Clayton Davis It was “a hard way to go” for Marty and Wendy Byrde in the final four minutes and 28 seconds of Netflix’s “Ozark” but utterly gratifying.
The 14th episode of the fourth and final season was helmed by executive producer and star Jason Bateman, stepping into the director’s chair for the first time this year.In those final moments, we see that Mel (Adam Rothenberg) has broken into the Byrdes’ home.
The viewer has just witnessed Ruth (played by two-time Emmy winner and double nominee this year, Julia Garner) being killed by Camila.
With the audience fixated on Bateman sitting at the table, the camera pans out to see Mel. A tension-filled monologue while holding the cookie jar containing the ashes of Wendy’s brother Ben (played by guest actor drama nominee Tom Pelphrey) is impossible to breathe through. Read more: Variety’s Awards Circuit Emmys Predictions Hub.With subtle glances at his wife and the ground, Bateman says, “name your price,” with a slight crack in his voice, permitting the fear and anxiety to spill out of his mouth, but as the events unfold with a deceitful plan to get rid of the last loophole in this web of murder and lies.
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