: The discovery of Rafe's fingerprints on the gun leads to the police storming the Cameron household as the episode concludes. Outer Banks Season 2 Episode 5 Review: The Darkest Hour

: Tensions boil over into violence between the father and son as Rafe questions Ward's loyalty toward him versus Sarah.

: This JJ Maybank's Best Moments feature ranks his "Operation Liberation" attempt as one of his top scenes. It highlights how the plan to break John B out of prison portrays JJ in his "truest nature"—daring, objectively hilarious, and fueled by a "misplaced confidence" that somehow leads to success despite multiple things going wrong.

: JJ's plan involves posing as an EMT to rescue John B by claiming he has a burst appendix.