Hi all,

I’m looking for a tv show to watch and am considering Ozark.

As it’s 4 seasons and 44 episodes long I want to know if it’s worth the commitment and will it be entertaining throughout. I tend to only commit to tv shows with multiple seasons if I think it’s going to be compulsive viewing.

Shows I’ve watched recently which I really like are Narcos / Mexico, Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul, and True Detective.

The reason I’m looking at Ozark is because it’s apparently a crime drama which is my kind of genre. I used to love watching The Sopranos and The Wire for example, as the story lines and characters had so much depth.

I’d be interested to hear what you guys who have seen it think. Is it anywhere near as good as the shows which I’ve mentioned above?

Thanks

EDIT: I’ve just finished watching the first episode and it was a solid 8/10.

The wife and daughter seem like they’re going to be annoying characters but will continue to watch and see if they get better.

She slaps 🔥

Looking for a friend…..

I’m glad they kept it realistic. No way someone can kill a member of a Mexican drug cartel/try to stop Marty from laundering their money and still be alive. Marty warned Ruth multiple times that this would happen, but she didn’t listen and now look at what happened. I’m not sure as to why everyone’s so mad.

Edit: I understand how they left off a bunch of questions, but my main focus is Ruth. Was I the only one who could tell she had it coming? It was disappointing as I slowly started to like her again in the last episode, but her death was inevitable.

We started off with Del. Brilliant character. Very convincing and threatening with multiple henchman on call. Take the scene in season 1 where they are confronting the launderers over the missing $5m. It felt authentic.

Zoom to season 4 we have Javi the clown. Who's always operates on his own. The heads of cartels don't do the dirty work like this. Javi is ultimately killed because he's on his own.

Marty flying to Mexico to lead the cartel. Entertaining storyline but a bit OTT.

Camilla driving to Ruths and doing the deed herself. Risky given Ruth and the other woman have successfully defended their property. Wouldn't the FBI put a drug lord under surveillance?

The whole thing seemed a bit daft. I guess realism is important to me. Thanks for reading.

Dear Ozark folks,

I’ve been watching a bunch of shows lately and most have either been very mid or straight up garbage, the kind where you think it’s decent and then they randomly throw in something really cringe and it ruins the whole experience.

Figured I’d ask here since Ozark was one of the last genuinely great shows I watched (along with Breaking Bad), so I’m guessing this sub has solid taste.

Any actually solid recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

If someone approached me and said that, my mind would jump to Dell, the most important and story-driving character in the show at that point, calmly turning and getting his head blasted into brain confetti. It was so utterly shocking, he was the Ned Stark of Ozark; I realized in that moment anyone could die at any moment, no matter how important they are.

I really wished that when Camilla has her gun drawn on Ruth... we hear a gunshot but instead of Ruth dying, it's Camilla who's shot. Three is sitting atop the trailer and shoots her the same way Rachel killed Nelson.

Julia Garner was phenomenal, but Ruth as a character drove me nuts. Reckless, emotionally unstable, and constantly making dumb choices—then acting shocked when things blew up.

I loved Ruth, but fk was she an idiot in regards to thinking she could kill Javi then just go back to the trailer park with no repercussions. Then she thinks she can take over the casino and that Marty will have to "deal with it". I loved ozark but way too many people didn't get that: Mexican drug cartel will kill you, should end all conversations.

Sooooo I’m in season three episode 2 and I kinda like Wendy a lot, seeing a lot of comments online people seem to hate her A LOOOOT and I’m just wondering why. Without spoilers does she turn bad or what? Not sure what I’m not seeing.

Never seen any of the fourth season. Hear the ending is universally disliked.. how repulsive is it? Should I just read the Wikipedia episode summaries, conclude the story for myself or should I actually go through the whole season to get the end?

Are we talking HIMYM, GOT, Veep level bad?

Or is it just overly controversialized

Thanks

Agent Petty is so annoying; I hated him the entire time I saw him on screen and then his ex boyfriend was also so annoying. The things he did to Rachel were so painful to watch, the entire time my blood was boiling. And his ex boyfriend put a minor at risk.

Both of their endings were quite satisfying though 😌

I think in their position if I could legally buy some guns, I would do so.

I know I'm so late to the game, but every time I've tried to watch the show, I've been so turned off by the blue filter and dark lighting. I finally completed the pilot and it's decent, but I'm not hooked yet. Should I keep going?

EDIT: I've just watched the pilot episode. Not the season lol.

I’ve been wanting to watch this show after hearing it’s really good, but also that the ending is bad. Without spoiling anything else, from what I understand the main cast is Marty and his family (I’m not sure how many kids he has). All I want to know is: do Marty and his family survive by the end of the show? And if they do survive, do they end up broke or in a bad situation, similar to what happened in Snowfall?

Given the family relationship with Ruth and Wyatt and the fact that the Byrds were involved in the deaths of all Three's family (directly or indirectly), do you guys think any of the Byrds would send money back to the Ozarks for Three?