Since its release in 2017, Netflix’s ‘Ozark’ has received overwhelmingly positive critical reception and has quickly risen to become one of the streaming service’s most popular programs. After moving from Chicago to the Ozarks and starting to launder money for the Navarro cartel, the Byrde family has lived in the area for a long time. Wendy and Marty find themselves in a position of power and peril when the fate of the cartel chief is in their hands at the end of the episode.
Marty and Wendy Byrde’s obsessive march to power is continued in an explosive season 4 part 2 of the television series “Ozark,” which premiered in April 2022. The climax of the fourth season of the Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams production has a notably grim tone to it, and the Byrdes appear to be on a course that they are unable to reverse. Are you curious about what the following chapter, if there is one, will entail? Here’s everything you need to know about the fifth season of “Ozark.”
When Will Ozark Season 5 Be Released?
In 2022, the Netflix original series “Ozark” will premiere in its fourth and final season. The first episode of Season 4 was released on January 21, 2022. There are seven episodes, each lasting approximately an hour, in part 2, and the season finale is an arduous 70 minutes in length, just like part 1.
In terms of a hypothetical fifth season, it appears that the saga of the ‘Ozark’ is intended to conclude with season 4 itself. The show was renewed for a fourth and final season by the streaming behemoth back in June of this year. Season 4 will be split into two parts rather than a full season 5, according to showrunner Chris Mundy, who revealed that they made the decision after consulting with Netflix. There were five seasons planned, and it was ultimately decided to develop a fourth season that would be longer than the first three seasons combined.
In addition, the narrative for the last season appeared to be too lengthy to be covered in the series’ regular 10 installments. This made Season 4 (which consisted of 14 episodes) an excellent opportunity to bring everything to a close. To ensure that each part of season 4 feels like a complete experience, Mundy noted that the authors handled parts 1 and 2 as different seasons in order to achieve this effect. Of course, if you’ve just finished watching season 4 part 2, it’s likely that you’re thinking there’s more to the narrative than you realize. The Byrde family, who are the key characters of the season, find themselves in an awkward and slightly scary position by the end of the season. Being forced to witness their younger child, Jonah, potentially commit murder, serves as a terrible time in the narrative.
The conclusion, on the other hand, is a poetic one, demonstrating to the spectator that there is no happy ending for the Byrde family. It appears that the narrative of the ‘Ozark’ is meant to come to a figurative close. The last minutes of the film provide some hints regarding a dramatic shift in the Navarro cartel’s leadership as well as Jonah’s stunning foray into the world of armed conflict. However, seeing Wendy and Marty receive FBI letters confirming that they are witnesses and hence not subject to prosecution, as well as the deaths of some of the show’s most key characters, provides some semblance of a satisfying finish to the plot.
Of course, there is always the possibility that a spinoff may be created or that the show will be revived at some point in the future. Other popular shows, such as ‘Breaking Bad,’ have spawned tremendously successful spinoffs, such as ‘Better Call Saul,’ which is currently airing. Possibly involving Jonah or even Camila, the new cartel head, a storyline might be developed that would be intriguing to watch. The development of such initiatives is, however, not currently on the agenda. For the time being, it appears that a fifth season of ‘Ozark’ will not be produced.