Madison Bailey is having a bittersweet time filming the final season of Outer Banks . “The vibe on set this year, in the beginning, was very emotional,” she says over Zoom. “We were hyper-aware that this is our last season.”

Now that the cast and crew have hit the halfway point of shooting Season 5, she admits things have gotten “tough” to process. “The other day, we were filming on a boat, and I was like, ‘Wait, is this our last boat day? Is this our last sunset ride in?’ We’re just really taking in all of the final milestones, like this is our last time at this location or my last scene with my parents,” she says. “It’s been an emotional year, I’m not going to lie, but it’s been a good one.”

Despite those sentimental moments and being without Rudy Pankow — whose character, J.J

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