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Since the early days of Ozark, Mundy has maintained that the show is about family. Yet as the Byrdes descended further into criminal darkness in seasons three and four, Wendy began making decisions that felt increasingly reckless for her family. But Mundy says the couple was just really testing the bounds of their marriage. The scene in which Ruth dies—shot by Javi’s mother Camila (Veronica Falcon)—was the final scene that the Ozark cast and crew filmed in the series. But in plotting out the death of such a beloved character, it was important to Mundy that her fate be self-propelled. So Ruth’s death is a direct result of her decision to avenge Wyatt’s death by killing Javi.
Final season of ‘Ozark’ gets underway Friday
Gotta be the latter, and the show will surely follow up on the details rather than leaving everyone hanging. Despite Ozark season 4 having been confirmed to be the final run of the show, some have speculated on the story continuing in some form with a spin-off. Navarro had also instructed the Byrdes to have his sister Camila killed after he clocked that she was the one who ordered the attempt on his life. "We wanted people to think about the reality of what happened, not just in the context of watching a TV show, but also in whatever reality these characters are going to keep living in," revealed Mundy.
Money, Power, Inequality
All episodes of Ozark are now streaming on Netflix. He wants her to help him get the kids back from Wendy's dad. He threatens to tell Javi's mom, Camila (Veronica Falcón), what really happened to him if Ruth doesn't help. To see Jonah Byrde pick up the gun in last scene of Ozark was heart breaking. Sattem discovers that Wendy had been lying about the last time she saw Ben and got photo evidence of Wendy taking Ben into the diner that was to be the site of his last known appearance.
What happens to Clare Shaw?
When part 1 finished, the Byrdes were in a tight spot. That's quite the problem to deal with, and the issues just keep coming in part 2. The Ozark season 4 part 2 finale brought the story of the Byrde family and their dealings with the Navarro cartel to an end. Mel, the disgraced cop hellbent on proving the Byrdes killed Ben, was able to get his job back thanks to Marty and Wendy — as long he dropped his investigation into Ben’s disappearance. However, in the final episode he confronted the Missouri-based family with new evidence tied to Ben’s (Tom Pelphrey) murder. In response, Jonah approached him and fatally shoots him with a firearm.
When she comes back outside, though, Nelson is gone. Realizing the man is after Rachel, she calls her new business partner and warns her of what's coming, telling her to get a gun and climb up to the trailer roof. Rachel does this, and when Nelson arrives, shoots him down. Ruth then buries him under the concrete of her swimming pool.
He thinks she won't be able to kill Javi because she doesn't know what he looks like or where he is – but Charlotte and Jonah give Ruth all the information she needs. Things are made more complicated by the fact that Ruth and a returning Rachel (Jordana Spiro) have executed a hostile takeover of the Missouri Belle casino. For the deal, the casino must continue laundering money, which Ruth and Rachel agree to do since they'd be committing the crime with the permission of the FBI. The season starts with a bang when Ruth makes good on her threat to kill Javi, and shoots him dead in front of Clare Shaw (Katrina Lenk) and Marty and Wendy Byrde (Jason Bateman and Laura Linney).
Later in the first episode back, she tracked down Javi and shot him to death — in front of Marty, Wendy and Clare Shaw (Katrina Lenk). Ahead of that, most of the series plot points are tied up in a neat bow. Marty blackmail's Ruth to bring back Jonah and Charlotte from their evil grandfather.
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Charlotte starts to butt heads with Jonah, who is distancing himself from the family. She is the daughter of Marty Byrde and Wendy Byrde, and the sister of Jonah Byrde. In Season 1, Charlotte is reluctant to move to the Ozarks with her family and wants to stay with her friends. Eventually, she tries to settle into life in the Ozarks by getting a job working the gas pump at The Blue Cat. She doesn't make many friends but she and Wyatt Langmore, despite a rough start, end up forming a friendship.
Why did Ruth have to die in Ozark?
Nathan claimed that he was in town to find out what happened to his missing son, Ben (Tom Pelphrey). Really, he came to town so that he could get sympathy points from his congregation. That goal changed once the truth about Ben emerged. In Season 4, Charlotte steps up more in the family business. She pays less attention to school and doesn't even take the SAT's. She decides not to go to college, but rather to go back to Chicago to help her parents.
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Did he shoot Sattem, or did he shoot the cookie jar to destroy the only evidence against his family that exists? Some have speculated that Jonah, with the keenest sense of justice among them, wouldn't have shot dead Sattem. Linney says that she very much enjoyed playing the character—as she threatened enemies, told off family members, and manipulated a cartel boss.
She suggests that Ruth is a tragic hero who is almost destined to die. If we look back carefully at Part 2 of season 4, there are clues everywhere that Ruth isn't going to make it. Once upon a time — way back in 2017 — Ozark was a quaint show about a husband and wife who had to launder cartel money to save their lives. Countless deaths, betrayals, and innovative strings of curse words later, that’s all changed.
A gun cocks, and Navarro realizes he's been betrayed. He gets shot by the guard, who calls it in as an escape attempt that the inmate didn't survive. After four long seasons, Navarro's reign ends here. But before she agrees to this plan, which would make her head of the cartel, she wants assurances from the FBI. She demands to know once more about the day her son died — it seems she has no intention of letting it go. Camila calls over one of her henchman and tells him to kill the Byrdes and their kids if Marty or Wendy try to give Ruth any advance notice and Camila is coming for her.
By the time the series nears its end, Ruth is seeing her entire family at home as if they are alive. Whether they are ghosts or hallucinations, it's a familiar trope in Greek Tragedy that the hero sees apparitions of those who have had died before they themselves meet their fate. Firstly, Ruth is a Langmore - who we learn from the outset of the show are cursed.
Clare wasn't happy about continuing to work with the cartel, but Wendy outmanoeuvred her, so she had to carry on. She was a witness to Javi's death, and kept quiet until threatened by Camila, when she revealed the truth about who killed the former cartel boss. That's the last we see of her, so she survives the series.
That means the truth about Ben's fate dies with him, too. Cade puts his hands on the Byrde's teenage daughter Charlotte, and that was just one step too far for Wendy. With the help of Helen Pierce, she orchestrated a hit on Cade, which resulted in him getting gunned down on his way out of The Ozarks. Ruth later learned Wendy had a hand in her father's death, and resented Wendy for not taking the same steps when she was almost killed by Frank Jr. I’m not sure that anyone could survive this crash, but if there’s anyone here that should go, it’s Marty. He’s the one who got his family into this money-laundering mess.
“So we’re bulletproof,” Wendy says, a little dose of on-the-nose dialogue in case the car crash wasn’t a strong enough indicator of their invulnerability. Feeling haughty, Wendy cuts ties with Senator Schaefer (Bruce Davison); she no longer needs to aid him in election fraud so he’ll get Omar off the SDN list. As Omar is transferred and shot in the chest, Camila materializes at the gala, interrupting a conversation between Marty, Wendy and Shaw Medical CEO Clare Shaw (Katrina Lenk). They all leave the mental hospital as a family, Wendy having accomplished her task of getting the gang back together. As she climbs into the passenger seat, she shoots Marty a sweet, almost bashful smile. “You really didn’t have to threaten Ruth,” she says, as if it’s the most romantic gesture her husband has ever attempted.
