Warning: Spoilers forward.
A troublesome spot. Ozark season 4 began in a tense place after the Byrde household have been absolutely embedded into cartel life — and separated from each other.
The Netflix collection first premiered on the streaming large in July 2017, following Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) and his spouse, Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney), laundering cash alongside their two youngsters, Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) and Jonah (Skylar Gaertner). Because the household enterprise grew extra profitable, they relocated to the Ozarks in Missouri and kicked their entrepreneurial efforts into excessive gear.
After three fan-favorite seasons, a fourth and remaining iteration was introduced in June 2020. Season 4 was subsequently break up into two components of seven episodes every. The previous dropped in January 2022 with the latter launched practically 4 months later in April 2022.
“With the ultimate season, the entire thing was like, ‘Effectively, how are we gonna finish it?’ Ought to the Byrde household pay a invoice, ? Like, ought to they get away with it? Ought to they not?” Bateman teased throughout an look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon weeks earlier than the ultimate episodes dropped. “And so [showrunner Chris Mundy] stated, ‘I would like it to be a cheerful ending, however there’s bought to be a bit of a, properly, is it glad for them?’ Hopefully, the viewers will suppose, ‘Ah, they’ve sort of threaded the needle between a cheerful ending — however they’re limping.’”
The fourth season — spoiler alert — started with Ruth Langmore (performed by Julia Garner) having break up up from the group. In the meantime, Marty and Wendy have gotten even nearer to Omar Navarro (Felix Solis). After dramatic seven episodes of attempting to handle their enterprise, they lastly secured a gathering with the FBI to neutralize the cartel as soon as and for all.
“I learn the ultimate scripts and I simply threw the scripts throughout the room,” Jessica Frances Dukes, who performs Particular Agent Maya Miller, informed Us Weekly solely of the finale forward of its premiere. “I tossed tables! I cried! It’s gonna be an emotional roller-coaster. So be prepared.”
The New York native continued: “It’s simply onerous once you stay with the character for thus lengthy. You could have so many issues that you really want. You’re like, ‘I’ve these 5 completely different endings that I need to occur.’ And people writers are simply so sensible. They gave me one thing greater than I may have ever imagined along with her. And I’m simply honored.”
Scroll beneath to study the place the Ozark characters ended up by the collection’ conclusion:
