My wife and I both noticed that immediatelyTo add to this, after Darlene and Wyatt were killed, the police didn't think to check the barn on the Snell's property that was filled with opium?
My wife and I both noticed that immediatelyTo add to this, after Darlene and Wyatt were killed, the police didn't think to check the barn on the Snell's property that was filled with opium?
Yep.... the conspiracy theorist in me thinks we may see another season in the distant future. I would guess Bateman and Lilley already played the parts 2-3 seasons more then they expected and want to pursue other movies/series. Leaving how they did though they could come back 5 years from now with a full season or maybe a movie to finish it off. (and get that Netflix bag).I didn't hate the ending, but it felt like a SEASON finale, not a SERIES finale. Way too many loose ends.
Yep.Does 3 inherit all of Darlene's wealth and land after Ruth's death?
Honestly the surprising thing to me about that was that she actually went through with it. I thought she'd wimp out and then Javi would kill her or somethingI was mostly frustrated by the lack of any real twists in the final season: Everything was basically: a character makes a plan, they talk about what they are going to do, they do the thing. Ruth killing Javi was a good example of this. They spent a little bit of time showing how conflicted she was, but in the end she just did it almost exactly like she'd fantasized with no complications. There was very little that really surprised me as a viewer.
This final season to me felt rushed. They had decided to end it and were going to end it. The Jonah evolution, or lack there of, really emphasized it to me. They never really brought him back into the fold of the family, but then bam, he does what he does. Even the car crash part. I think that was their device to bind the Byrdes back together, but it just seemed thrown in, not really given enough time.Didn't like the finale mostly because the ending (Jonah with the shotgun and the implication that he shoots the PI) was not well developed. If they wanted to end it that way, we should have gotten more Jonah character development which really could have been interesting.
The whole second half of the last season felt more like fanfiction than a real series; it was a letdown. As others have said, the car crash cold open to the series turned out to be pointless and stupid. It felt like the writers included it for dramatic effect and said "We'll figure out later why we put it here," and then decided to back out of it when they wrote the second half of the season.
Agreed. I feel like the car crash was one of a long series of events that could have done something interesting with Wendy's character, but never followed through. I would have loved to see her have to face up to her mortality in more depth after spending most of the season acting invincible.This final season to me felt rushed. They had decided to end it and were going to end it. The Jonah evolution, or lack there of, really emphasized it to me. They never really brought him back into the fold of the family, but then bam, he does what he does. Even the car crash part. I think that was their device to bind the Byrdes back together, but it just seemed thrown in, not really given enough time.
I agree, I think that the way the theme of Ozark is so close to Breaking Bad so it's natural for people to compare both of them.Dead ends:
-The car crash. It just happens. It doesn't effect anything. No one is hurt, it wasn't caused by the cartel, it has no link to anything else going on in the show. It's just a device to create a dramatic hook at the start of the 4th season.
-Wendy's dad and his congregation and the baptism of Sam (whatever the real estate agent is). What is the point of this? They all just disappear and have no connection to the greater story or end of the series. I don't think it's very realistic to think that the whole congregation would just follow him out there.
-Cosgrove and the KC mob. They just kind of disappeared without much conclusion or wrap up.
-The cartel priest. Why?
Plot holes/wildly unbelievable ****:
-Ruth is burying Nelson's body in the bottom of the pool while the contractors show up to start working for the day. Did they just not notice her walking out of there with a shovel?
-Javi, this big cartel hotshot is just wandering Chicago without protection? He goes to a fancy restaurant for lunch, beats the **** out of a guy in the bathroom and no one notices? Javi's character in and of itself is unrealistic. Cartels are much smarter. They don't just wander around the Midwest killing sheriffs for the hell of it.
-The way the Snells just hair-trigger murdered absolutely everyone that looked at them funny and just buried them in their massive opium poppy field.
This is just off the top of my head. I'm not trying to ruin the show, just explain why I didn't love it as much as Breaking Bad.
I agree, I think that the way the theme of Ozark is so close to Breaking Bad so it's natural for people to compare both of them.
About Javi, there is no way a cartel head travels anywhere without a bodyguard. At least a driver. When he went to the last meeting he just grab an uber or taxi. The whole episode about Javi and Ruth is just not well thought out.
I think especially this last season the writers for Ozark just went either lazy or don't care anymore. Plot points are just there to add obstacles to the Bryde's to add more tension to the story. Without thinking whether it's logical or not.
I would add another sore point for me, The cartel leader forcing Marty to launder more money so he can bribe his lieutenants. Like...they are drug cartel lieutenants. they don't care if the moeny the got for their bribes are drug money. Things like this are just put down the quality of the Ozark unfortunately.
Hard pass.Wendy Byrde will always be the nastiest MILF on any show.
Agree with everything especially the bolded. What in the actual F...and it ultimately led to Ruth's demise, who end of the day is the only real redeeming character in the show, aside from maybe Three. The showrunners got too cute. Should have just let Darlene eventually go crazy enough to kill Wyatt herself, let Omar rot or get killed by the Lagunas cartel in prison and then let Javi get the FBI deal. Then they could have left Ruth alone or made her fight be against Darlene, which could have been pretty epic IMO. Byrdes would have been off scotch free too, although I'd have loved to see Wendy suffer some sort of sudden ending. Marty gets the kids and they move to Australia, perfect ending all around.I agree, I think that the way the theme of Ozark is so close to Breaking Bad so it's natural for people to compare both of them.
About Javi, there is no way a cartel head travels anywhere without a bodyguard. At least a driver. When he went to the last meeting he just grab an uber or taxi. The whole episode about Javi and Ruth is just not well thought out.
I think especially this last season the writers for Ozark just went either lazy or don't care anymore. Plot points are just there to add obstacles to the Bryde's to add more tension to the story. Without thinking whether it's logical or not.
I would add another sore point for me, The cartel leader forcing Marty to launder more money so he can bribe his lieutenants. Like...they are drug cartel lieutenants. they don't care if the moeny the got for their bribes are drug money. Things like this are just put down the quality of the Ozark unfortunately.
After Omar told Marty that his biggest threat will always be from within.....I was betting that Wendy was going to alienate the whole family and do something so reckless that Marty and the kids would basically have to agree that she needed to disappear. Some scene where Marty and Jonah look at each other without saying anything, and Charlotte eventually saying "dad, we can't do that!!!!" but realizing that it's the only way.IMO that ending sucked. Very disappointed that I wasted all the time on that show for that ending. As soon as they killed Ruth I was done. Kill Ruth but let Wendy off scott free, puke.
The last 2-3 episodes were all about "Marty being a ***** and just doing whatever Wendy wanted", I was hoping he would be something to redeem himself and flip that script but no just continued down the same path.