[Editor’s Note: The following story contains major spoilers for Season 3 of “Ozark.”]
How do you top the brain-busting bang of the last minute of Season 3 of Netflix’s “Ozark”? This season of the series seemingly birthed from an algorithmic cocktail of “Breaking Bad,” “Justified,” and “Narcos” emerged as top-tier TV in its final hours. Wendy said goodbye to her brother in the most painful of ways; Helen Pierce had her skull blown out by cartel heavyweight Omar Navarro; and Ruth finally stopped selling her soul, flipping the bird to the Byrdes with the ultimate diss of calling Wendy a “bitch wolf” — a slam that deserves to go down in history.
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To help situate that in the context of “Ozark,” explain why it’s become such a hit for Netflix, and what it means for us now,...
How do you top the brain-busting bang of the last minute of Season 3 of Netflix’s “Ozark”? This season of the series seemingly birthed from an algorithmic cocktail of “Breaking Bad,” “Justified,” and “Narcos” emerged as top-tier TV in its final hours. Wendy said goodbye to her brother in the most painful of ways; Helen Pierce had her skull blown out by cartel heavyweight Omar Navarro; and Ruth finally stopped selling her soul, flipping the bird to the Byrdes with the ultimate diss of calling Wendy a “bitch wolf” — a slam that deserves to go down in history.
More from IndieWireEmmy Contenders to Watch and Where to Stream Them: Limited Series'Extraction': How First-Time Director Sam Hargrave Pulled Off That Wild 12-Minute, One-Shot Action Sequence
To help situate that in the context of “Ozark,” explain why it’s become such a hit for Netflix, and what it means for us now,...
- 4/25/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Ozark returns on Friday, March 27, and although the Byrdes are all in, as the slogan promises, they also get hard doses of reality.
Something about Ozark makes the absurdity of their situation -- a middle-class family assuming the roles of major criminals -- feel all too real.
Desperation has forced decisions onto the Byrdes that they never imagined, and by the time Ozark Season 3 begins, they've found their groove.
During Ozark Season 2, Wendy (Laura Linney) found a mentor in Helen Pierce (Janet McTeer), the cunning cartel attorney who acted as the Byrde's handler and go-between.
Since then, the tension that was evident between Wendy and Marty (Jason Bateman) has become a giant rift. While they continue to work side-by-side in the booming casino business, growing their laundering empire, Marty still imagines a time when they can leave it all behind.
Wendy's increased confidence enables her to gain the ear of...
Something about Ozark makes the absurdity of their situation -- a middle-class family assuming the roles of major criminals -- feel all too real.
Desperation has forced decisions onto the Byrdes that they never imagined, and by the time Ozark Season 3 begins, they've found their groove.
During Ozark Season 2, Wendy (Laura Linney) found a mentor in Helen Pierce (Janet McTeer), the cunning cartel attorney who acted as the Byrde's handler and go-between.
Since then, the tension that was evident between Wendy and Marty (Jason Bateman) has become a giant rift. While they continue to work side-by-side in the booming casino business, growing their laundering empire, Marty still imagines a time when they can leave it all behind.
Wendy's increased confidence enables her to gain the ear of...
- 3/25/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Like an FBI Agent on the take, “Ozark” is a crime drama working against itself. The Netflix original series from creators Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, steered by showrunner Chris Mundy, tracks a family on the run, except there’s nowhere for the Byrdes to go. Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) made a deal with the devil when they agreed to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel, and their insurmountable debt is steadily drowning them both. “Ozark” rightly sees its core married couple as dead folks walking, and yet it still has to find believable, evocative, and compelling ways to keep them alive and kicking for one or two or 10 more seasons. (Please don’t let this be the first Netflix series to last 12 seasons.)
Season 1 relied on shock and awe to great effect, throwing audiences into the deep end of the pool while knowing it was a one-way trip.
Season 1 relied on shock and awe to great effect, throwing audiences into the deep end of the pool while knowing it was a one-way trip.
- 3/19/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Netflix’s Emmy-winning crime drama Ozark is back with a new season on March 27th, and the money-laundering scheme is bigger than ever.
Taking place six months after the conclusion to Season 2, Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy’s (Laura Linney) casino is up and running, but the couple is at odds when Wendy decides to plot for expansion. Aided by the cartel’s attorney Helen (Janet McTeer) and cartel leader Omar Navarro (Felix Solis), she works behind Marty’s back to secure the family’s destiny, as Marty bribes Ruth...
Taking place six months after the conclusion to Season 2, Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy’s (Laura Linney) casino is up and running, but the couple is at odds when Wendy decides to plot for expansion. Aided by the cartel’s attorney Helen (Janet McTeer) and cartel leader Omar Navarro (Felix Solis), she works behind Marty’s back to secure the family’s destiny, as Marty bribes Ruth...
- 3/5/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Ozark Season 3 is coming to Netflix! 10 new episodes of the show will soon arrive on the streaming service.
As star Jason Bateman, who directed the first two episodes of the upcoming frame, put it upon the third season renewal announcement, “I’m happy for me, but concerned for Marty.” – Us, too, Jason.
Indeed, as long as there’s an audience for the crime drama series, it will continue on for a fair while yet. The team behind Ozark have a five-year plan set out, but they seem open to extending the story beyond that.
“We’ve always talked about it as five seasons. It could be four, it could be seven … but that always seemed like a good number to us,” said showrunner Chris Mundy at the April 2019 Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills.
Ozark Quick Shots
How many seasons are there? Two. Here’s our spoiler-free review of the second season.
As star Jason Bateman, who directed the first two episodes of the upcoming frame, put it upon the third season renewal announcement, “I’m happy for me, but concerned for Marty.” – Us, too, Jason.
Indeed, as long as there’s an audience for the crime drama series, it will continue on for a fair while yet. The team behind Ozark have a five-year plan set out, but they seem open to extending the story beyond that.
“We’ve always talked about it as five seasons. It could be four, it could be seven … but that always seemed like a good number to us,” said showrunner Chris Mundy at the April 2019 Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills.
Ozark Quick Shots
How many seasons are there? Two. Here’s our spoiler-free review of the second season.
- 3/5/2020
- by jbindeck2015
- Den of Geek
One of Netflix's most beloved series is gearing up for its highly anticipated third season.
Yes, we're totally talking about Ozark, and the the trailer for the new season is as bonkers as you would expect.
It's six months later, the casino is up and running, but Marty and Wendy are fighting for control of the family's destiny.
Marty preaches keeping the status quo. Aided by an alliance with Helen and drug cartel leader Omar Navarro, Wendy plots for expansion.
But when Wendy's brother Ben comes into town, everyone's lives are thrown into chaos.
The new season stars Emmy Award® Winner Jason Bateman, Emmy Award® Winner Laura Linney, Emmy Award® Winner Julia Garner, Emmy Award® nominee Janet McTeer, Tom Pelphrey, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Charlie Tahan, Lisa Emery and Jessica Frances Dukes.
The series from Mrc Television was created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams who executive produce alongside Jason Bateman,...
Yes, we're totally talking about Ozark, and the the trailer for the new season is as bonkers as you would expect.
It's six months later, the casino is up and running, but Marty and Wendy are fighting for control of the family's destiny.
Marty preaches keeping the status quo. Aided by an alliance with Helen and drug cartel leader Omar Navarro, Wendy plots for expansion.
But when Wendy's brother Ben comes into town, everyone's lives are thrown into chaos.
The new season stars Emmy Award® Winner Jason Bateman, Emmy Award® Winner Laura Linney, Emmy Award® Winner Julia Garner, Emmy Award® nominee Janet McTeer, Tom Pelphrey, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Charlie Tahan, Lisa Emery and Jessica Frances Dukes.
The series from Mrc Television was created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams who executive produce alongside Jason Bateman,...
- 3/5/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The trailer for “Ozark” Season 3 opens with Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) commuting by Bayliner to his family’s new money-laundering venture, a riverboat casino. Shortly thereafter, it cuts to Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney) pointing a gun at her hubby.
Yeah, the Byrdes have problems, which is probably why they have hired marriage counselor Sue Shelby (Marylouise Burke) to help them sort through a very unique situation. There’s just one problem with Sue’s impartial professional advice: Marty is bribing her.
Shortly thereafter, in case it wasn’t absolutely crystal clear that Shelby is the Netflix show’s resident couples therapist, Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner) tells Marty, “I’m not your f—ing marriage counselor.”
Also Read: Netflix in March: Here's Everything Coming and Going
She used to at least be his f—ing employee, but now the lines are a bit blurred. Ruth was never really one for being subordinate.
Yeah, the Byrdes have problems, which is probably why they have hired marriage counselor Sue Shelby (Marylouise Burke) to help them sort through a very unique situation. There’s just one problem with Sue’s impartial professional advice: Marty is bribing her.
Shortly thereafter, in case it wasn’t absolutely crystal clear that Shelby is the Netflix show’s resident couples therapist, Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner) tells Marty, “I’m not your f—ing marriage counselor.”
Also Read: Netflix in March: Here's Everything Coming and Going
She used to at least be his f—ing employee, but now the lines are a bit blurred. Ruth was never really one for being subordinate.
- 3/5/2020
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
TV’s most toxic husband and wife duo are finally getting some help.
As revealed in the first trailer for Ozark‘s third season, which bows Friday, March 27 on Netflix, aspiring mob bosses Marty and Wendy retain a couples counselor to help save their imploding marriage. And it goes about as well as you’d expect, especially when you take into account the fact that Marty is bribing the shrink to favor his Pov.
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As revealed in the first trailer for Ozark‘s third season, which bows Friday, March 27 on Netflix, aspiring mob bosses Marty and Wendy retain a couples counselor to help save their imploding marriage. And it goes about as well as you’d expect, especially when you take into account the fact that Marty is bribing the shrink to favor his Pov.
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- 3/5/2020
- TVLine.com
Netflix has unveiled the trailer for “Ozark” Season 3, and it’s clear that the Byrde family is only getting darker.
The new season, which will center on the power struggle between Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) Byrde as they endeavor to keep their casino thriving, won’t lack for machinations, violence, and the relentless bleakness that has defined the crime drama series.
The “Ozark” Season 3 trailer opens with Wendy apparently pointing a gun at her husband, and the following snippets, which range from waterboarding and other torture to a truck explosion, only ramp up the intensity. “Ozark” has offered no shortage of gritty violence over its last two seasons, and Season 3 is shaping up to be the series’ most brutal installment yet.
Per Netflix’s official synopsis: “It’s six months later, the casino is up and running, but Marty and Wendy are fighting for control of the family’s destiny.
The new season, which will center on the power struggle between Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) Byrde as they endeavor to keep their casino thriving, won’t lack for machinations, violence, and the relentless bleakness that has defined the crime drama series.
The “Ozark” Season 3 trailer opens with Wendy apparently pointing a gun at her husband, and the following snippets, which range from waterboarding and other torture to a truck explosion, only ramp up the intensity. “Ozark” has offered no shortage of gritty violence over its last two seasons, and Season 3 is shaping up to be the series’ most brutal installment yet.
Per Netflix’s official synopsis: “It’s six months later, the casino is up and running, but Marty and Wendy are fighting for control of the family’s destiny.
- 3/5/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
“Ozark” Season 1 made so many bold choices, so quickly, that Season 2 was bound to slow things down. Engaging viewers with the escalating series of crises Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) and his family had to deal with immediately, the Netflix drama ate up a ton of narrative to provide its breakneck pace. Now that the ex-suburbanites have their backwoods criminal enterprise up and sailing, instead of plugging holes in a sinking ship, a steadier, more character-driven story comes with the territory.
But the degree to which “Ozark” slams on the breaks is disconcerting; the downshift in pacing creates an antsy viewing experience that transitions into blandness, as the follow-up season spends nearly seven hours setting up a moral turning point it could’ve easily implemented much sooner. While still a sharp, attentive, and altogether capable drama, the benefits of a successful first season don’t transfer to the Byrdes in Season 2 — or viewers watching them.
But the degree to which “Ozark” slams on the breaks is disconcerting; the downshift in pacing creates an antsy viewing experience that transitions into blandness, as the follow-up season spends nearly seven hours setting up a moral turning point it could’ve easily implemented much sooner. While still a sharp, attentive, and altogether capable drama, the benefits of a successful first season don’t transfer to the Byrdes in Season 2 — or viewers watching them.
- 8/15/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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