{"id":74756,"date":"2020-04-02T18:53:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T01:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reyesentertainment.com\/?p=74756"},"modified":"2020-04-02T18:53:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T01:53:13","slug":"ozark-season-3-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reyesentertainment.com\/es\/culture\/ozark-season-3-review\/","title":{"rendered":"OZARK SEASON 3 REVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I finished watching Season 3 of the dark Netflix series Ozark which premiered on March 27, and it is by far the best season yet. Way over the top in a good way, Ozark begins with Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) at odds over what course to take. Wendy wants to expand into more casinos and legitimate businesses, including the Byrde Family Foundation!\u00a0 Marty wants to play it safe and keep things as they are.\u00a0 But Wendy\u2019s brother Ben, who is bi-polar and suffers from psychotic episodes, comes to stay with the family and \u2013 like a human Molotov cocktail \u2013 explodes in the middle of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tom Pelphrey as Ben Davis in Ozark. Photo: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This season is fraught with suspense and watching it gave me loads of anxiety. The cast turns in great performances even though the plot gets crazy. The stand-out performance, in my consideration, belongs to actor Tom Pelphrey who plays Ben, Wendy\u2019s brother. He should be a strong contender for the Supporting Actor EMMY and Golden Globe. I was riveted by his performance, especially the scene in Episode 9 where he\u2019s in the back of a cab, talking to himself and to the driver at the same time.\u00a0 He turns in tour de force performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Janet McTeer at Helen Pierce in Ozark. Photo: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the second episode Helen Pierce, lawyer of the Navarro Cartel, moves to the Ozarks with her daughter for the summer. Janet McTeer\u2019s cold, calculating deadpan performance warns us not to f**k with her and much less, her daughter who is blissfully unaware of her mother\u2019s criminal activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Julia Garner as Ruth in Ozark. Photo: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marty and Wendy meanwhile are going to couples counseling and we get to meet their therapist Sue Shelby, played with delicious tongue-in-cheek by Marylouise Burke. Sue speaks in slow, measured words and calm demeanor, delivering bombs of wisdom and hilarity. Once she finds out Wendy and Marty\u2019s business dealings, she\u2019s quick to blackmail them. When she tries it with Helen, it doesn\u2019t end well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marylouise Burke as Sue, the therapist in Ozark. Photo: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Season 3 is a wild rollercoaster ride and the cast turns in great performances but the season belongs to Wendy. She is beginning to come into her own as a woman and as a person, realizing how much she\u2019s given up of herself to follow her husband\u2019s wishes, she\u2019s determined to now be her own person. Linney is at the top of her game delivering a passionate, wild and complicated character that surprises us at every turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laura Linney as Wendy in Ozark. Photo: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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