This means that through Larissa, Wes is also JJ’s grandpa, with it remaining unclear at the end of the first half of the fourth series whether Chandler is aware of JJ being his true son or not.
Who is JJ’s real mum?
As above, JJ’s real mother is Larissa Genrette, daughter to Wes Genrette and a direct descendant of Francis Genrette (AKA the guy who killed Blackbeard and his wife Elizabeth).
Larissa was married to Chandler Groff, with her ultimately facing an untimely end drowning on a boat called the ‘Albatross’ as part of what Wes deemed the Genrette family curse.
In season 2 we learned that there were rumours Larissa’s baby had died with her, though evidently her baby did in fact survive and ended up being looked after by Luke Maybank.
While JJ never really knew much about Larissa, for much of his life he believed that his mother had abandoned them, with the woman he thought to be his real mum in fact being a different girlfriend of Luke’s.
Wait, so is JJ a Kook?
While Chandler Groff being his real dad is clearly news to JJ, this notably means that JJ is in fact technically a Kook now, a huge revelation given that JJ always prided himself on being a Pogue along with John B (Chase Stokes), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), Kiara (Madison Bailey) and Cleo (Carlacia Grant).
So what does this mean for the group dynamic and what exactly will unfold in part 2 of the series? Does this mean JJ is now part of the Grenette curse? With the curse having resulted in both Larissa and Wes’s deaths, there’s a lot of loose ends that need tying up in part 2.
Speaking on the major plot twist, Outer Banks co-creator Shannon Burke told Netflix’s Tudum “That was the most extreme thing we could think of: That JJ’s actually a Kook,”
Co-creator Jonas Pate added, ““Well, you’re always trying to torture your characters, right? What would torture JJ the most? The revelation that he’s a Kook.”
Eek, the next five episodes cannot come soon enough!