![]() ![]() There's a stark tonal shift for the final episodes as we witness Ruth's struggle to gather her emotions, Wendy's moment of complete self-awareness and a longtime overdue emotional dialogue with her kids. Over the course of the four seasons, we have gained enough insights into these characters to realise where they stand when it comes to making the right or wrong decisions.īefore the release of the second part of the final season, Jason Bateman had teased in an interview that the finale was going to have an emotional quotient and well, that's probably one of the biggest differences you will observe for the series. Although in my opinion, it's a fair ending going by the character development for each of them, be it Marty, Wendy or Ruth. The nature of the conclusion though for the show's lead characters, particularly the Byrde family and Ruth may not sit down well with many fans though. The final episodes of the last season do pack a lot of surprises in the form of flashbacks, the reappearance of characters from the initial seasons and so on which work well when it comes to giving every character their proper ending. ![]() With the Byrdes and Sattem's fates intertwined right till the end, it's a nail-biting last few minutes for the show. Amid the Byrdes and Ruth's plans, there's also Mel Sattem (Adam Rothenberg), a character that I gave up on a long time ago who makes a key appearance in the finale. ![]() In this journey towards their endgame, Wendy (Linney) does stoop to new lows as passes out flyers for her "missing" brother whom she herself killed in the third season. The final seven episodes of the series focus on the Byrde family's last attempts to make it out of the messy partnerships with drug cartel owners into something that can induct them back into society with a cleaner reputation. The fourth season of Ozark has had a lot of subplots and the interlocked storylines do get tedious to follow at some points. A bigger chunk of the story though focuses on Navarro’s sister, Camila (Veronica Falcón) who becomes the big player in the finale. In the meantime, Marty also gets to take on the cartel leadership in Mexico where he tries to learn who ordered a hit on Navarro (Felix Solis). A bloodthirsty Ruth is also being convinced by both Marty and Wendy separately to not take any harsh steps, particularly trying to kill Javi. Javi (Alfonso Herrera) who is responsible for the Wyatt and Darlene's deaths in the meantime is in the middle of a deal with Mary, Wendy and Clare Shaw (Katrina Lenk). She's determined to finish off Wyatt's murderer but doesn't know where to begin her search. The final episodes of the fourth season start with Ruth (Julia Garner) going into revenge mode after losing her cousin Wyatt (Charlie Tahan) and his wife Darlene (Lisa Emery). Did it really all start with the family trying to get out of one ugly situation, only to land themselves up on 50 others? Well, yes that's the four-season journey one could say for Marty (J ason Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) who have done and said unthinkable things. As for the Byrde family, it's the swang song they have been waiting for. For a series such as this, there are not only a lot of characters but also their deeds that deserve closure of sorts. In my observation, for most showrunners, the toughest job may be to tie all the loose ends that have been left from the initial seasons in a fitting way. Wrapping up a series as complicated as Ozark is no easy task given that there are many ways it can go wrong. Even as the crime genre has been a tough space to compete in with the likes of Breaking Bad and Narcos out there, Ozark managed to hold its own and has with every season proven that one of its strongest points has been its amazing cast. From the first season to the fourth, the series has had several moments where we were beyond surprised with the outcomes and the final seven episodes are no different. If there's one way to describe Ozark as a series or its characters, there's possibly only one word that can describe it, which is baffling. ![]()
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