Ozark’s long-anticipated finale answered whether the Byrdes would survive the car crash, but its aftermath was predicted as early as the pilot episode

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[{"selector":"#anim-e4c7a8fc-ee2f-47b8-90f4-2fcbab7ec218 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-57.03124972079292%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":5000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a2d2d6fa-a916-4d73-81f6-e3180486b7bc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-68635cd6-6f43-40ab-ba2c-c2b0136b8315","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -446.50474%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] In Ozark season 4, the Byrde children became fully involved in the family's criminal affairs, too, but a nasty car crash threatens the family unit in the season finale.

Ozark season 1 introduces Marty Byrde as a calculated financial advisor with exceptional expertise, and this gets him entangled with Camino Del Rio or Del (Esai Morales).

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He uses his wits and persuasion skills to escape Del's death threat after Bruce (Josh Randall) betrays the cartel, and convinces Del to start a money laundering business in the Ozarks.

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Marty's intelligence and persuasive discourses simultaneously keep his family safe and lead the cartel to give him ever more dangerous tasks. One such moment in Ozark's first episode exemplifies this.

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The Ozark writers have been consistently good at remembering details from previous seasons and making them useful later on in the show.

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