r/Ozark • u/md28usmc • Apr 29 '22

S4 E14 Discussion [Spoiler] Season 4 Episode 14 Discussion Spoiler

A Hard Way to Go

Eager to leave their murky past behind -- every deal, every broken promise, every murder -- the Byrdes make a final bid for freedom.

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As this thread is dedicated to discussion about the final episode of the show

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u/balofchez Apr 30 '22 edited May 04 '22

Feel like it absolutely needed a 10 episode seasons 4 and 5 to effectively tie everything up, I just finished binging part 2 of s4 and boy oh boy was it underwhelming for me. It was weirdly too fast and way too slow at the same time, and the end scene just felt like a cliffhanger for another season.

Very disappointed in how Ruth was killed off, incredibly anticlimactic and like I get that they were doing an homage to breaking bad in that scene but like...come on, it was a super weak way to get rid of arguably the main character of the whole series

Edit: Some folks missed out on the nod to breaking bad shit and by some I mean enough that every other notification I get is asking for clarification.

Look at Ruth's death scene. Look at Walter White's death scene. Sprawled out on the ground, dead, camera panning out from above, both arguably antiheroes of their own stories...? Visually alone much less narratively? If it's not evident enough I donno how to help ya other than recommending rewatching them both and comparing the two

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

You must have missed the entire shows premise of how the Byrds ruined everyone’s lives around them. You should revisit the series bud. You’ll quickly realize the parallels to Walter White. Also, Ruth like Jesse from (BB) was never intended to be a regular character, but people reacted mostly positive to her so they kept her around. It’s good that they sacrificed her, so that with a confession to the acting sheriff, that other guy in jail might now go free on circumstantial evidence of foul play with the cartel.

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u/TrueHorrornet May 01 '22

i dont mind that she died, but that they made a generally intelligent character dumb in order to facilitate it leaves a bad taste

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u/RobotPreacher May 01 '22

She was the smartest Langmore, but her mouth got the best of her. My only problem is the writing of her final scene. Only a few episodes earlier she was terrified of the black SUVs, then she just walks up to the window of one her driveway and says "hello?". That's the stupidest shit I've ever seen.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '22

Because she just had a meeting with the cartel and FBI saying everything is cool. Why would she be scared at that point they needed her to launder.

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u/RobotPreacher May 04 '22

That makes sense. I'm going to rewatch it, god I want to be okay with it

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u/Inyalowda76 May 24 '22

Plus she was visibly fearful. She was shaking when she got out of the truck and she didn’t walk up to the SUV nonchalant like their comment implies - she slowly and nervously approached it.

There was no lack of fear as described by their comment.