is a cable series currently in its fourth and final season.. I discovered the series during the pandemic; I'd seen initial reviews for the series before the inception of the pandemic, and the premise of a financial planner in Chicago being prompted to move his family to the Ozarks to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel just didn't really appeal to me, but the reviews after a couple of seasons prompted me to give it a try, and I ended up binge watching seasons 1-3 and waiting for season four to come out.
There are few, if any, good guys in this series, although one might start out rooting for Justin Bateman's character as he's drawn in mainly because he had a corrupt partner and he's been trying to protect his family. And now that I've watched the first half of season four, which has gone at a breakneck pace, what I've found fascinating is the depiction of family dynamics and how each major character views the concept of familial love. And regardless of warped that view may be, the common motif is that family is important, yet being mistreated/betrayed by family violates the contract and empowers one to exercise their own individual agendas. I haven't assimilated fully my take on this, but I found it provocative enough to put this out there before I get sidetracked.
Maybe this has resonance as I've had to deal with abandonment issues. Then there's community world view that's part of my Chinese heritage where the family is everything.
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