It’s clear that Luke knew Larissa and whereas we don’t actually get the complete particulars of why he raised JJ or who was chargeable for the association, he tells him that he took him on to attempt to assist. As for Wes, he clearly didn’t learn about JJ’s existence till just lately and figured it out on his personal as a result of it was reported that Larissa, who supposedly had postpartum melancholy in line with a newspaper article, drowned together with her toddler son, a.ok.a. JJ.
Who Is JJ Maybank’s Father?
His actual father is Chandler (Anthony Crane), who in episode 2 informed JJ that he believes in him. This remark does appear to indicate he is aware of who JJ actually is. So who precisely are Larissa, Wes, and Chandler? Effectively, Wes’ direct ancestor, Francis Genrette, was a British officer who caught and killed the infamous Blackbeard in addition to his spouse, Elizabeth. Since then, for 300 years, generations of their household have been haunted by Elizabeth’s ghost and have died violent deaths, together with his daughter. He shares that Larissa noticed Elizabeth per week earlier than she died and now, he has had a visitation and fears he doesn’t have a lot time. He employed the Pogues to search out Elizabeth’s most prized possession, an amulet as a result of he believes if they will discover the amulet, which was Elizabeth’s final request, the curse might be damaged.
The coroner reveals to Deputy Shoupe (Cullen Moss) that Wes didn’t have a coronary heart assault, he was murdered and has strangulation marks on his neck. With solely Chandler left, he tells the Pogues that he’ll nonetheless honor the deal and to let him know in the event that they discover something. We quickly be taught he’s not likely on their facet although as a result of throughout an interrogation with Shoupe, he tries to border the Pogues, telling the Deputy that he thinks they had been within the space the night time Wes was killed. In episode 5, we later see Chandler with Hollis (Brianna Brown), the 2 of them searching at Goat Island collectively as she says it’s going to be superb. Contemplating Hollis’ storyline to date has been getting Rafe (Drew Starkey) to speculate as a companion to syndicate the property, it could make sense for her to be working with Chandler.
The unhappy half is that if Wes hadn’t been killed, he most likely would’ve embraced JJ and been an exquisite grandfather, lastly giving him a member of the family outdoors of the Pogues who truly beloved and cared about him. He may’ve shared tales about his mom and answered any questions JJ had.
Whereas plot twists like this aren’t unusual on TV, particularly for teen reveals, this provides an entire new layer to the character on account of his trauma. Luke, who’s an alcoholic, bodily, emotionally, and verbally abused JJ for his whole life. He additionally thought his mom left him and all of this took a giant toll on him, inflicting him to construct partitions to guard himself from additional ache, which we’ve seen time and time once more.
Naturally, discovering out that they aren’t truly his dad and mom throws JJ’s whole id into query. His complete life, he’s been punished for his father’s errors, given a fame he didn’t deserve solely due to his final identify. He’s been a proud Pogue however actually, he’s a Kook by blood and would have lived a really completely different life if he was not raised by Luke. How will he deal with that? And if it wasn’t for them needing the cash and getting again into the “G” sport on account of JJ dropping the final of their financial savings throughout The Enduro, one has to marvel if he would’ve ever found the reality.