User Reviews

A solid episode with a lot happening, yet slower than the usual frenetic pace. Marty must understand how far he is prepared to go to establish control of the cartel for Navarro, Jason Bateman admirably portrays the ambiguous blend of his apprehension, anguish and ambition.

Episode 10 opens with a flashback; Ben is in the diner where Wendy abandoned him, and he was subsequently murdered by the cartel. He was frightened and in disbelief. While his killer drives him to a location to kill him, Ben opens up about Wendy - how she was the only person that loved him. He wonders if she'd be proud of him by the way he's handling the ordeal he's in - he wants his killer to tell Wendy that he forgives her. It's genuinely sad watching Ben go through this. Ozark decided to play with our feelings on this character's death. Marty heads over to the cartel to take control. Flashbacks show Omar Navarro telling him that he must make them fear and trust him. He insists he must be ruthless. Essentially, Omar asks Marty to be him, or they will join forces with a rival and kill him. Look how far Marty has grown. From a small-time accountant to the acting head of the cartel. Wendy speaks to Ruth about her deal with Clare Shaw and asks her to partner up. She believes Ruth owes the family because she ruined their last chance of getting out of the Ozarks. But Ruth scoffs. I'm not surprised she scoffed. What is Wendy even thinking at this stage? As the episode draws closer to the end, Marty shows that the life of a crime boss is difficult, but he has to remain strong for the plan to work. Marty continues to interrogate the cartel member Arturo while he's been tortured. He wants him to admit he ordered the hit on Omar Navarro. Arturo admits he messed with the money, but he didn't call the attack on Omar Navarro. Eventually, Arturo confesses to ordering the attack on Omar after plenty of persistence. As the episode ends, Marty looks exhausted, but he's determined to stay to watch the execution of Arturo. The priest looks at him with sadness. Marty then watches Arturo get shot in the head. It's hard being the head of the cartel, or at least temporarily. Episode 10 proves significant as it shows the undesirable rise of Marty as new plans are put into place. While driving in the night, Ruth is surrounded by Wycoff and the police. They open up her van to see if they can find anything suspicious, but they find nothing. The next day, Ruth tells Wendy that her sheriff's plan did not work and asks her to stay out of her business. And then, Jim tells Wendy that Shaw Medical is pulling their charitable donations from the Foundation. He tells her they have one more crack at this. Wendy leaves Clare a voicemail and gives her one more chance to fix the issue.

I had hoped that we'd see Marty do something clever in Mexico but besides the (implausibly) easy catch of that guy cooking the books, he shows he's really not cut out for anything besides that.

And Wendy is getting highly annoying with her smug face.

So.... I guess it's very consistent writing 🙂 but I hope the finale will be worth the current cringe-watch.

Wendy is horribly annoying so this idea she could talk anyone into anything is absurd. Marty working for a drug cartel for years now but can't speak basic Spanish is absurd and would make him a total idiot...which in the show he is not so wtf! The beginning scene showing what happened is unnecessary..we all know what happened we didn't need to see it.

This seems like a filler episode that Netflix said to the Ozark producers we need more episodes to keep subscribers so just add some filler. Zzzzzz.

The probability of the events in this episode actually happening are so low, certainly zero. Marty with no Spanish decides to go and tough it out with all the cartel members - really!

Just where are the writers taking this series as it comes to an end? More and more violence and killings, with new characters coming and going so quickly, one loses the plot - and there are just so many subplots, most of them so preposterous, what is the point.

Characters are now moving from one country to another without any of the problems that actually happen in real life.

A good series when it started, but really 'off the rails' as series 4 comes to an end.

Marty since season 2, he kept that one dimensional acting, low voice and irritating acting. His wife wendy on the other hand overreact. This episode just for him to take over the Cartel boss isn't even exciting. There's no tension because of his stupid act.