Netflix's Outer Banks season 2 included references to a mysterious shroud with supposed healing abilities — but a new theory suggests that John B (Chase Stokes) already has it. There has been no shortage of MacGuffins for Outer Banks' cast of characters to pursue. In the first season, The Pogues hunted down the lost treasure of the Royal Merchant. Meanwhile, Outer Banks season 2 put John B, Sarah (Madelyn Cline), JJ (Rudy Pankow), Kiara (Madison Bailey), and Pope (Jonathan Daviss) on the trail of the equally fabled Cross of Santo Domingo.
That particular quest was instigated by Carla Limbrey (Elizabeth Mitchell). Rather than the wealth afforded by the cross itself, however, she wanted a shroud that was locked within. Suffering from a terminal illness, Limbrey subscribed to the belief that the shroud could heal anybody that came into physical contact with it. Unfortunately, after Rafe (Drew Starkey) was able to successfully steal the Cross of Santo Domingo from the Pogues, the compartment was revealed to be empty and the shroud seemingly moth-eaten. Following the reveal that John B's father was still alive, however, Big John told Limbrey that the shroud was still out there, waiting to be claimed. As a result, Outer Banks season 3's treasure hunt was seemingly set up.
According to a theory on Reddit (and later popularized on TikTok by @Justthenobodys), however, that particular hunt won't be a long one — because John B already has it in his possession. Since the very beginning, John B has worn a bandana that used to belong to his father. The theory has since posited that the bandana and the mysterious shroud are actually one and the same. Should that turn out to be the case, it would actually close several plot holes. For starters, it could explain how Big John was even still alive in Outer Banks season 2 if he'd kept a piece and had it to hand after being attacked by Ward (Charles Esten).
It would also retroactively explain John B himself having more lives than a proverbial cat. In Outer Banks season 2, he was even attacked by an alligator. Despite suffering a vicious bite in the leg, he was soon back to customarily running for his life in the proceeding episodes. That came not courtesy of a hospital visit but, significantly, shortly after he tied a piece of the bandana around the wound. The bandana was also present when John B was pushed from a tower by Austin North's Topper in Outer Banks season 1. Despite breaking his wrist, it was only an episode or so later that John B tore off the cast and the injury was never mentioned again. The same could be said of Sarah's miraculous revival after getting shot in Outer Banks season 2, with John B (bandana and all) tearfully hugging her seemingly dead body.
One wrinkle, however, would be Sheriff Peterkin's (Adina Porter) death. After she herself was shot, John B applied pressure to the wound with the bandana. Despite that, she still seemed to succumb to her injuries. As such, the notion was effectively disproven. That being said, it could be argued that the rules of shroud require skin contact, with John B only tending to her through her uniform. It also may require a connection to Outer Banks' Limbrey family line, of which John B could distantly belong and that Sarah technically joined through her spiritual marriage to him. Then again, Outer Banks has been exactly the kind of show that could reveal that Sheriff Peterkin's death had been faked for some as-yet-unknown reason.
A bigger question, though, would be whether introducing supernatural elements would be a good idea at all. As big a twist as it would be, and the holes it could fill, there hasn't been nearly enough of a foundation for it. Though it has taken inspiration from the Indiana Jones movies, Outer Banks has been a comparatively more grounded (if also an often ridiculously nonsensical) affair. As such, the introduction of actual magic as late as the third season could be a mistake and ultimately lead to calls of "jumping the shark."
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