Warning! This article contains major spoilers for Outer Banks Season 4, Part 1!Luke Maybank finally returns Outer Banks Season 4, with the truth about the whereabouts of JJ’s father making the teen’s story more tragic. Season 1 quickly established that Outer Banks‘ Character JJ Maybank (Rudy Pankow) came from a troubled home life, as his mother abandoned him years before the start of the show, while his abusive father blamed him for her absence. JJ’s father, Luke Maybank (Gary Weeks), proves to be a poor parent to the teen, and Often engages in criminal activity, which includes abandoning JJ while running from authorities in season 2.
Most of the Pogues’ parents are absent from season 4, with Sarah’s father Ward and John B’s father Big John both dying in Outer Banks Season 3’s finale. However, JJ’s family life comes to play an important role in Blackboard’s treasure hunt. in Outer Banks Season 4, Episode 5, JJ receives a letter from Wes Genrette hinting at a major revelation about his identity, but says he needs to ask Luke about “Albatross” first. This Leads him to seek out Barracuda Mike to finally find Luke, finally reuniting JJ with his father For the first time since season 2.
Why Luke Maybank left JJ and went on the run from authorities in Outer Banks Season 2
It is implied that Luke escaped prison and had to flee town
in Outer Banks Season 2 Luke goes to prison but suddenly shows up and tells JJ that he’s out on “Work notice“for”Good behavior.” However, whether this is really true is another matter. Luke then tells his son that He broke into a pharmacy and attacked the pharmacist, he needs help escaping the island to avoid going back to prison. JJ ends up helping his dad get a boat and enough provisions to last five days on a trip, with Luke telling him he’s heading to the Yucatan and may never return.
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Until Outer Banks Season 4, the end of part 1, the season 2 episode “The Cross” was the last time JJ saw or spoke to his father. He was still wanted throughout Outer Banks Season 3 and the 18-month gap between the teens’ El Dorado and Blackbeard treasure hunts. However, when JJ finally gets to talk to Luke about “Albatross,” he learns that not only has Barracuda Mike been in contact with him the whole time, but Luke was actually much closer to home than JJ was led to believe.
Outer Banks Season 4 Reveals That Luke Maybank Has Been Secretly Living In The Snow With Barracuda Mike
Luke secretly lived down the coast from JJ for 2 years
JJ discovers that, who is still betrayed and seduced by his father Luke lived on the cat with Barracuda Mike for almost the entire time he was “missing”. And on the run. JJ had heard that his father had gone as far south as Belize, but, in fact, was only a few miles down the coast from him. At this time, Luke is still engaged in criminal activity in order to make money. However, Luke’s long-delayed return in Outer Banks Season 4 comes with a massive revelation about the truth of the Maybanks family’s relationships.
Luke also reveals to JJ that the woman he thought was his mother was actually just a girlfriend he had at the time he agreed to raise JJ.
Luke has no choice but to go with JJ to the lighthouse to escape Shoupe and the authorities, which is where he agrees to explain the meaning of “albatross.” As it turns out, Albatross is the name of the boat with which Larisa Genrete died Luke explains that he is not JJ’s birth father. Outer Banks Reveals JJ’s real parents are Larissa and Chandler Groff, and Luke raised JJ as his son to “help.” Since Groff is still alive, many more revelations await about Luke and JJ Maybank’s true backstory in Outer Banks Season 4, Part 2.