The final episode of “Outer Banks” Season 3 proved to be a bad day for fathers. The finale sees the death of longtime characters Big John (Charles Halford) and Ward Cameron (Charles Esten), leaving both Chase Stokes’ John B. and Madelyn Cline’s Sarah without their respective dads. While Ward has long served as a major antagonist for the main group, his death nonetheless has a profound impact on his estranged daughter — along with his son Rafe.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter after the finale was released, “Outer Banks” co-creator Jonas Pete said that the writing team was split on killing off Ward. Ultimately, they felt the decision would help provide narrative motivation for Rafe to inhabit a more villainous role. “There was no possibility of really a happy ending,” Pete explained. “So we felt like this was the most poetic ending where, at the last second, he tries to redeem himself but dies in the process. And then it would also provide a chance for Rafe to emerge and be aggrieved by that death and blame the Pogues for it, and that would set him up for Season 4.”
Rafe has long served as a conflicted and morally gray character, but it seems Ward’s death will be the lynchpin that sends him down a much darker path. As for Esten, the actor is torn on whether Ward will show up for flashbacks in “Outer Banks” Season 4.
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