What relationship do Pope and Cleo have at the end of Outer Banks season 5?
Answer
They are engaged
Pope and Cleo are engaged at the end of Outer Banks season 5.
Their engagement provides one of the final season's major relationship resolutions. Pope Heyward and Cleo joined the Pogues' wider story in different ways, but their partnership develops into a committed romantic relationship by the series finale.
The ending does not show them as married. Instead, the finale leaves them engaged while the surviving characters begin rebuilding their lives after the Royal Merchant treasure hunt and the storm that affects Kildare Island.
This distinction matters because viewers may assume a wedding occurred after the season's other celebratory scenes. John B and Sarah have a wedding celebration in the finale, while Pope and Cleo's milestone is an engagement.