

So is Limbrey and Routledge Sr.’s interaction leading to a potential enemy-of-my-gold-hungry-enemy-is-my-friend situation? The pair have worked together before, Jonas Pate points out. (Maybe that’s how Big John survived his injuries from Ward’s attack?) “I can help you,” he tells her. Their conversation is about the shroud that she hoped to find in the Cross of Santo Domingo, the ancient cloth that allegedly has healing powers.

And when we find out who the “he” in question is, it’s John B’s presumed-dead father, played by Constantine‘s Charles Halford. She goes to a home where a man informs her that “he” isn’t doing well. Viewers learn about Big John’s existence when Carla Limbrey, the series’ new villain played by Lost alum Elizabeth Mitchell, arrives in Barbados with a letter bearing the Royal Merchant insignia. Josh Pate adds: “We started to get excited about what we could do in a potential Season 3 if he were back.” He adds that the chaos of Episode 10 - in which John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, JJ and Cleo attempt to take over a cargo ship and barely escape with their lives - was the best kind of distraction, one that would leave audiences “really on the wrong foot.” Manifest Boss Talks Season 4 Death Date Twist, 'Dangerous' Angelina and 'Lots' of Returns in Final 10 Episodes Outer Banks Season 2 Finale Recap: Lives?! - Plus, Grade It! We didn’t know that we would play it for sure, but around the sixth or seventh episode, when we were writing this year, we started to realize maybe we could do that,” Jonas Pate says.
