John B and JJ

### Status

Best Friends; Like brothers; Declared family; Allies; Willing to die for each other; JJ grieves John B when he thinks he's dead; JJ said I love you

### Started

Third Grade

**John B and JJ** are best friends and members of the close-knit friend group, The Pogues. They have been best friends since the third grade, the longest of all the Pogues. They are supportive of each other, they're always there for each other and they can relate to each other the most out of the Pogues. They care about each other very much and they constantly prove that they are willing to do anything for each other, even as far as going to jail or die for one another. They have both declared that the other is their family.

## History

JJ and John B have been best friends since before the Pilot, since the third grade. In the Pilot John B describes JJ as the best surfer he knows, a mild kleptomaniac and "a future tax cheat". They're shown to have a very close relationship, both being able to go to the other whenever needed and they can be brutally honest with the other, without the relationship being affected. They are shown to trust each other and rely on each other a lot, and while they sometimes fight they still support each other and defend the other if needed. A lot of the time, John B is the person JJ goes to when he needs a partner in crime to do something stupid with. JJ also seems to sleep over at John B's house a lot, presumably because of JJ's abusive father. It is also implied in The Lucky Compass that John B kept the rooster mainly for JJ.

## Throughout The Series

### Season 1

John B and JJ are first seen as best friends, both members of The Pogues. They are seen fishing, hanging out and getting in trouble together, both in the main plotline and outside of it. They are often joking and making fun of each other. John B describes him as his best friend and as the best surfer he knows. John B later said that he should have learned a long time ago to not listen to JJ because he is full of bad ideas. They are shown to trust each other a lot, like when John B was in the well and he in a panic yelled for JJ despite Pope being there as well.

The morning after the storm, we see JJ sleeping on John B's couch, they then go fishing together after clearing out the HMS Pogue. Later on when John B mocks JJ by implying that he is weak and feeble. When JJ and John B are at the motel, JJ mocks him about Kiara and pushes him to make a move on her. JJ then uses that same gun to save John B's life at the kegger when Topper tried to drown him.

After JJ got released on bail, he went to the Chateau to wait for John B to get back. When John B does get back, he jumps at him and quickly explains what has happened and they carefully sneak away from Shoupe in the HMS Pogue, and when they get somewhere more private JJ explains everything. John B reasons that if they are willing to kill for the gold then it must be out there, but JJ snaps at John B and says tells him that he'll end up just like his dad if he continues down this road.

While JJ, Pope and Kiara are waiting in the Twinkie at the Hawk’s Nest for John B to finish his meeting with Sarah, they hear Sarah scream for help. They run to the tower where they find John B laying on the ground and Sarah holding him while crying. When Sarah explains briefly what happened JJ immediately looks around for Topper and asks "where the hell is he". Panic-stricken, he and Kiara yell at Pope to hurry with calling 911.

When JJ is at Barry's house looking for money that he can steal, John B follows him inside in an attempt to talk some sense into him. Right before JJ is about to leave the house with the money that he found, John B stops him and recites what JJ previously told him a few episodes earlier, that if he keeps going down this road he will end up like his father. JJ gets visibly angry and tells John B to watch his mouth. Outside, John B and the pogues yell at JJ because they are "sick of his shit". JJ ends up leaving with the money and the pogues take off without JJ. Later we see the Pogues talking about JJ and the gold, and John B says that he will come around eventually because he is doing a "JJ thing"

During the manhunt for John B, JJ does everything in his power to make sure that John B and Sarah can escape the OBX. He steals his father's boat, the *phantom* for John B. John B apologizes to them for "throwing them off a cliff" with the treasure hunt. As they are saying goodbye to their friend, they make plans to meet up in Mexico in two months. JJ and the others are all crying and JJ even tells John B that he loves him before John B leaves on the boat. When Shoupe comes to tell the Pogues that John B and Sarah are dead, he is full of remorse. JJ gets angry at him and attempts to jump at him but gets held back by Deputy Thomas while he is yelling that they killed him. Once he calms down, Thomas lets go of him and JJ starts crying for his friend.

### Season 2

At the start of Season 2, JJ believes John B to be dead, like the rest of the OBX. At the beginning of episode 1, we see him, Pope and Kiara make a memorial for John B on one of the trees in his backyard. They also bury some of his bracelets and other things and then lastly, they drink to him and Sarah. Later in the same episode when JJ is at work, he overhears some kooks talk about John B. He defends John B's name by announcing to everyone there that Rafe killed Sheriff Peterkin. When JJ, Pope and Kie find out that John B and Sarah are still alive, JJ cries and the three of them group hug.

When JJ, Pope and Kiara are running from Renfield in Charleston, they run into Sarah and John B. The Pogues all reunite, and when they are on the bike, JJ hugs John B from the side. Later when they are back at the Chateau, in the middle of the party John B notices the memorial they made for him. This makes him emotional and he tells JJ that it's a cute art project. JJ then hugs him and tells him that he missed him. Later in the same episode, Ward calls the cops on Sarah and John B. When they are running from the cops, JJ pulls out his gun and shows that he is ready to die for John B, just when he is about to go in, John B stops him, grabs his face and tells him it will be okay, he then turns himself in.

After John B's court hearing, JJ makes up a plan to break John B out of jail. A couple of hours later, he visits him in jail and tells him the plan. Later during the same episode, John B begins to prepare but is interrupted by another inmate trying to kill him. Meanwhile, JJ picks up the wrong patient and is almost arrested.

When John B gets out of jail unexpectedly, he surprises JJ and the Pogues. JJ is ecstatic when he finds out that John B is out of jail, and he immediately asks how he broke out, and when John B corrects him and says that the charges were dropped, JJ says he did all that for nothing, referring to his plan to break John B out.

After JJ helped his dad escape the island, he realized that John B and the Pogues were all he had. He told John B and the Pogues that he had come too close to losing them, and that they were everything he had now.

When JJ and Kiara were missing, John B was worried for them. And when JJ almost died on the Coastal Venture boat, John B was very worried and shouted his name out when he saw JJ unconscious in the water. When he realized that JJ was okay, he was very relieved.

## Quotes

> **John B (describing JJ):** "That’s JJ, my best friend since the third grade. He’s about as local as they come. Latest in a long line of fishing, drinking, smuggling, vendetta-holding salt-lifers who made their living off the water. Best surfer I know. Just don’t tell him I said that. Mild kleptomaniac and a future tax cheat."
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> **JJ:** "When will you get it in your thick skull, if you keep goin' down this road, you're gonna end up just like your dad!"
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> --**John B and JJ** in **Midsummers**

> **John B:** "Hey, look at me. If you keep going down this road, you're gonna end up just like your dad, do-"
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> **JJ:** "You watch your mouth, man."
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> --**John B and JJ** in **Dead Calm**

> **JJ (to John B):** "I freaking missed you man"
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> **JJ (defending John B's name):** "Can I have everybody's attention, please? I have a little announcement to make! My best friend, John B, did not kill Sheriff Peterkin! Rafe Cameron killed and shot the sheriff in cold blood!
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> **Sarah to John B & JJ:** "Why are y'all acting like you're not gonna do it anyways, like when have y'all ever done the safe thing?
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> **John B:** "Yeah, so what's your plan, slick?
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> **JJ:** "Well, as thou hath stealth from us, we shall stealeth from ye."
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> **John B:** "Yeah that kinda got lost in translation"
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> **JJ to John B:** "Good thing your best friend is JJ Maybank"
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## Trivia

* When JJ thought that John B was dead at sea, he gave himself a Stick and Poke tattoo on his ankle reading "P4L" in honor of John B.
* JJ once stepped in front of a gun for John B and the other pogues.
* They have known each other for almost their whole lives.
* After John B was presumed dead, JJ, Pope and Kiara made a memorial for John B on one of the trees in his backyard.
* JJ has saved John B's life more than once.

## Gallery

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pilot, 1x01
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Midsummers, 1x05
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dead Calm, 1x07
4. ↑ The Bell Tower, 1x09
5. ↑ The Phantom, 1x10
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Gold, 2x01
7. ↑ Homecoming, 2x04
8. ↑ The Darkest Hour, 2x05
9. ↑ My Druthers, 2x06
10. ↑ The Cross, 2x08
11. ↑ The Coastal Venture, 2x10