJ’s biological parents, further proving that JJ has the worst luck in the Netflix TV series. Larissa died when he was a baby, and Groff is perhaps the most nefarious character External Banks already introduced. While part 1 of season 4 barely scratched the surface about Groff’s past and plans, it established his irritating reign in part 2, which ended in tragedy thanks to J. Anthony Crane’s character.

Chandler Groff grew up before marrying Larissa Genrette

Groff was a Pogue

It’s rare for someone who grows up as a Pogue on the Cut in the Outer Banks to become a Kook as an adult, but Chandler Groff did it. JJ’s biological father was born into a low-income family and, as a result, lived in Cut as a child. Groff’s father owned an inn, but he was still a Pogue, completely.

Even though he grew up like a Pogue, Groff completely abandoned this part of his identity when he was an adult. He desperately wanted to climb the social ladder. So Groff did what he had to do to get rich. He married Larissa Genrette in External Banks and then murdered her (and paid Luke to raise JJ and make sure no one knew he was alive). Co-creator Shannon Burke further explained Groff’s background and motives while speaking with Netflix Tudum. She said:

“He has that line on the Twinkie that says, ‘But then I married a Genrette and moved to Blackstone.’ You can feel him kind of mocking where he’s come up in the world, but he kills Larissa and then he’s on the run.

Why Chandler Groff Killed Larissa Genrette and Abandoned Her Son, Jackson (JJ)

Luke created JJ instead of Groff

As mentioned above, JJ learned that Groff killed Larissa in External Banks season 4, part 2. Everyone thought that she and her newborn baby (JJ) died in a boating accident as a result of the Genrette family curse regarding Blackbeard and his wife, Elizabeth. However, Groff manufactured the curse as a cover for the deaths of Larissa and her father, Wes. He made them and the entire town believe that their tragic endings were caused by his family’s curse when in fact Groff murdered Larissa and Wes because of his greed.

Everything revolves around money and social standing for Groff in External Banks season 4. He killed his wife and gave away his own son just so he could be next in line to receive the Genrette family inheritance once Wes died. Unfortunately for Groff, all his crimes were in vain. Wes left nothing to Groff in his will and his father-in-law ensured that Goat Island would be turned into a nature reserve after his death in External Banks season 4. Consequently, Groff needed to look elsewhere for more money and power, That’s why he wanted the Blue Crown.

Explanation of criminal history and Chandler Groff’s role with the Lupine Buccaneers

Why Groff joined the Lupine Corsairs

To no one’s surprise, Groff has a criminal record, which is revealed in External Banks season 4, part 2. According to Dalia, the Captain of the Lupine Corsairs, Groff was “just a swindler rotting in a Tangier prison.” The Lupine Corsairs broke him out of his cell, and in return, Groff stole from them. Groff became a member of the Lupine Corsairs, alongside Dalia and Lightner in External Banksbut he turned on them the second he got the chance.

The group of mercenaries were the ones who originally possessed the captain’s logbook (which Wes shows the Pogues at the end of the External Banks season 3). They offered Groff a share of the fortune they would receive from finding Blackbeard’s treasure with the help of the captain’s diary. However, Groff was greedy and stole the diary for himself. The Lupine Corsairs sent Omar (the man whose body the police found buried on the beach in Season 4, Part 1) to retrieve the captain’s logbook, but Groff murdered Omar and that’s why the mercenaries wanted JJ’s biological father dead.

What is Chandler Groff’s plan with the blue crown after stealing it and killing JJ

Outer Banks Season 4 ends with Groff’s victory

In a shocking turn of events, External Banks season 4, part 2 ended with Groff killing JJ and taking the Blue Crown for himself. Groff threatened to kill Kiara, so JJ gave him the artifact. Tragically, JJ giving Groff the Blue Crown wasn’t enough for him, as he murdered his own son despite being in possession of the treasure. As for why Groff killed JJ, co-creator Josh Pate said Netflix Tudum:

“[Groff] You can compartmentalize and rationalize your actions to yourself in a way that always justifies yourself in doing so. We were trying to make a truly evil character.”

Now that JJ is dead, Groff will want to sell the Blue Crown for an obscene amount of money. Thanks to Rafe, the Pogues know that Groff’s buyer is in Lisbon, Portugal, meaning that’s where the villain will go at the start of Season 5. However, the Pogues will stop at nothing to avenge JJ’s death in External Banksand they will follow Groff to ensure he doesn’t get away with his crimes or be unsuccessful in selling the Blue Crown.

Source: Netflix Tudum