Ozark Is The Diet-Breaking Bad For All Your Binging Needs

There are shows on Netflix that carry a popularity to it that you are determined to stream because you want to be part of the conversation. House of Cards. Iron Fist. Popular enough to warrant a discussion but not the critical darlings of any real consensus, many people binge through them for binging sake. Then there are shows you binge unexpectedly because you thought you would watch an episode to dip your toe into that cinematic world and surprisingly found yourself up to your waist in a public chlorine solution. Ozark was that for me, a show who’s premise and cast intrigued me enough to push play, but the story kept me captivated enough to let it jump from one episode to the next. Admittedly, Ozark hit my radar late, maybe a week before its release. The premise is that a family man and accountant is forced to launder money for a Mexican cartel. Yes, that carries all the danger that thesis implies. After a big shake up and a whole lot of people dying, the protagonist—I guess— Marty Byrde must move his family of four from Chicago to the Ozark Mountains of Missouri in a plan to appease his criminal overseer and extend their lives.

Ozark isn’t Breaking Bad but definitely, draws some inspiration and plot mechanics from it. If you’re a fan of Breaking Bad and the story, I would say imagine if the scene where Walter tried to go on the run with his family succeeding instead of them turning on him. That’s about where Ozark starts, where Byrde’s family is uprooted and ultimately co…