Outer Banks: Pogues & Kooks Explained
A prevalent theme of Netflix's Outer Banks is the class war between the Pogues and the Kooks, which are the residents' nicknames for the working class and the wealthy citizens, respectively. The people in Outer Banks are divided into these two groups, and their differences are a continual source of conflict. As such, the dynamics between the Kooks and Pogues are vital to the plot and characters of Outer Banks.
Netflix's teen series follows the lives of John B and his friends in North Carolina's Outer Banks, who get into a world of trouble when searching for lost treasure on the island. Outer Banks season 1 saw John B reeling from the disappearance of his father, who never returned after attempting to hunt down the shipwrecked Royal Merchant, which was carrying $400 million dollars in gold. John B and his friends pick up where his father left off, but they're not the only ones searching for sunken treasure. The island's class warfare, particularly between the Cameron family and John B, complicates the Pogues' hunt for the Royal Merchant's gold in season 1, which continues as the stakes get higher in Outer Banks season 2.
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In the world of Outer Banks, you belong to one of two groups: the Pogues or the Kooks. As John B describes it, residents of Outer Banks either have two jobs or two houses. John B and his friends belong to the Pogue side of the Netflix show's island, and their run-ins with the already-wealthy Kooks constantly get in the way of their hunt for gold in season 1 and later the Cross of Santo Domingo in Outer Banks season 2. The conflict between Outer Banks' Pogues and the Kooks goes beyond the competition for gold — there's a long history between to
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