Column: Thankfully, the end of 'Ozark' is near. Because it's running out of gas
For Janet McTeer fans who can’t get to Broadway or London even in the best of times, “Ozark” and other TV shows offer the necessary sustenance.In some ways, “Ozark” is a modern money-laundering retelling of the 12 labors of Hercules, though if Marty and Wendy have a miraculous ability to get themselves out of jams, those jams are often of their own making.
Moment by moment, “Ozark” still captivates; Lisa Emery’s shotgun-totin’ Darlene Snell is the kind of character that personifies exactly what television can do that films can’t, and it’s tough to look away when Linney is taking Wendy from dimples to demonic in half a second or when Garner is doing pretty much anything at all. But when each scene is over, it evaporates in the perpetual churn of increasingly insupportable plot points.
The little Byrdes, Charlotte and Jonah , were lost to any version of reality long ago — as with “The Americans,” any real sympathy for children raised in a such an unsafe, violent household had to be manipulated to the point of extinction or no one would watch the show.
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