My wife just recommended this Netflix series to me last night-WOW! Only thru 4 episodes(4 hours) and I can't wait to dig in again tonight. The closest thing I can associate this with is breaking bad, but that really wouldn't be terribly accurate. Except for Jason Bateman and Laura linney, the cast seems relatively benign, but really well played. Amazing how anyone can come up with this stuff-who thinks this way? I'm hooked!!
Taught dis wuz gunna bee 'bout a now defunct airline, hey?
It's a fantastic show. Wait til you get to the season 1 finale. Most intense 90 minutes of television I have ever watched. Haven't started the second season yet but its next on the list.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on September 04, 2018, 07:58:18 PM
Taught dis wuz gunna bee 'bout a now defunct airline, hey?
after watching this show, i wouldn't get on anything that says ozark on the side of it ;)
Quote from: rocket surgeon on September 04, 2018, 07:40:28 PM
My wife just recommended this Netflix series to me last night-WOW! Only thru 4 episodes(4 hours) and I can't wait to dig in again tonight. The closest thing I can associate this with is breaking bad, but that really wouldn't be terribly accurate. Except for Jason Bateman and Laura linney, the cast seems relatively benign, but really well played. Amazing how anyone can come up with this stuff-who thinks this way? I'm hooked!!
The daughter of the trailer park family really starts to steal the show the 2nd half of the first season.
Watched first episode of season 2 last night. Did not disappoint!
Season 2 is hot.
Quote from: PTM + Chartouny = Us on September 05, 2018, 12:41:15 PM
Season 2 is hot.
I knew I should've waited but instead, my dumbass is slogging thru Jack Ryan. It's a low budget Homeland, not terrible, but want to finish it before binge watching another show.
Quote from: reinko on September 05, 2018, 01:11:50 PM
I knew I should've waited but instead, my dumbass is slogging thru Jack Ryan. It's a low budget Homeland, not terrible, but want to finish it before binge watching another show.
Glad I didn't start that then. I've had my doubts.
Quote from: PTM + Chartouny = Us on September 05, 2018, 03:02:51 PM
Glad I didn't start that then. I've had my doubts.
We chose Godless over Jack Ryan - not done with the one season but so far it's been solid. The discussion around Ozark is how far back into season one do we need to go to not be totally lost.
Quote from: naginiF on September 05, 2018, 04:24:01 PM
We chose Godless over Jack Ryan - not done with the one season but so far it's been solid. The discussion around Ozark is how far back into season one do we need to go to not be totally lost.
Godless is also a fantastic show. Jeff Daniels as Frank Griffin is one of the better villain performances I have seen in a long while. Up there with Neegan from Walking Dead and the Chicken Man from Breaking Bad.
Quote from: naginiF on September 05, 2018, 04:24:01 PM
We chose Godless over Jack Ryan - not done with the one season but so far it's been solid. The discussion around Ozark is how far back into season one do we need to go to not be totally lost.
Godless was spectacular
Quote from: PTM + Chartouny = Us on September 05, 2018, 03:02:51 PM
Glad I didn't start that then. I've had my doubts.
Umm...I liked Jack Ryan...
Finally watching all of Sherlock.
Quote from: naginiF on September 05, 2018, 04:24:01 PM
We chose Godless over Jack Ryan - not done with the one season but so far it's been solid. The discussion around Ozark is how far back into season one do we need to go to not be totally lost.
episode #1 was the fuse that lit the bomb for me. me thinks if you try to start any later, you will catch yourself wanting to go back to see what you missed
Quote from: reinko on September 05, 2018, 07:43:41 AM
The daughter of the trailer park family really starts to steal the show the 2nd half of the first season.
i'm at episode# 6/season 1- i wonder if they really knew what they were going to do with her from the beginning or if she kind of evolved as the show did. they had so many options with her. depends on how many seasons they crank out, someone starts bitching about money, beats his/her significant other, decides to "go in another direction"... etc
Always been a Bateman fan. In Ozark he hit it out of the park.
Quote from: naginiF on September 05, 2018, 04:24:01 PM
We chose Godless over Jack Ryan - not done with the one season but so far it's been solid. The discussion around Ozark is how far back into season one do we need to go to not be totally lost.
Episode 2 at a minimum for Ozark. It's worth it.
Honestly, I saw season 2 of Ozark dropped and Better Call Saul took a backseat. This season of BCS has been meh at best.
Quote from: PTM + Chartouny = Us on September 05, 2018, 09:21:09 PM
Episode 2 at a minimum for Ozark. It's worth it.
Honestly, I saw season 2 of Ozark dropped and Better Call Saul took a backseat. This season of BCS has been meh at best.
Agreed on BCS. Quickly losing interest as we meld into the Breaking Bad world. Haven't started Ozark S2 yet but was pretty interested in S1.
Ozark is outstanding.
No issues with this season of Better Call Saul. Still really good.
Quote from: rocket surgeon on September 05, 2018, 07:07:33 PM
episode #1 was the fuse that lit the bomb for me. me thinks if you try to start any later, you will catch yourself wanting to go back to see what you missed
+1, you have to watch episode 1
Quote from: rocket surgeon on September 05, 2018, 07:07:33 PM
episode #1 was the fuse that lit the bomb for me. me thinks if you try to start any later, you will catch yourself wanting to go back to see what you missed
Quote from: Waldo Jeffers on September 06, 2018, 09:24:40 AM
+1, you have to watch episode 1
I should have been more clear - we've seen season one. We decided to rewatch the last 3 of season one before starting season two.
Quote from: rocket surgeon on September 05, 2018, 07:15:00 PM
i'm at episode# 6/season 1- i wonder if they really knew what they were going to do with her from the beginning or if she kind of evolved as the show did. they had so many options with her. depends on how many seasons they crank out, someone starts bitching about money, beats his/her significant other, decides to "go in another direction"... etc
I think they knew. She played Kimmy in The Americans and it was clear from that troubling turn that she would be a star.
I'm enjoying The Man in the High Castle. Looking forward to season 3 starting this October.
Finally got around to The Americans - into season 2 - Keri Russell, wow.
Quote from: Lennys Tap on September 06, 2018, 04:18:45 PM
Finally got around to The Americans - into season 2 - Keri Russell, wow.
Fire
My only bitch about Ozark is how dark every scene is.
Quote from: LloydsLegs on September 06, 2018, 11:42:49 AM
I think they knew. She played Kimmy in The Americans and it was clear from that troubling turn that she would be a star.
Great point - Julia Garner was very good as a fairly minor recurring character on The Americans, one of the better series of this decade. She is awesome as Ruth in Ozark.
We've watched the first 2 of season 2, and she is totally a star.
As for the series itself, it's much better than I had expected. My wife loves it, too, and she doesn't always get into this kind of dark show.
Quote from: jesmu84 on September 05, 2018, 05:19:17 PM
Godless was spectacular
Apparently we were 3 episodes from the end of Godless and i stand corrected....it is way more than 'solid', spectacular works for me.
I was disappointed at the end when I said 'cool, it's like Fargo where they keep the same theme and change the story/characters' and the Mrs informed me that it was just a miniseries.
Wife and I binged season 2 of Ozark over the last few days. Found this season was a little more predictable than the first....but still Fing fantastic. They do such a good job of building suspense and tension throughout a scene. Even when I guessed what was going to happen I was still on the edge of my seat. Can't wait for season 3
Quote from: TAMU Eagle on September 09, 2018, 09:36:44 PM
Wife and I binged season 2 of Ozark over the last few days. Found this season was a little more predictable than the first....but still Fing fantastic. They do such a good job of building suspense and tension throughout a scene. Even when I guessed what was going to happen I was still on the edge of my seat. Can't wait for season 3
Several storylines were VERY predictable, and I often felt like there was probably too much going. It was still good.
I am very excited for S3. I'm optimistic that Wendy's last lecture foreshadows the Byrde's in power, instead of constant scrambling schemes and fear.
Quote from: MU82 on September 07, 2018, 07:45:20 PM
As for the series itself, it's much better than I had expected. My wife loves it, too, and she doesn't always get into this kind of dark show.
Same with my wife--no Deadwood, Breaking Bad, Justified, The Wire etc, but I think Jason Bateman was her gateway into Ozark (somehow she missed the Timothy Olyphant train :o).
Quote from: Lennys Tap on September 06, 2018, 04:18:45 PM
Finally got around to The Americans - into season 2 - Keri Russell, wow.
I was never a fan of hers - until this series.
Just finished Season 2. Very enjoyable.
As others have said, there were quite a few predictable moments, but I still really liked it because they have so many interesting characters that are very well-acted. For example, I really like the way they developed Jonah's character, as well as Ruth's father. Every scene Cade was on the screen was extremely tense.
Julia Garner is a star. Loved the way she said: "I don't know sh!t about f%ck!" ... except now I'll probably start saying it and I'll have to get my mouth washed out with soap!!