Notice! This article contains spoilers for Outer Banks Season 4, Part 2.
In the episodes that preceded External Bankand‘Death most tragic, the show foreshadowed the true villain of Season 4 and the life he would later take. For most of part 1, Blue Crown treasure hunters Lightner and his boss Dalia were presented as the Pogues’ most ruthless threats yet. However, the External Banks The end of the 4th part of the 2nd season gave this place to Chandler Groff (J. Anthony Crane). Remarkably, the show slowly prepares the character for that final betrayal against his own blood.
The first sign that Groff posed a danger to his beloved External Banks The character came with the letter from Wes Genrette, as he evidently hid it from his son-in-law and carefully advised JJ (Rudy Pankow) to keep it a secret. The show then began to pave the way for J.J. External Banks Season 4’s deadly twist by painting Groff as not just a murderer, but also a cunning and unpredictable killer, marking each of his kills with betrayal. In External Banks’ final episode, there a strong, repeated emphasis on the weapon Groff uses, foreshadowing his evil role and purpose.
Chandler Groff is seen using a knife during Season 4 of Outer Banks, before using one to kill J.J.
Groff’s knife represents his deceitful nature and foreshadows his betrayal of J.J.
Episode 7 exposes Groff’s cold and deceitful nature by introducing his weapon of choice. When mercenaries attack his house, the character reveals a shiny pocket knife that he carried all the time. Although this specific knife is not seen again, takes place right before Groff’s first betrayal of JJ, successfully linking father and son to a deadly symbol. When Dalia and her men catch the pair, Groff is quick to blame JJ for Omar’s death – figuratively stabbing his son in the back.
The weapon reflects the character’s true nature, which he hides behind his back until the right moment comes to stab his allies.
In External Banks‘final episode, Groff grabs another knife and uses it to carry out his greedy plans.. The weapon reflects the character’s true nature, which he hides behind his back until the right moment comes to stab his allies. With this, he betrays Blackbeard’s treasure hunters into External Banksand then Rafe in the Moroccan desert. He stands firm in all of his fights and even in defeats, like when JJ refuses to throw him a rope to climb up the well.
Creator Jonas Pate said Tudum they intentionally brought Groff’s knife into central focusmaking the public “aware of this” as a warning against “truly evil character.” Consequently, the knife serves its terrible purpose, for External Banks’ the worst villain uses it to kill his own son, despite JJ having already surrendered the Blue Crown.
What the last scene of Groff’s The Knife & Blue Crown really means in the Outer Banks Season 4 finale
Groff can’t face the real reason he killed JJ in Outer Banks
Having fled the heartbreaking scene, Groff stops to contemplate what he has done. He throws the knife away and looks in pain at his son’s blood on his hand. Although the small moment suggests that Groff feels a hint of remorse, he quickly shifts his attention to what he has won, the Blue Crown. External Banks co-creator Josh Pate confirmed the character “is a sociopath… Even when he is lying, he lies to himself and thinks he is telling the truth.” Notably, it appears that Groff convinces himself he had to kill JJ to satisfy his greedy desire for the Blue Crown.
Of course, this is far from true. Even though JJ posed a threat to his quest, the young man External Banks Pogue had no intention of fighting him for the crown, let alone any kind of inheritance from the Genrettes. Groff resolutely kills him out of spite – first because he’s hurt that JJ turned her back on him at the well, and then because he can’t stand that his son doesn’t need him. Groff’s knife completes its function, elevating the tragedy of JJ’s deathfor it was not greed that drove the killing, but the wounded and narcissistic pride of a father.
Source: Tudum