Ozark: 20 Things You Missed In The Final Season

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Pretty soon smart middle class white guys getting themselves in over their head in the criminal world by overestimating their intelligence will become a genre. For the Jason Bateman led ensemble crime drama on Netflix, the smartness comes in the form of a seemingly mild mannered financial accounting wizard who assumed that he could take his big city ways to a podunk part of the Ozarks and launder money with no one being the wiser. What Bateman’s character Marty Byrde didn’t take into account was that there would already be a fully realized and functioning underworld of crime already in place that neither wanted nor appreciated the level of financial criminality that Marty brought to the table. The perfect recipe for a clever person to overestimate their own intelligence and dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they run around putting out fires set by the people around him who don’t have his temperament. For four seasons the Byrde family has been jumping from frying pan to fire to bigger fire to just a big ol’ cauldron of lava. Over the course of the series we’ve seen the effectiveness of Marty talking his way out of things and right into even bigger problems as he is surrounded by chaos agents. With the series finally at its close we’ll look at the detail of the second part of the fourth season and how we got here. What’s your favorite detail from the show? Let us know in the comments and while you’re there be sure to like and subscribe for the latest content straight to your inbox.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Bobcats
01:56 Nas
03:16 Rebecca Luker
03:57 Splitting The Season
04:39 Location Location Location
05:17 Series Ending
06:08 Ben
06:49 Arrested Development
07:49 Desert Duty
08:40 Canadian Football
09:32 Hometown
09:58 Director Bateman
10:30 New Balance
10:59 Marty Byrdes Restaurant
11:34 Blue
12:04 Money Laundering 101
12:45 Hand Double
13:29 Symbolism
13:53 It’s In The Name
14:10 Math Error
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[@ScreenRant]

What would you have done differently in the final season?

[@Slickjc1]

Made a definite ending. Finale was trash. It was left open, not really a cliffhanger. Like they're thinking "maybe we can wait a year or two, & do an Ozark movie to end it all"

[@jasonjenkins8910]

The ending was a cliffhanger not a proper ending

[@genox3636]

I hope the series starts again and it follows a black family instead.

[@loladiaz3534]

Did they leave it open for a come back? I was hoping to see the kids handling the “business” in the future. Jonah with the money laundry becoming independent of the Mexican cuartel and Charlotte doing the politics Both parents should have die in the car crash. That was bull!

[@loladiaz3534]

@@genox3636 it was already made. It’s called Empire!

[@ugoeze7360]

Screen Rant: “Ruth has lost the last person on Earth she legitimately cares for, her cousin, Wyatt.” Three: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@ryancarbrey2610]

dammit

[@jourdanrondo3314]

If we are honest, Ruth did not care enough about Three to avoid causing issues.

[@MAA77723]

Where was Three all the f’n time? For once could he have had a loaded gun and use it?!?

[@Masshole4life]

Why is his name “three?”

[@carwashninja]

I was totally expecting Three to save Ruth at the end. He was the most useless character and I thought now is where he might be useful, but nooooo.....

[@musicmade4larry896]

I didn't even know I was watching the last episode when I finished this series. Loved it, but felt unfinished. Would've liked it if Ruth had a happy ending and if Wendy died.

[@FruityHachi]

Ruth dying was inevitable after killing cartel family member, there’s no way to have a happy ending after that but Wendy also should have been killed, she was the one who called Javi to come to be killed, i’m surprised that no one ratted Wendy to Camila

[@knittylane3016]

I thought the same thing.

[@ninga55]

Same! And someone told me awhile ago that Wendy did die. So I kept thinking it would be the last episode, I was hoping she did die by the end

[@ultimategaming5175]

doesn’t go with the theme of the show at all it’s not a fairy tale

[@ultimategaming5175]

doesn’t go with the theme of the show at all it’s not a fairy tale

[@kcush8258]

Surprised you didn’t mention Veronica Falcon, the actress who played Camila, plays nearly the exact same character in Queen of the South where she was also named Camila! IMO she was the “Ruth Langmore” of Queen of the South… wasn’t supposed to be the main character but completely DOMINATED the whole show with the same presence as Ruth.

[@nathy0308]

A brilliant actress

[@andreamiller135]

She deserves her flowers too

[@littlefifths7760]

Also the nephew Javier, played in Queen Of The South where he was also named Javier there too.

[@snakewhitcher4189]

There are 3 bullet hole decals on the door to Ruth's trailer that are in the same configuration as the bullet holes Crazy 8 put through the door of the RV in Breaking Bad.

[@RealPilotmanny]

😯😯

[@40buster32]

Yeah throughout the show there’s plenty of similarities or easter eggs paying homage to Breaking Bad.

[@JacobDean88]

Very much so a coincidence.... That's reading into things way way to deeply. There was a sky in Sopranos and a sky in Ozark. There must be a connection

[@whoviansonskaro17]

Javi is also the exact same character as Lalo Salamanca from Better Call Saul. Insane coincidences

[@awehellnah]

fr i saw this

[@kevinwashington7311]

The last episode seemed rushed....like a phone call happened and someone said" ok wrap it up".

[@callmeb.o.b.824]

Something I noticed and thought was funny involved Frank Cosgrove Jr.. The next time we see him after his "accident" with Darlene Snell, he has installed a top/roof to his sports car...since he didn't have one when he lost "something" previously. It's a very subtle thing but made me genuinely laugh when I noticed it.

[@loladiaz3534]

How was that guy alive or in a wheelchair after that shot?

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

I'd have to go back and find those scenes, but it's possible the removable glass T-tops were removed in some earlier scenes and reinstalled in later ones. Unless the car has a solid, steel roof, then we know they used at least two different cars.

[@teejaydee85]

Wasn’t the biggest fan of the ending, but definitely enjoyed the journey! Loved all the cameos from older cast members!

[@evanssego7647]

I remember in the first or second episode Marty was trying to sell the minivan and kept on saying about what a high safety rating the van had. It was fitting that in the finale, the minivan saved their lives.

[@TheJofrica]

Hey good point!

[@jppotato17]

Enjoyed the season up until the final episode. It felt unfinished. It honestly feels like the story could continue for another season funny enough

[@Tomiwa101]

It wanted to give a sense of continuity. The cycle of violence and lust for power would never end.

[@Quinn37]

To me that was a good ending. They told a story. There may or may not be another story to tell, buy that story has reached its terminus.

[@StamfordBridge]

No. The ending was a good one, imo.

[@MrKadidle51]

I'm glad they ended it like that. Too many great shows got dragged along for extra seasons and ruined

[@Ty91681]

It was rushed. They crammed two full seasons into one season and the end results suffered. They totally ruined that show. Went from competing with breaking bad to not even being in the same stratosphere as it. Very very very disappointing.

[@leandro0720bitch]

Contrary to popular opinion I loved the ending. Ruth dying is what would have really happened after killing a cartel family member. It sucked and it should have been Wendy but that's not how life goes. Sometimes the people we like die and shitty people win

[@mwebb3014]

Ruth would have turned tail and run upon seeing a cartel suv in her driveway!! She basically committed suicide. Also, Ruth blowing off Marty’s urgent warnings about using the casino to launder money makes no sense either. She murdered her cousin’s cartel murderer. She knows they are merciless. Ruth’s final storyline made no sense.

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

I think they intended it to look like Ruth got in over her head and knew her time was coming, and when it did, she would take it without any hesitation. Otherwise she could have taken off when she saw the cartel's SUV in her driveway, or Javi's sister pointing a gun at her, and took way too long to shoot her. Ruth was almost getting impatient and wanted to get shot and get it over and done with.

[@romeosmith4102]

I disagree. She flipped off Nelson in the suv, she didn't go to the police station to avoid Nelson she went to clear an innocent person. She had a strong connection to Wyatt. Them leaving Ozark together became her everything after losing Ben. Just consider how many family members she put in the ground, how many did she genuinely care about. She was ready to "go", the pool was for Wyatt.

[@ceralee2151]

I absolutely ADORE the character of Ruth. Having grown up in a white trash family myself, you really do spend your adult life running from who you grew up as, and even with education, friends, moving the the burbs, the house and all that BS let one woman start smack....and you realize, you are still that girl from that trailer park. Me, when I was younger I tried to get away from who I was. Now I embrace the toughness, the hardness growing up poor, growing up on AFDC paying with monopoly money and having ppl look at us, make comments and treat us like garbage, you have no option but to be rough. But as you get older you embrace that person.

[@jackielambert7980]

Right on girlfriend!!!

[@jjwallnutts4341]

Spoilers: Why couldn’t Wendy eat a bullet instead of Ruth?!? …that is all.

[@tara1638]

Agreed. That’s exactly what should have happened.

[@ringsmatter5090]

I know

[@genox3636]

Because Ruth was too weak, on top of more impulsive. At the end, even Wendy submitted to the ward, making a statement both as a way to get her kids back, but also submitting the ego, something Ruth could never do.

[@V0lk]

That's what I was hoping for.

[@Mj-bg2uj]

Terrible ending of an amazing show

[@michaelr.5676]

Wendy's description of his unmedicated state to Ruth is breathtaking and SPOT ON. I am Type 1, and that scene should be shown to new families and new patients.

[@goofparty420]

everyone said it felt unfinished, but it had to end somewhere. I think the ending was great. the way the PI says “you can’t always win” and then they kill him. it just confirms that they DO always win. and it was a pretty good scene to represent that

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

I think my main gripe with Part 2 is that the episodes don't have this sense of finality to it. Things are left unresolved. And it looked like they were building something up for the next season, but they just remembered they were in the final season and ended it abruptly.

[@greatgownsbeautifulgowns]

You just summed up my feelings so precisely! Like, YES! , That's it!

[@jjwallnutts4341]

🎯🎯🎯

[@eugeniacastro8591]

Sad

[@melov2544]

Couldn’t have said it better

[@truegatorguyodonnell5092]

Yeah, it's almost like they started Season 4, and Netflix decided to pull the plug mid-season, but gave them money to write a couple of extra eps to "wrap things up", so they split the Season.

[@chanceleblanc7056]

Ending could have been better for sure. I am not sure they knew how to end the show imo

[@heelmoxley365]

I wanna see a handful of spin offs. A number of families still with stories to tell. Navarro, Langmore, Snell, Cosgrove

[@ScreenRant]

The showrunner even said he's open to spinoffs, so your wish may be granted some day!

[@MerthanE]

@@ScreenRant meh, they should have left Ruth and/or Navarro alive for that. There is no one interesting left to spin off.

[@averagejoe4932]

@@MerthanE yeah they could only do prequel spinoff cause everyone's dead

[@Tomiwa101]

@@MerthanE There can be a spin-off for Three. Spin-off series are usually meant for minor characters in order to broaden the universe the original series was set in. If they did a spin-off for Ruth, it'll feel more like a 5th season. She's way too critical to the main story. Since the Byrde family are supposedly free from the cartel, Camilla can be the villain of the spin-off. It'll be nice seeing Three develop into a calm and more calculative badass instead of his impulsive and loud cousin.

[@michaelgallagher3640]

God I hope they don't spin off the son, I've was rooting for him to die for years.

[@lofilevelling7830]

What I missed was any sense of closure and satisfaction.

[@fiona-zn3ln]

i love how many of these just blatantly aren’t related to the final season

[@Jjjjjjjj27]

I like how the ending leaves room for imagination of where things will go from there. I like how it leaves you not sure of how you feel with many conflicting emotions. I personally am not a fan of when shows end with everything tied up in a perfect bow and have all the characters you’re rooting for ride off into the sunset and the ones you hate pay the price. I like that it is a depressing ending in many ways. Hopeless but also relieving and satisfying just the same.

[@laurawallace5674]

Would have been awesome for three to save Ruth in the end but it also would have been awesome to see Camilla get ate the f up by those bobcats.

[@Wonkzzilla]

What was the point of showing their car wreck at the start of the season?

[@thelasttimeiateasswasabout9351]

to make people curious

[@GETyoNUGGETslit]

To show the Bryde family can withstand any Force

[@mrhumble2937]

Just to mess with fans. You know how they analyze every detail. Syle!

[@suhascrazy805]

You remember the first car accident when the bird family lost their unborn ? But, with the second accident in the last season they don't even have a scratch on them. I guess the point was to show the transition of the bird family on how they have changed. How nothing happens go criminals

[@mrhumble2937]

@@suhascrazy805 I get your point. But I swear you can say that for anything, like if they did get hurt the story would be "see they are vulnerable but have to fight thru it" just think it was a scene to mess with fans.

[@sthue1001]

Thanks! I always wondered what the blue tint was in shows. Thought it was some kind of Canadian thing until Ozark series.

[@quinnenglish1270]

Tupac and eazy-e are west coast rappers

[@ARFF1Tampa]

What we missed? A good ending that gave some semblance of closure or identified what was going to happen.

[@soulscyther666]

I see lots of people being disappointed at the ending. But i think the ending was perfect. It doesn't felt like left unfinished because not everything has to be spoonfed. The Byrdes git what they want, they finally got away with it free. And while it seems "better" (and more clichéd) that they get what's coming to them, like being killed or punished, the ending they went with made more sense for the show's theme. The Byrdes are the immigratory birds that are invasive species (hint: their surname and Jonah talking about it in S1). They came and destroyed everything and everyone AROUND them.

[@maggyfrog]

i think the byrdes are still going to get what's coming for them, but just not at that point. camila will eventually realize that marty protected ruth from her, and wendy will eventually fail to outmaneouvre her because camila isn't as weak as she appears. the fbi is just using the byrdes, and maya can still figure out that mel was killed by the byrdes.

[@williamhaynes7089]

Ruth still cares for 'Three' , even after wyatt dies

[@benjiebarker]

dude the bass on this last episode was so good

[@everilliem3292]

Literally nothing here is "stuff we missed" it's more like Ozark spit facts

[@yurio.2513]

Scrolled down just looking for this

[@barrettlovett2238]

Ending was good. I been waiting for the boy to catch a body. I'm glad it wasn't a school shooting, he had them vibes.

[@sachardavids3712]

He had them vibes gave me a good chuckle

[@EmiliosFather]

I freaking LOVED the ending…to me, that ending saved the last few episodes.. what an ending.. what an ending

[@His0ka]

What an garbage ending it was

[@EmiliosFather]

@@His0ka I loved the last scene fam

[@davidbendall7919]

The final scene of Ozark makes me wish that I had never watched the series. 😢

[@krepes8685]

I really feel that Season 4 took a hit in quality. When I compare it to how I felt watching Season 1, all the mystery has gone. Season 1 was so so good.

[@JordanReedYT]

I can’t believe this is the end❗️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@brendabyrd668]

Me either 🤦😢

[@tommyvinceze6249]

‘East coast artists like Eazy E and Tupac’

[@jennifergorges72]

Hilarious... Eazy E and Tupac are West Coast.

[@tommyvinceze6249]

@@jennifergorges72 indeed they are

[@kitkatkatorrie1982]

Love, Love Jason Bateman…..he rocks every movie he makes💙

[@lochofmceo]

Ruth takes care of three so I think that she cares about him

[@mr.hitachi797]

I don't think Jonah killed who you think... If you look closely you can see that his facial expression while he's closing his eyes is leaning just slightly to his left... Where Wendy is actually located. On top of that Jonah didn't look so relieved when Wendy regained consciousness after the car crash. Even prior to that crash he look concerned. I think that the Private investigator speech revitalised and confirmed his positions about Wendy and he made a choice. On top of that it would explain the episode title a little better: A Hard Way to Go (Killed by his own son)

[@Confluence358]

Creator confirmed it was never supposed to be ambiguous; he killed Mel.

[@michaelkabanje3202]

The name of the title was also referring to ruth

[@OverOnTheWildSide]

I’d like to know if there’s any reason for naming Bateman’s character Marty.

[@casteltheghettomonk4392]

2:05 greatest rap album ever from the greatest Mc ever

[@pfauniversal1890]

Shooting the urn at the end was a master stroke

[@pamelasprenger459]

Thanks!

[@mwoods4608]

easy E and Tupac aren't easy coast

[@Jjjjjjjj27]

You know it’s a good ending when half the people love it and half hate it

[@OgunquitGregorio]

Symbolism: Ruth wearing all white when she's gunned down

[@TheJofrica]

And Camila wearing black

[@rpgelectroking]

How about titling this "5 things you missed in the final season, as well as 15 regurgitated facts from another video"?

[@rpgelectroking]

Anything to make a quick buck, I guess.

[@andrewlowden322]

please tell me you butchered Los Pollos, saying "LAHS PALLOSE," on purpose. OMG AGH

[@szvetlanabujtas3031]

I am very sad they killed Ruth. I was disappointed.

[@greg8598]

Ripper series. All-time classic. But I wouldn't have been disposing of Ruth, the star of the show. She deserved to survive.

[@seyheyalishak]

Should have been a 6 season series

[@imthrillz5255]

This was reaching breaking bad levels of excellence and the second half of the last season just folded almost as hard as GoT… truly disappointed.

[@vaporiiz]

we need another season that cliffhanger was bullshit

[@aroyaliota]

There’s nothing more dangerous than someone with nothing to lose. Enter Ruth. She died as she lived. With courage.

[@Ty91681]

I absolutely hated the ending of this series. They really blew it.

[@mikecooke7876]

Wyatt is not the last person she cares for... are you forgetting about Three ?

[@mwoods4608]

Three enters the chat

[@parvizkanga5122]

The second half of the final season was awful. Felt like I completely waisted my time with the show. It is not about what happened, its about how it happened. Felt extremely rushed and unearned.

[@suelyons531]

I was really hoping for a spin-off series of Ruth's life after everything. I get why it was done but it was hard to watch.

[@mauricewitter1652]

The ending was good and if your a true fan of the shoe predictable because u knew they came so far and did so much that they wasnt gonna just lose like that.. people are just greedy and never satisfied 😌

[@ckiefner715]

What about him being an ISU graduate and using the name Byrde instead of Bird?

[@Surge44]

Why didn't Wendy get a cap to the head

[@mrwassef]

She’s too powerful, calculated, and cunning. She’s also another word that starts with c u n. I hate Wendy, but she was the ultimate puppet master. She was the one who controlled everything, from the Navarros, to the FBI, to the government politics, big pharama...everyone was a pawn in her game for power, hell she even had her own brother killed cause he was messing up her plans. She was too ruthless (pun intended) to get caught or killed. She made herself too important to others for them to kill her.

[@DanCantStandYA]

Finished the series and feel ashamed I ever watched one episode of the show- which should be called: The life and story of killary clinton, if she married an intelligent, decent man.

[@aroyaliota]

Also felt a degree of shame on time spent watching unfettered criminality go unchecked.

[@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus]

Ruth and the kids should have walked away.

[@jimberg98]

The ending made the Game of Thrones ending look good.

[@GradyBaby13]

Amen brother!

[@truegatorguyodonnell5092]

Well, almost... but close

[@whynot7802]

Ruth didnt do a mistake.she did JUSTICE to her cousin

[@manyobidnazz]

feels like they put a bunch of could be ending into a hat, shook it and choose two options. " So, we got KILL RUTH and THE KID KILLS THE DETECTIVE.

[@tadmartin223]

"The Queensbridge"? LOL I forgive you, but it's Queensbridge, no "the" unless you're referring to the actual bridge.

[@whodey2112]

Those cats in the street looked like lions to me 🤷

[@daveg4036]

The point

[@evoak8575]

I loved this show for the last 2 years watching it but the ending man was so unsatisfying Ruth dies and doesn’t get a good ending despite Wendy being a control Freak and spiteful Bitch killing anyone when she feels Ruth’s dad Ik he was a bad person but that really wasn’t her call Ben her own brother all the hype from part 1 plus Wendy’s dad lead to no where at all all that built up tension for no reason for him to be bought off despite his efforts to not give into that ? I thought so much blood shed was going to go down sadly the Byrdes get off Scott free and Ruth is killed it’s sad I thought the finale was going to be insane

[@mojojojomf]

The ending was indeed very unfinished and unsatisfying but the most likely outcome nevertheless

[@anawieder5003]

Ugh I can’t believe they killed Ruth. It should have been Marty or Wendy who died in a redemptive arc. They killed the Jesse Pinkman of this show

[@fahadguru]

Okay I will give you a special easter egg. There is movie called Paul(2011). In that movie Batman is a FBI AGENNT. AND OTHER TWO CHARACTERSVNAMES AREVRUTH AND CHARLOTTE. 😅😅😅 You guys need to remember that movie came 6 years before OZARK SEASON 1

[@jamesmorton8431]

Good night John Boy

[@TheJulior1983]

Lmfao Alfonso Herrera was in RBD one of the biggest bands of all time.

[@simplybass70]

Wasn't a fan of the ending so many lose ends

[@craigkramer4949]

Best part of the whole show was when Ruth set the Bobcats free...🙌

[@TAWEELZE]

This season was ass bruh the first part was awesome bt the second was just not it...

[@docmccoy9813]

A lot of filler (Wendy-grandpa relationship, the religious people) and a rushed (and silly) end

[@TAWEELZE]

@@docmccoy9813 also the car crash didn't do nothing to the storyline like I was expecting someone to die or something...

[@jennifergorges72]

Were you seriously pronouncing Los Pollos Hermanos that way? Like for serious?

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

I don't think enough people were killed. There should have been a few more shootings. Just kidding. But, if they ever do continue the series, I think the very last scene with Jonah shooting the private investigator could foreshadow Jonah as the next Marty Byrde, taking over for his father. In the Ozarks.

[@Robert-zv4qu]

Imma buy me some New Balancers

[@rockchalk966]

I love the way white people say los pollos hermanos

[@matthewwolf2054]

She made me believe it. Which is the whole point right ?

[@bryanlizardi1222]

Pissed me off how bro pronounced "los pollos hermanos" smh.

[@jeremymiller1564]

Most terrible ending to one of the greatest shows ever

[@YouTw1tFace]

An ending

[@efraingardunosalazar7321]

Geez that pronunciation of Los Pollos Hermanos was atrocious

[@MrEddiewise05]

Ruth’s father and uncle didn’t get in the big cats. It was her uncle’s. Her father was still in Prison when she killed them. How do you review a show when you don’t even watch it?

[@jesmondsaunders7746]

She didn’t kill them. Did YOU watch it? She released them.

[@BUSHBYGOONER]

@@jesmondsaunders7746 eddie meant the uncles XD

[@jusskb5844]

Still keeping the same energy I hated the ending

[@connorwhiteley8466]

That was the WHITEST pronunciation of Los Pollos Hermanos I have ever heard.

[@demonboy619]

I wanted Mel to turn them in so badly the ending was a huge letdown to me. Hate the black screen cliches. Guess it's up to the audience to determine whether jonah pulled the trigger or if mel did

[@tmacattack8302]

The creators of the show confirmed it was not meant to be a question of who pulled the trigger. Or who Jonah shot. Jonah killed Mel. Sorry if this upsets you. I somewhat agree, it was hard to root for the family and would’ve been nice to see them turned in

[@bsrk3170]

Should’ve killed off Wendy instead of Ruth, then give Ruth a spin-off.

[@xtina__32]

I love how Ruth could relate to nas 🙄🥴 jk. I’m glad she’s gone 🤷🏾‍♀️😂

[@runner2008]

Ending was disappointing. Throughout the whole series, most of the episodes ended leaving me in suspense. It seems like the grand finale the writers hit the wall. The Detective showing up with the urn at the end was not that exciting.

[@aidanm2545]

11:10

[@legendarycheekymonkey]

So you talk about East coast hip hop and mention 2Pac then don't mention Wu Tang? Clueless.

[@lil-kev_yt2125]

Im mad bruh

[@garycurrington5495]

This is a whole load of nothing, all this video is about is what we all watched while watching Ozark, so whats the actual point in watching all the clips about it over and over again.