Ozark

The Netflix crime drama's final moments capitalize on a core truth: No one escapes unscathed. Here, a review of how the series finally ends its four ...

And so the camera pans to Jonah, standing near the house and aiming a shotgun at their home invader. From the beginning, Marty and Wendy never had a real escape route, but the most heartbreaking revelation is this: Neither did their children. The evening is a flurry of champagne and gowns as the Byrdes dance under the donations flooding into their foundation. Her eyes shift and her lips twist as she steels herself to admit the truth: “It was Ruth Langmore.” She’s not so terrified that she can’t lie on behalf of the Byrdes—remember, she’s got a contract set with them—but Ruth? Ruth’s death she can live with. After Father Benitez (Bruno Bichir) warns Marty and Wendy that Nelson is missing and Omar wants to see them, Marty visits Ruth to confirm Nelson’s at the bottom of her pool. Ruth withdraws a gun from her safe and visits Nathan in his motel room at the Lazy O, with the premise of toasting Ben's life and death. (Keep in mind that, in Ozark’s pilot episode, Marty spent the first half obsessed with the fact that his wife was cheating on him, and the second half desperately trying to protect her.) Whether or not it’s true, he feels, by now, that everything he’s done this season—going to Mexico, cooperating with the FBI, threatening Ruth—is for his wife. At the house, Marty meets with Camila, Omar’s sister and the Byrde family’s ally as they attempt to a) kill Omar and b) fulfill their deal with the FBI. They sketch out their plan, which involves a cell transfer in which Omar will “escape” only to get gunned down, and Camila will take over the cartel, so long as she continues making regular payments to America's finest law enforcement agency. Finally, we reach the moment first foreshadowed at the beginning of season 4, when the Byrdes are cruising home to the tune of Sam Cooke, only for a semi-truck to drift into oncoming traffic. Marty has finally reached a breaking point as he attempts to simultaneously assuage the cartel, the FBI, and his family, so he plays his nastiest card: If Ruth doesn’t help him win back his kids, he'll tell the cartel that she killed Javi. Backed into a corner, Ruth agrees. After tapping her shovel to smooth over any disturbed dirt, she lifts her gaze to meet that of Wyatt’s (Charlie Tahan), her cousin who died at the hands of Javi Elizonndro ( Alfonso Herrera). (You’ll recall that Ruth recently killed Javi, Omar Navarro’s (Felix Solis) nephew and the cartel heir, in retaliation.) This Wyatt is an apparition, of course, but that doesn’t make the sad smile he gives her any less gut-wrenching. But as much as Ozark has enjoyed how easily we underestimate certain characters—women, in particular—the show is ultimately about who we overestimate and why.

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Ozark has a lot of in common with Breaking Bad, but one place where it diverges is in the impact of criminality on a family. I wanted to see who lived, who died and how their stories ended, regardless of all the reasons I had to dismiss what was going on. In another moment, Marty threatens to tell a cartel bigwig something about Ruth that would get her killed – exactly what is a bit of a spoiler — unless she steps in to help convince their kids not to leave with Wendy's father. But she's already noted the family is days away from a big gala intended to establish their charitable foundation and can't afford to spook big donors with any whiff of scandal. Shows which have as many plotlines in motion as Ozark can feel rushed in their final episodes as they plow through circumstances to reach the finish line. When the show first began, his kids were clueless about what their father really did for a living and his wife Wendy, played by a resilient, acerbic Laura Linney, was mostly focused on holding the family together.

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Felt a bit like a cheap joke to end the series. The presumption could be that Rachel takes over the Belle and runs that operation, but she’s got some heavy guilt over Nelson and will know what happened to Ruth. It feels like all of that could collapse and pull the Byrdes back in. The thematic thrust that the Byrdes can do anything hits home, but Jonah killing a man who is just trying to find justice for his uncle? Ruth and the Belle will remain part of the operation that Camila will lead. And so he came to find the evidence in Ben’s ashes. The Byrdes have to watch this truck come and not swerve out of the way. He couldn’t “put all the guilt away.” The Byrdes are so good at putting all the guilt away. Bring her in on the operation with the FBI to keep the Belle a part of it. Ruth agrees to get the kids to see Ruth, but she needs reassurance from Wendy that if Ruth does her part, Wendy won’t retaliate even if Jonah decides to go with Nathan. It can’t be her fault if Jonah still insists on leaving. He offers her a deal to escape, a new identity, a chance to leave town and start clean. When Marty and Wendy chose to uproot their family and launder money for a Mexican drug cartel, they knew in their hearts that it would come with a cost. Now that it’s over, we can look back on the story of a family who was willing to do anything to survive and could quite literally get away with murder.

If we're honest with ourselves, Ozark never needed to go on for four seasons. About halfway through Season 1, the ever-efficient Marty (Jason Bateman) had ...

They were everything that their allies and foes weren’t — white, American, economically stable, and in good standing with the law. Calmly, he explains that he finally has the evidence he needs to bring them down. That was always illegal but excusable; they were working for the family business. Through force of will alone, Wendy convinces her family, Marty, and the show itself that her plan is the only viable option. She convinces nearly everyone that the only worthwhile path forward is the one that includes everything she wants: both her old life in Chicago and the political power and prestige a cartel’s money grants. As Wendy and Marty plan a benefit that will ultimately turn the Byrde Foundation into a clean organization, manic energy defines their every move.

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- Episode 8: The Cousin of Death The first seven episodes of Season 4 dropped on Netflix back in January 2022 and the second part will consist of a further seven episodes. Ozark Season 4 Part Two episode guide

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She captioned her post, “Today’s the day…. Given that there’s no definite confirmation, we’ll come in with a prediction that the Ozark actress stands perhaps around a height of 5ft and 6inches, which is a compromise between the two heights listed. If you’re curious about Ozark‘s Rachel Garrison (portrayed by the talented Jordana Spiro) then you’re in the right place because we’ve got everything there is to know about the actress, including how you can still stay up to date on her future projects.

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"Ozark" deftly builds toward that answer, delivering it in a thought-provoking way that cements its place among Netflix's finest dramas. The performances are, again, sensational, with Garner standing out in a home stretch that showcases just how tough and determined Ruth can be. It has also developed ancillary characters, like drug kingpin Omar Navarro (Felix Solis), with a complexity that demonstrates what could be stock threats can be oddly charismatic, though it's never wise to turn your backs on them.

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Despite no hearing, the judge has a petition in front of her and plenty of evidence. He’s checking out of the Lazy-O, and Sam says he was thinking about going to Gamblers Anonymous. Mel responds by saying how much he owes to AA, but he’s lying to himself by defying his sponsor’s advice and his own conscience. She gets in the car, catatonic, and then smashes her head into the window. Mel could break up a family that he honestly believes should be broken up or go back to Chicago. He calls his sponsor and says that the Byrdes are like “nine to 9.5” on a ten-point scale of evil. The Byrdes aren’t willing to go there and decide to use their connection on Sattem instead of Navarro. They will need to pull other strings, and Omar will have to show patience, which is not in his skill set. He grew up in the same area. Wendy calls to give Schafer what they need in Michigan and Wisconsin. To get Omar out of prison, they’re going to commit election fraud. The problem is that they already have a favor in play in getting Omar off the SDN list, and politicians like Schafer don’t give out two. If you take Nathan at his word, he believes that Wendy had something to do with her brother’s death, and that makes for a dangerous environment for his grandkids. While Sam is finding God at the Lazy-O, Nathan makes a major decision: He wants Charlotte and Jonah to come home with him, and he’s going to legally petition to have custody. Wendy wants Camila close and engaged, but Marty knows it’s not sustainable to funnel shipments to the FBI under her nose. She knows the guy is innocent, but it might lead to Javi’s murder if she reveals how she knows.

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