Ozark
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Sorry dont pay my bills.
What I need is loyalty.
So many of the fraught relationships on this show are both personal and professional.
A great prologue fills in an essential detail about Mel Sattem, the P.I.
who has been searching for Helen Pierce.
That could be a problem for the Byrdes.
We learn that the Snell plan, which Darlene clearly hasnt approved, only needs to last a week.
Clare and her bruiser meet with Ruth, and he tests the product.
He confirms its good.
Maybe this will actually work?
Add this relationship to the many this season in which business and personal needs may not align.
She gives him some drugs and plays up to his alpha male needs.
She knows how to woo macho idiots better than anyone.
Wendy and Marty spot some missing posters for Ben in town.
The great lies that Wendy keeps telling about his disappearance have turned up the heat on finding him.
At first, they assume Jonah put up the posters, but he points the finger at Darlene.
Wendy suggests maybe its not that bad perhaps it will make them look more sympathetic.
And then Charlotte reveals she left in the middle of the SATs and isnt planning to go to college.
Her future can wait.
He lays it on the table he thinks Ben killed Helen, so now the Byrdes are protecting him.
It makes sense that this would be his theory, given the dual disappearance.
One wonders if this wont plant a seed in Marty and Wendys minds.
What if they find evidence of Helens murder somehow?
Could it be pinned on the missing Ben?
Heck, any murder could be pinned on the absent Ben at this point.
Is Mel giving Wendy and Marty an idea for a future scheme?
And how would Jonah respond if the uncle is mother killed is now framed for a crime?
Wendy and Jim meet with the senator, who reveals he needs some help.
He has a family situation as loved ones may have been caught up on a wire fraud net.
The ramifications of the actions of the Byrdes in the Ozarks could now influenceworld elections.
Laundering a drug lord includes a scheme that could illegally determine the next president.
Somebody call the My Pillow guy.
It turns out thats the one that needed to go to Clare Shaw.
She shows up at the meeting with Shaw and Marty empty-handed.
Someone took their heroin.
She makes another crazy decision and files a missing person report for the man she helped murder.
She even produces crocodile tears when asked why she didnt do it earlier.
And then, she thanks Darlene for helping with the search.
The kid cant lie.
Its kind of impressive.
The buyer-turned-seller gets spooked, but Ruth isnt giving up, demanding the address.
After arguing over who is going into this lions den, Ruth takes the job herself.
Marty is too weak, and Clares muscle is too trigger happy.
On the phone, it appears Clare will give Ruth five minutes before her terminator goes in guns blazing.
The scene at the house is one of the tensest of the season.
Its a great scene for Garner, a reminder of how present she can be on the show.
And it produces a moment of heroism for Marty!
When it looks like Shaws dude-bro is ready to get Ruth killed, Marty grabs his gun.
Ruth shows up with the goods.
His case just got more interesting.
Darlene comes to the Byrde house in the middle of the night, wanting to talk about Nix.
As she tumbles to the ground, struggling to breathe, she asks Wendy to call 911.
Wendy takes out her phone … and pauses.
She sits and watches, thinking about what to do.
Over the credits, we hear, 911, whats your emergency?
Did she wait for her to die?
Or did she call in time?
MajorBreaking Badvibes in the final scene.
Adam Rothenberg is doing great work as Mel this season.
Hes got a veryColumboone more thing energy.
Id totally watch him in a mystery-of-the-week series.
