Ozark: How does one of Netflix’s best series end?

Warning, spoilers. The following paragraphs describe the events of the last episodes of the Ozark series.

The first part of Ozark’s fourth and final season ended with a shocking revolution that would have profound consequences for the Bird family. The decisions and betrayals of Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy Byrd (Laura Lynn) greatly affected their children Charlotte (Sophia Hublitz) and Jonah (Skylard Geertner), as well as their former protégé Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner).

The latter seeks revenge on the Bird after the death of his cousin White Langmore (Charlie Tahan), who was killed by Javim (Alfonso Herrera), nephew of Omar Navarro (Felix Solis), the leader of the Mexican drug cartel that the Bird’s killed. Money is laundered. Meanwhile, Java kills Darlene Snell (Lisa Emery), a local heroin manufacturer, who confronts the cartel and Wyatt’s partner.

These numerous killings have profoundly upset the balance sheet and the deal with the cartel, the FBI, and the gangsters in the Ozark Mountains. The only question that arose at the end of the first part of the 4th season of the Netflix series was: Will the Birdes really manage?

In the latest episodes of Ozark, which will be available on Netflix from April 29, Ruth’s response has not been delayed. The young woman watches the ravens and follows them in due time to kill Java and seek revenge for Wyatt’s death. The business started by Wendy to escape will fall into the wings and now it is necessary for Java’s death to judge Navarro.

As if that were not enough, Nathan Davis (Richard Thomas), Wendy’s rapist and alcoholic father, is looking for answers about the disappearance of his son, Ben (Tom Pelfry), who was killed by Cartel because of Wendy. And he also wants to take care of Charlotte and Jonah, who divorced their mother, just to hurt Wendy.

In addition, the Birdies must also make sure that they maintain their powerful philanthropic status in the Ozark Mountains with all their businesses and casinos, and also respect the agreement with the FBI and Navarro. Eventually, the family is threatened by Mel Satem (Adam Rothenberg), a private detective investigating the disappearance of Helen Pierce (Janet Maktir), a former Navarro lawyer killed by the cartel leader.

That’s a lot for March and Wendy, who are always on the verge of breaking, cheating or killing. But they have more than one trick in hand. Over the course of four seasons, Marty and Wendy became real criminals, dangerous manipulators, and criminals of capitalism who came with the cartel’s dirty money to conquer and plunder the Ozark Mountains.

The Birdies then put everything on the final mastermind in a new deal with Camilla Elizondro (Veronica Falcone), Navarro’s sister, and Java’s mother, the FBI, to allow them to finally get out of this mechanism and enjoy a lucrative income. Their companies and their fund outlawed.

And unlike Walter White (Brian Cranston) in Breaking Bad, of whom Ozark is often cited as a worthy successor, the Birdies actually pass. And their victory will be at the expense of Ruth Langmore, who kills Camilla, but also Navarro, trapped and killed by Bird and Camilla, and finally Mel, killed by Jonah.

Hence, it is the white and rich family of criminals who win over the poorest, most abandoned, and their former communities, with the cynical image of today’s society. Even if Mel wanted to change the trend to prevent them from becoming “Kochs, Kennedys or which family for whom”The birds proved he was wrong.

By the end of the series, all of Birdes’s enemies are under six feet tall, and the family is coming out more united than ever. Except that they will never be truly free. This cynical ending, which sees the criminal family avoid when they have to pay the price for their actions, still leaves him with a bitter taste as he still has to get used to Camilla, who seems much more cruel than her brother. And the FBI, which should not release him soon, but rather deal with the consequences of Ruth’s death.