Careful! The watchful eye of FormerPres (or whatever name he’s using now) is always open for this sort of things to get excited about.
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I was also let down by the end season of Ozark. Won't say much due to spoilers but most of the storyline felt forced to me.
I wont say anything specific about the ending, its far too soon after release to think 'everyone has seen it' but it really felt rather directionless, somewhat rushed and frankly...a little lazy.
And I find this really strange, because these kinds of criticisms are things that I'd otherwise never attribute to this show at any other point in its run.
Further, it shouldnt have been rushed and it shouldnt have been lazy. They knew the show was winding up, they knew how many episodes they had and how much time they had.
They had the opportunity to end this show however they wanted and/or planned to and it doesnt feel as though they did.
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Ozark to me always felt like a second rate Breaking Bad and that held true through the final season.
Reading articles now about the show and they talk about how the storylines were such a collaborative effort, and how there was a big debate on how to wrap up the story and the fate of a certain character.
Compare that to Breaking Bad, which I’m sure had input from various sources, but Vince Gilligan had a full vision and a plan for the story and carried it beautifully into completion.
This was nothing like that. Probably an unfair comparison, but it certainly began to feel like a soap opera they slapped an ending on. Overall still an enjoyable series though.
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I wasn't upset with the ending - I don't see how it could have ended any other way. They always managed to get their way out of a scrape, with no compunction as to how they did it, it was expected. They just outmaneuvered everyone as they had all along, with no care for the consequences to others.
The other person's fate - I expected that as well. That was never going to be a "happy" ending.
I wasn't upset with the ending - I don't see how it could have ended any other way.....
Well, it could have ended in a few different and much more spectacular ways:
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The entire Byrde family could have been wiped out by the cartel.
Byrde family could have been removed and taken into witness protection to live a slow, scared and uninteresting life quashing Wendy's grandiose ambitions.
The Casino could have been blown out in pieces by a competing drug cartel or one of the people the Byrdes screw over in the past. This would initiate a whole chain of dramatic events...
I could go on...
Instead, they did what they did...
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The final block of episodes just didn’t quite work for me. It did feel rushed and felt like it had lost its purpose. The final scene was particularly terrible.
Here’s how I’d have wrapped it up - lean in on the divide between Marty and Wendy. I think that storyline was largely abandoned over the final season but was one of the drivers of the show.
I’d have liked Marty to have finally given up on the laundering entirely after seeing what it was doing to the people he cared about - particularly Ruth. Wendy would be continuing on her power play and Marty’s disinterest in continuing would stand in her way of achieving her vision. He’s v become a liability for her. Marty would work to get the kids to flee with him. She finds out that he’s trying to take the kids and decides that the only way to achieve her dreams as well as keep the kids is to eliminate Marty and it becomes a cat and mouse game where Marty and Ruth are battling wills with her.
Ultimately, he gains the upper hand and kills his wife. The final episode or two would be focused on dealing with what he did but also desperately finding a way to safely get him and his family from under the cartel and out of the Ozarks.
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After Breaking Bad, there was a rash of actor driven, Anti Hero style shoves, cuz everyone wanted to be the next Brian Cranston. The trouble with actor driven shows is they tend to focus on having big character moments and end up with lots of plot holes and a rudderless story.
After Breaking Bad, there was a rash of actor driven, Anti Hero style shoves, cuz everyone wanted to be the next Brian Cranston. The trouble with actor driven shows is they tend to focus on having big character moments and end up with lots of plot holes and a rudderless story.
I don't disagree with your point, in general, but it is a bit unfair to Ozark, which was an excellent show except for its disappointing final season.
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A new series of “Black Mirror” is in the works at Netflix, Variety can reveal.
It’s been almost three years since Season 5 of the dystopian drama premiered on the streaming service in June 2019, but sources indicate that a new anthology series of “Black Mirror” is shaping up, and casting is now underway.
While details about specific stories are being kept under lock and key, Variety understands that Season 6 will have more episodes than Season 5, which comprised of just three instalments and starred Andrew Scott, Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topher Grace and Miley Cyrus.
