There are only a few days left to say goodbye definitively to ‘Ozark’. The wonderful series Netflix will come to an end next april 29 with the premiere of the second part of its fourth and final season. For my part, I have already been able to see the first three episodes and I have not been disappointed at all.
As expected, the series picks up the story where it left off last January, that is, with Ruth eager for revenge after what happened to her brother Wyatt. That leads to the first of these last seven episodes of ‘Ozark’ being especially intense and then it’s time to direct the course from what happens here.
true to form
Obviously I’m not going to go into details about what happens, but I will point out that it is an episode that works very well as an appetizer for the inevitable cascade of events that will take place between now and the end of the series. And it does so without giving up that characteristic approach of the series, that uncomfortable stillness with which the viewer is always aware that things can go wrong at any time.
In fact, the violence is again circumscribed to punctual explosions, lethal by necessity but without, at least for now, having the necessary continuity for anything to seem inevitable. That is something that goes very well with Marty’s attitude, since the character embodied by Jason Bateman He is a specialist in managing crisis situations, but there comes a point where it seems more and more impossible for him to keep his family safe.
However, the series focuses again on her attempts to regain control, although without neglecting Wendy’s maneuvers to keep everything she has fought (and sacrificed) so much for. That even gives rise to a dialectical clash between the two that ends up making it very clear what the position of both is and how far they are willing to go.
inevitable return to darkness
Suffice it to say that the series was following an apparent path from darkness to light until now, something that was even endorsed with the use of photography, but this final batch of episodes feels like an inevitable fall into darkness. total. For now, everything is happening with a certain parsimony, the same that would really a room with no exit that gradually fills with water with you inside it...
‘Ozark’ does not seek to show something like that out of the blue, but showing how little by little everything is heading towards a dead end. At the moment he has not reached the level of brilliance exhibited with everything related to Ben’s inevitable sacrifice in the third season -note that his absence is still quite important here, they have not forgotten, far from it, what happened- , but it is creating the ideal breeding ground for it. There the Netflix series has always known how to move very well.
And it is that ‘Ozark’ is bound to have an unhappy ending, even for those main characters who can make it to the opening credits alive. From the beginning it has been a series has been a run forward, an attempt to show that the Byrde family could get ahead in an impossible situation. That has caused a lot of damage and has reached a point where his tricks will no longer be enough -already the end of the third episode makes it clear that Marty has been overwhelmed by the situation-. Ruth was the first to see it, but it’s only a matter of time before that’s the end of the Byrdes. It was always clear that it would have to be this way.
In short
‘Ozark’ returns faithful to its style to pave the way for the end of the series. After a particularly powerful first episode, it’s time to reposition everything before everything rushes. I’m looking forward to seeing it and I suspect many of you are too. Let’s hope it’s a farewell match for one of the best Netflix original series.