Jason Bateman is always captivating and love his personality that he applies to his roles. This show doesn't have a lot of good guys. There's a few moments that will amaze you but overall I think it flies in slightly below the mark mark of amazing. I am excited to see the second season .

/refers to Season 1/Recent years I have somehow moved away from US drama/crime series as I have found the UK and Scandinavian ones catchier. But thanks to some references and promotion materials (incl. IMDB) I have run into series like Ozark - with distinct characters and performances, solutions without external intervention, events developing in narrow areas, thrill mixed with personal intertwinings, etc. Well, one can always question the plausibility of depicted crimes in a democratic society, but if well explained and expressed, then you follow the course of events without wtf! and blah! feelings. And if complemented by beautiful environment, pleasant performances (Bateman was a surprise, usually I am not too fond of the movies he participates) and the scenes with twists where do you not know how to react as comic and tragic are intertwined.All in all, I am looking forward to Season 2 already.

Unbelievably bad, ridiculous and stupid script. The script writers must think that the audience have chicken brains otherwise they would not dump such unimaginative, crappy and ridiculous dialogues and story situations on us. And the characters they have created! Oh my god! Each one is more painful to watch than any other character in any other TV series. Tried my best to watch it. Went so far as 5th episode and could not bear it anymore! Run away from this!

An interesting story with perfect actor in main role gives us high quality serial wich can surely become a good and not useless spend of time. The story telling in Ozark always lead to thoughts like ''What if it could have happened to me?'' Through all season you quastion actions of all actors. What they are doing, why they are doing it and what would you do at their place? What is right and what is wrong? How far you need to go to keep your family alive and survive yourself? Do you need to lie? Do you need to steal? Do you need to kill? Who you need to become? This show reminds me such serials as ''Breaking bad'', ''Fargo'', ''Better Call Saul''. If you love serious shows that lead you to think and you already watched all best ones, this one is definitely for you.