4/5
Out Of The Woods?
7 Episodes. Starring: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Julia Garner, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Charlie Tahan, Lisa Emery, Jessica Frances Dukes, Joseph Sikora, Damian Young, Adam Rothenberg, Alfonso Herrera & Felix Solis. Created By: Bill Dubuque & Mark Williams.
Even though more characters have dropped like flies in your home at the end of Summer. Every time someone bites the dust in 'Ozark' (and we still won't spoil), we still don't believe it. "They're OK. It's just a flesh wound." They're literally dragging him into the crematorium...it's not a flesh wound. Even a fond flashback to someone not to be spoilt has us holding out a hope falser than stories that fly for the Byrde gang. This is all just a dream like who shot J.R. Flapping from the silver tongued, devil-ish lips of Jason Bateman's smooth talking, "good salesmen". As the sins of the father descend all the way down to the Ozarks. Season 4. Part 2. Lost in the woods and those cryptic opening clues, by four. But as this opening epic episode rides out to some 'Illmatic' by Nas and a killer Killer Mike cameo that represents for those who Run the Jewels and really gets into the meaning of Queensbridge's finest, one time for your mind. It ain't hard to tell that this show is 'Stillmatic' and magic. Even with new episodes of 'Russian Doll' opening up along with 'Stranger Things'' two part swan song finale this month. Expect Netflix to see a hike in their subscribers after losing more than a Langmore. Julia Garner again reinventing herself like she did on 'Inventing Anna' for Netflix. The world is hers. She's the best thing about this show, stealing. Number one with a shotgun. Even if that Justin Timberlake N*Sync era hair meme is still hilarious. And how about that moment were she almost acts as the eyes and ears to a character on top of her trailer in the rain, with a rifle like 'Jurassic Park'? An apex predator heading down the drive like 'Jaws'. Two middle fingers up in salute! Her life may be a Greek tragedy, but this is redneck Shakespeare.
The Laundromat for Netflix keeps churning like Meryl Streep. Especially in a month were we see the conclusion of four fantastic shows and this favourite. HBO's 'Tokyo Vice' and 'Winning Time-The Rise Of The Lakers'. 'Atlanta' (in its own final recording contract) on FX. And Marvel's 'Moon Knight.' But there is nothing that pulls us back in quite like this. Just when we thought we were Pacino 'Godfather' out of this empire that has more drama in the living room than Al falling all over himself in the kitchen like, "hoo ha". This will throw the sink at you just to make sure no charges stick. The FBI. The cartel. The actual wannabe Kennedy family themselves. Who's the most corrupt as darkness touches everything and everybody in this series and nothing or nobody comes out clean? Except those first season released bobcats that missed a trick in the final frame, despite our previous prediction. But how about the last shot in the closing credits as Bateman bates us like a 'Psycho' motel in a glass shattering callback? All for this hell of a show with heaven sent omens that welcome you with one open arm and something else being hidden in their other one, held behind their back. In this world of 'Mad Men' where we routinely expect too much and get 'Game Of Thrones' disappointed, or 'Sopranos' perplexed by season and series final finales, this one despite dividing fans is not pandering in its service, but still satisfying in the questions and debate it leaves fading to black. Of course without giving any of the scope away. What else did you expect for a series that is willing to dispatch of anyone like the heads that roll when Winter comes all in the name of family? Keep your hand in the cookie jar all you like. But ashes to ashes and dust to dust, this show kills it once again in one last hit. Much more than the car crash you thought you saw coming. Sending a chill down your already taught and twisted spine like the cool of the lake of the Ozarks at night in the midst of all this mist fading away.
Haunting like that incredible score that slices through your veins like cold blood. This shows is exactly the American nightmare it wakes up in a dream gone dark. One upon a time in Mexico and the cellar that dwells in the most unsettling episode ever in all this pure evil poetry. Even a moment of raw road rage in reflection for the family will have you questioning your own morals and motives if you can relate. Hey, we've all been there. And yep, that song has always f#####g sucked like the Wendy that Laura Linney ever so Emmy ready plays, says. And Jason's signature sarcasm is on pointed polite point here. But bailing them out in juxtaposition, despite Bateman's boundless brilliance and Linney's legacy re-making legend, it's a simmering Sofia Hublitz (not to mention Garner's great impression of her) and the coming of season Skylar Gaertner (give him his 200 bucks) who show how much this series has seasoned. Maturing and being compromised through crime and the blood money that can't be washed like crimson hands. The tell is all for them. The show is all about what this does to them. Even in a cast of complex characters including Three maturing in four. A P.I. treading the thin blue line like he was walking on the eggshells of broken glass, everywhere. A hitman so cool at being ice cold you won't believe it's him in the behind the scenes (the sweet ode of the documentary 'A Farewell To Ozark', standard Netflix fare). Sympathy for the cartel (the undeniable Felix Solis. Even owning things chained to a desk). And so many more sold down the river, only to be lost in the woods. Breaking all sorts of bads, now we as viewers finally get out the 'Ozark' for better or worse, you are looking at one of the greatest and darkest TV shows the small screen has ever seen. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Further Filming: 'Breaking Bad', 'Succession', 'Reinventing Anna'.
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