fukk that shyt the show has been out a week and this is a discussion threadI remember watching Breaking Bad and thinking man...the cops would have this dude locked up in a year if this was The Wire. Breaking Bad was full of some sloppy shyt (phones, trusting a drug addict with major business, etc) but it at least tried to stay grounded to a degree and then leaned so hard into the strengths of the characters/acting that you could accept the sloppy stuff. Not to mention Breaking Bad had consequences. A major character got smoked in the midst of the very same "white person involved in heavy shyt moves around without fear of retribution or danger" vibe I get from Ozark. You think it's one way...it's the other way. That hasn't happened in Ozark yet, at least not for the Byrd family.
Even the ending with the two characters dying (dunno how spoilers work here so I won't use names)...that person would have been dead ages ago in a show that was better written. But because that person needed to stick around to advance certain parts of the plot...they were allowed to do all types of WILD shyt and disrespect (and shoot!) important people with no consequences. Hell...
fukk it, spoilers:
You kill the leader of a major mob/gang and nothing happens, even after the son learns about it? Literally the only reason you die is because Javi pays a visit? Come on. Not to mention Ruth allowing Wyatt to hang around that chick KNOWING that bad shyt was probably gonna happen?
And that's all I've been saying about Breaking Bad. People wanna elevate it so far over Ozark but they're not that far apart due to how ridiculous both shows can get