The Darkest Hour
🎞️ S2 E5 🚫 Too much

Outer Banks

Is Outer Banks S2 E5 OK for kids?

The Darkest Hour

JJ cooks up a risky plan to help out John B. Pope hunts down information about the key. Kiara and Sarah both deal with family fallout over the Pogues.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

Outer Banks S2 E5, “The Darkest Hour”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. JJ cooks up a risky plan to help out John B. Pope hunts down information about the key. Kiara and Sarah both deal with family fallout over the Pogues.

Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Violence & injury (7); Suicide & self-harm (2); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Parents need to know

Age 13+

Language, violence, suicide references in live-action adventure.

Parents need to know that Outer Banks S2 E5, "The Darkest Hour", is a live-action adventure episode. The series is known for teen treasure-hunt drama — violence, sex, drugs and language swing hard by episode. Driven by swearing (explicit, implied), with violence & injury alongside it. Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, Like suicide. Violence includes you are charged with murder. Sexual content is mild but includes that I'm gonna sleep with. Language includes strong swearing — for example, Rafe, you fucked us!. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Cousin Ricky, the weed dealer?. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Outer Banks S2 E5:

  • Caution
    that I'm gonna sleep with

Violence & injury 7 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Outer Banks S2 E5:

  • Too much
    you are charged with murder
  • Too much
    You should, 'cause you're a murderer.
  • Too much
    murder in the shooting death
  • Too much
    called you a murderer
  • Caution
    You gonna storm a jail, guns a-blazing?
  • Caution
    It's in your blood.
  • Caution
    This the gun the kids brought in?

Suicide & self-harm 2 moments

How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Outer Banks S2 E5:

  • Too much
    Like suicide.
  • Too much
    you commit suicide. Sorry.

Swearing 8 moments

How Swearing shows up in Outer Banks S2 E5:

  • Too much
    Rafe, you fucked us!
  • Caution
    Why do you do this shit
  • Caution
    I wouldn't crash shit for Donny.
  • Mild
    "And the thing about hell
  • Mild
    are we in hell or ?
  • Mild
    But this bastard killed Susan.
  • Mild
    Step one, piss off the cops so badly
  • Mild
    [SIGHS] Damn.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Outer Banks S2 E5:

  • Caution
    Cousin Ricky, the weed dealer?

What to watch in Outer Banks · Season 2 guide

Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.