A dark cloud hangs over the latest season of Netflix‘s Ozark. Part one of Ozark season four, which premieres January 20, launches right into the action, taking up where season three left off after a brief and grim flash forward to what’s to come.
One of the pleasures of Ozark is watching the stakes rise from season to season. The story of a white-collar criminal moving his family to the Ozarks to start fresh when he angers the wrong people has grown and shifted over the years. Left with a huge amount of debt to his former employer, accountant Marty Byrde begins money laundering in his new home to make good. The Byrdes all eventually get more actively involved in the family business, making tons of money and some enemies along the way, all while acclimating to their new home.