'Outer Banks' John B and Sarah Cameron's Relationship Timeline

If you’ve watched Outer Banks, you know that the Netflix series revolves around friendship, treasure and romance — one specific romance. Most of the episodes are taken up by the love story between characters John B (played by Chase Stokes) and Sarah Cameron (played by Madelyn Cline) — and the costars were a couple IRL while filming the first two seasons, too! Keep reading for John B and Sarah’s relationship timeline.

After the first season of Outer Banks premiered in April 2020, Chase and Madelyn made major headlines in 2020 after going public with their relationship. However, Madelyn and Chase dated for a little over a year before their November 2021 split.

“We’re both professionals. We always have been since day one,” Madelyn explained to W Magazine in August 2022. “Outer Banks is a big family, and at the end of the day, we show up, we’re professional, and we do our jobs.”

Madelyn further explained her and Chase’s professional relationship in an interview with Cosmopolitan from February 2023.

“We always said that the job remains untouched. Nothing else, personal or negative, will touch the job,” she explained.. “And while that’s not always easy, our job is to leave the show better than we found it, to leave the season better than we found it. And I’m really appreciative of that.”

She continued on to explain some of her regrets in making the ex-couple’s relationship so public.

“My thing is, I don’t owe anyone an explanation. I am a really private person. There’s a part of me that is for me and nobody else,” she explained. “But in hindsight, duh, making my relationship public made it everybody else’s business. And I realized the negative side effects of that while going through the breakup, realizing I had let people in and then felt like I couldn’t get anybody out. It just hit me like a freight train. I wanted us both to move on and be happy. People see the need for sides. There are no sides—there’s no winning or losing in a breakup.”

Enough about Chase and Madelyn! Scroll through the gallery to see the relationship timeline between their Outer Banks characters, John B and Sarah Cameron.

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First Kiss

In order to find the treasure that is on board the historical ship called the Royal Merchant, John B must join forces with Sarah, as her family household is connected to the history behind the gold.

Together, they make a trip to Chapel Hill to uncover more of the treasure’s mystery. On their way back to the Outer Banks, they finally kiss (more like make out).

Escape to the Bahamas

After John B is blamed for the death of Sheriff Peterkin, he becomes a sought-after fugitive and attempts to flee the Outer Banks. Sarah discovers that her brother Rafe was the actual killer, and that her father, Ward Cameron, is protecting him. Not only that, Ward also stole the treasure she and the Pogues found and attempted to kill her boyfriend. Father of the year award goes to … Not him.

Following that, she decides to flee with John B to the Bahamas — where her dad sent the treasure. And that’s a wrap on season 1.

Bahama Drama

After a close call with death after their boat to the Bahamas sinks during a tropical storm, Sarah and John B are rescued by a ship headed to — coincidence — the Bahamas. However, after the ship’s captain, Terrance, discovers John B is a wanted criminal and has a $50,000 reward for his capture, they attempt to kidnap the couple — but they escape.

Then, John B leaves to find clues on the treasure’s location, while Sarah is (successfully) captured by Terrance. It’s all good thought, because then the shipmates and high school couple quickly align themselves as allies in exchange for cuts of the gold.

Sarah’s Shot (Gun Wedding)

Sarah is shot by her own brother after her and her boyfriend steal the gold right from under Rafe’s nose (we’re still in the Bahamas, by the way). John B takes Sarah to a sketchy doctor who operates on her wound while Terrence and pals take the gold to the docks. Good news, Sarah survives — bad news, the police confiscate the gold and arrest the others.

Sarah and John B finally leave the island by boat without a gold nugget to their names. Oh, and they get married on said boat. Unofficially, of course.

Reunited and It Feels So Good

The couple end up in Charleston, South Carolina where they finally meet the rest of their Pogue pals. They head to the Outer Banks together where John B is finally apprehended and arrested. He doesn’t stay there long, though, as Rafe’s fingerprints are found on evidence connecting him to the Sheriff’s murder. While the police get a warrant for his arrest, Rafe attacks Sarah and nearly drowns her, but she’s saved by her old boyfriend Topper.

Rescue Mission No. 100

After faking his death, Ward arranged for the entire Cameron family to escape on a ship and head to Guadalupe, along with the treasure. His wife drugs Sarah with some tea to bring her to the boat, and the entire family sets sail for the Caribbean. Luckily, the Pogues stow away inside a shipping container on the barge in order to rescue Sarah and get the gold back.

The Pogues successfully rescue Sarah, but are unable to take back their gold (I’m seeing a pattern here) — and that’s the end of season 2.