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Meanwhile John B the whole time his dad was gone:

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Big John is such a bad father!! Not the worst in Outer Banks. That award still goes to Ward Cameron but damn!!!! Every time I rewatch season 3 I get so livid at Big John. I want to like Big John because I care so much about John B and we spent three seasons seeing John B absolutely wrecked by the loss of his father. Also it seems like he was the closest thing to a father that JJ had but Big John does not make it easy. What's so sad to me is that John B is initially so happy to have his Dad back but because of Big John's decisions John B becomes sadder than he was when his Dad was gone. I can just feel his depression because of how much he anticipated the joy of seeing his Dad again but then Big John put John B through so much danger and trauma and stress. I don't even know where to start. I guess the first inkling of his inability to be a father is when he tells John B that he stayed away and allowed his 16 year old to think he was dead to "protect him from danger" like bitch?!?! Give me a roadmap cause I cannot follow that logic!! While Big John was gone John B was nearly killed dozens of times and he was nearly given the death sentence for a murder he was framed for. You left John B to fend for himself and pay for his own food/clothes and made him pay the bills alone at the age of 16. And then claimed because you "taught him how to shoplift" that it makes it all okay. Poor John B was devastated without his father and yet Big John didn't seem affected by being away from his son for like a year. And the reason I feel that is because when John B gets back all he can do, talk about, or think about is treasure hunting. You would think that he would want to spend real quality time with his son instead of trying to destroy John B's relationship with Sarah by pushing him to lie to her, traumatizing John B by killing two guys in front of him, coercing him to hold up a woman on the street in order to steal her wallet (which thankfully John B couldn't completely go forward with but Big John still put John B in a horrible traumatizing situation yet again. And also put some poor woman in a situation that was potentially very traumatizing. And it probably would have been if John B hadn't dealt with it the way he ultimately did). Big John has no inclination to fish with his son or do anything else that they used to do before he was missing. All he cares about is gold. He doesn't care about his son's safety or his daughter in law's safety. All that matters is fucking treasure hunting. Ward is an evil man and he was wrong to do what he did to Big John but I also think that Big John was no angel in that dispute. He could have split the money they got for the gold 50/50. That's still a lot of money. He was just being greedy and selfish. So was Ward TBH. Ward was already rich and 60/40 wasn't a horrible offer but I do view that dispute differently knowing how greedy Big John is.

On a nicer note it really warms my heart to see how John B has broken this generational curse at every step. When Sarah gets shot and Sarah is concerned that Terence and Cleo will steal the gold while they go get help, John B says "Screw the gold!" John B puts his friends and family above gold/treasure. And then all of season 4 is John B trying to protect Sarah and telling her how he just wants a normal life with her and their unborn baby and wants to walk away from treasure hunting. You can also how different John B is because of how uncomfortable he is with his father's actions. Big John does a lot of morally questionable things or just plain stupid stuff and John B is the voice of sanity in those moments. And even if John B is unable to voice his feelings he still makes it clear that he uncomfortable with the whole situation. I also think the whole dispute between Big John and Ward illustrates what a better person John B is. John B never quibbled about who should get more share of the gold with his friends. It was never even a question. It was just a given that they were gonna split it evenly regardless of how much work each person put into it. I just know that John B and Sarah are gonna be amazing parents. They are gonna give this child a way better life than either of their sets of parents did!