By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – September 8, 2018) Oh. Charlotte’s lunchbox. I forgot about that. The jig is up for her at least with her own parents, who now know she hid a little of the money for a rainy day. And her brother, he never forgot how uncomfortable he felt after killing the deer,…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – September 8, 2018) It really is astonishing just how smartly Ozark handles Roy Petty, making him impossible to like and somehow even less sympathetic as a character. Every action he takes is designed to make you at least lean towards Marty and Wendy, not to mention Ruth or now Rachel.…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – September 2, 2018) Depression is much more sinister than some people can understand. There is always a contingent that doesn’t experience it and can’t comprehend why it wouldn’t just be a, “suck it up,” situation, but as we saw following Wendy Byrde’s miscarriage last season, until you’re afflicted with it,…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – Sept, 2, 2018) Not surprisingly, the Byrde-Snell-Wilkes casino bill isn’t exactly a universally favored idea, and why not add the Kansas City mob to the Mexican drug cartel, the local heroin distributors, and the agricultural mogul. Ozark is “on one” early and often this season. The first scene had enough…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – Sept 1, 2018) When last we left Marty and Wendy Byrde (Jason Bateman and Laura Linney), their children Charlotte and Jonah (Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner), Jacob and Darlene Snell (Peter Mullan and Lisa Emery), and the Langmores (Julia Garner, Charlie Tahan, Carson Holmes) that weren’t blown up in the penultimate…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – August 30, 2018) We forget how good we have it when we watch a series like Ozark, where even attempts at hope and redemption are often snuffed out by a gunshot, a stab wound with a crowbar, or the unpleasant loss of toenails. Marty Byrde and his family are back,…… more
