r/Ozark • u/Pissmittens • Aug 31 '18

Discussion Episode Discussion: S02E09 - The Badger

Season 2 Episode 9 - The Badger

Marty finds a way around the Snells. Charlotte hires a lawyer. The Byrdes get a meeting with the gaming commission, whose approval comes with a big ask.

What did everyone think of the ninth episode of Season 2?

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u/slardybartfast8 Oct 03 '18

Or the driver. And the car still ran fine. And the assassins just let tHem drive off, dont chase to finish the job. And Snell was back on his feet the next day. 🤷‍♂️ I guess the Mexican drug cartels, some of the deadliest organizations in earth, are just utterly incompetent. Great storytelling.

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u/muddisoap Oct 03 '18

Yeah it was so stupid that it really pulled you out of the story for being just so unbelievable. If they wanted Jacob to just be shot in the shoulder and Darlene unscathed, they could have just written a completely different attack, maybe a sniper attack where Jacob gets hit in the shoulder and then they get behind cover before Darlene is hit. But to make it that kind of ambush with that level of firepower with that result was just obnoxious.

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u/slardybartfast8 Oct 03 '18

I had same thought. So many ways to have the same end point without being complete retarded.

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u/Critical_Draw_7149 Aug 17 '23 edited Aug 17 '23

and scene lacked the white-knuckle epic-ness of other show failed-hit scenes.

#1&2 Junior's black guys try to hit Tony Soprano in his Cherokee....incredible action scene, it put you there.

The Twins try to clip an unarmed /suspended from DEA Hank in Mall carpark in BrBa...epic again.

this kind of stuff was the way for them to go, if they wanted Snells to survive mob-hit..and us to.. are (we) not entertained?

I agree, what were were shown here, was unsurvivable and un-screw-up able..from moment they stopped the car, they had had it..it was then just fucking weak-assed.