Ozark Season 4 (Part 1)

I spent a lot of my life living in relationship to the Ozark Mountains that give this show its name. The etymology of the name remains ambiguous. We know that it comes from the phrase “aux arcs", but there seems to be some disagreement as to what, exactly, that phrase means. One interpretation on Wikipedia is that “aux arcs is an abbreviation of aux arcs-en-ciel, French for ‘toward the rainbows.’” Wendy and Marty are forever chasing rainbows but end up juggling more and more knives.

I’ve watched a lot of shows about money, power, and corruption recently, and I know that I’m not alone. Sometimes I am baffled by how people can watch House of Cards (not one of the shows that I’ve watched), Succession, Ozark, etc. and then turn around and be baffled by the Q phenomenon.

Interesting and Appropriate Developments in This Season

• The FBI is more interested in having an informant who can help them seize cash from the cartels than to actually stop the flow of drugs into the United States… which is a totally rational move given that the latter is probably an unachievable goal.

• An opioid magnate makes a generous donation to a foundation in order to facilitate the flow of cartel heroin into their possession with a clean paper trail. I’ve always wondered if there was a connection between Afghanistan and the opioid epidemic.

• Wendy appears to be having a Lady MacBeth moment as a result of killing her own brother who was on the verge of betraying them.