In many ways, the Byrdes are harsh parodies of the hope and change Obama once promised. She once worked for Barack Obama, we’re told, back when he was an Illinois state senator. While Wendy doesn’t have Marty’s magic with numbers, she has a political persona that gives the family an air of dignity. Marty makes the decisions early on, but sooner or later the entire Byrde family becomes involved. Marty is a ruthless genius like Walt, but he’s more focused on making money disappear and pretending to be a respected businessman.Īlso, Ozark makes a critical decision early: it expanded the criminal enterprise to become a family affair. Rather, Ozark’s focus is money laundering, turning the endless piles of dirty money that a drug cartel makes into clean money capable of use. Ozark shifted the Breaking Bad premise in several key ways: for starters, it doesn’t revolve around drugs. Family members and business partners moved their lives around The One Who Knocks, who was able to hide being a drug kingpin plain sight due to his reputation in good standing as a teacher. While Breaking Bad was filled with rich characters, there was never any doubt that Walt was its compelling and horrifying lead. Starting only four years after the critically and culturally beloved Breaking Bad, it was tough for another show about white-collar white people suddenly entering crime-filled lives to escape from its shadow.īut Ozark managed to do just that, and very much become its own fascinating world. It’s been a long road for Ozark, which started in 2017 and features Jason Bateman and Laura Linney as Marty and Wendy. But on Jan 21, when Part 1 drops, the couple is being challenged from within their family. Threats are nothing new for the Byrdes, who by this point have stared down more cartels and mafias than could be expected from most families. The fourth and final season of Ozark is approaching on Netflix, and a new trailer for Part 1 makes clear that the threats will come from every direction. The end is coming for Wendy and Marty Byrde.
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