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SPOILER ALERT: The following article contains a spoiler for the series finale of “Ozark”. 

Note: The following contains spoilers for the “Ozark” Season 4 finale.“Ozark” fans who have finished the fourth and final season of the Netflix series are no doubt still mourning the death of Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner), who was shot to death in the final moments of the show. What may make that pill even harder to swallow is learning that originally, Ruth survived the events of the series finale.“When we first got to the writers room, she was going to be alive,” showrunner Chris Mundy told TheWrap during a recent interview about the Season 4 finale.

Warning: Spoilers ahead.

took its final bow on Friday, as the last episodes of the series debuted on Netflix. And, true to form, the crime drama left fans biting their nails until the final moment as the Byrde family banded together to protect their own. While the final episode was a bloodbath for many of the Byrdes' allies and enemies -- including Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner) and Omar Navarro (Felix Solis) -- it was the white collar family-turned-crime overlords who were left standing at the end.In the final moments, Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) faced one final threat in Mel Sattem (Adam Rothenberg), the private investigator who threatened to expose the couple for killing Wendy's brother, Ben (Tom Pelphrey).

Ozark‘s upcoming finale, suggesting it will be “a happy ending, but they’re limping”.The Netflix crime drama is due to conclude with the second part of season four, due later this week on April 29.Bateman, who plays lead character Marty Byrde on the show, recently appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, where he opened up about how they mapped out the final episodes.“With the final season, the whole thing was like, ‘Well, how are we gonna end it?’ Should the Byrde family pay a bill, you know? Like, should they get away with it? Should they not?” he revealed.Bateman went on to recall a conversation with showrunner Chris Mundy, where they admitted they “want it to be a happy ending, but there’s got to be a little of a, ‘Well, is it happy for them?'”He added: “Hopefully, the audience will think, ‘Ah, they’ve kind of threaded the needle between a happy ending, but they’re limping’.”Ozark follows Marty and Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney), as they find themselves in a money-laundering operation in the Ozarks, Missouri when a scheme for a Mexican drug cartel goes wrong.The final episodes are set to pick up as Ruth (Julia Garner) is out for vengeance after the murder of cousin Wyatt.The logline reveals: “Marty and Wendy are rid of Helen and climb to the top of Navarro’s empire. They find another opportunity to get out of the Ozarks but some past sins won’t stay buried and the most dangerous threats come from blood.” Showrunner Chris Mundy previously revealed to TVLine that the second part of season four will start directly after the events of the last episode.“We pick up right away,” Mundy said.

Jason Bateman visited “The Tonight Show” on Friday, April 22 to promote the final seven episodes of Netflix’s “Ozark”, which will be debuting later this month.

Ozark showrunner Chris Mundy and star Laura Linney were joined by Jason Bateman, via Zoom, to discuss the Netflix series at Deadline’s Contenders TV.

EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Emmy winner Laura Linney got behind the camera for the first time on the back half of Ozark‘s final season, directing the 11th episode of its 14.

Netflix has shared a new trailer for the second part of Ozark‘s fourth season – watch the full teaser clip for the show’s dramatic final episodes below.The concluding seven episodes of the show’s final season will arrive on April 29, almost three months after the first part was released, picking up as Ruth (Julia Garner) seeks vengeance following the murder of her cousin Wyatt.According to the official logline: “Marty and Wendy are rid of Helen and climb to the top of Navarro’s empire. They find another opportunity to get out of the Ozarks but some past sins won’t stay buried and the most dangerous threats come from blood.”In the trailer, Marty (Jason Bateman) fears for the survival of his family as Ruth (Julia Garner) seeks revenge.

Netflix has confirmed that the second batch of episodes in Ozark‘s fourth season will be released on April 29 – you can watch a trailer below.The concluding seven episodes of the show’s final season will arrive almost three months after the first part released in January, picking up as Ruth (Julia Garner) seeks vengeance following the murder of her cousin Wyatt.The ominous trailer, which primarily centres on Ruth, teases: “The end arrives sooner than you think.”Speaking to TVLine, showrunner Chris Mundy said the second part of season four will pick up directly after the prior episode’s events. “We pick up right away,” Mundy said.

The final episodes of Netflix‘s hit Ozark will premiere on April 29 and the streamer dropped a first look teaser above.

Ethan Shanfeld The final seven episodes of “Ozark” will premiere on April 29 on Netflix.The official logline of Season 4, Part 2 reads: “Marty and Wendy are rid of Helen and climb to the top of Navarro’s empire. They find another opportunity to get out of the Ozarks but some past sins won’t stay buried and the most dangerous threats come from blood.”“Ozark” stars Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Julia Garner, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Charlie Tahan, Jessica Frances Dukes, Lisa Emery, Felix Solis, Damian Young, Alfonso Herrera, Adam Rothenberg, John Bedford Lloyd, Joseph Sikora, Bruno Bichir, Katrina Lenk, CC Castillo and Ali Stroker.“My childhood traumas are not like yours,” Ruth (Garner) says in the trailer.

“Ozark” has always been a show about a family trying to stick together under the most extreme circumstances. But for the Netflix series’ final episodes, showrunner Chris Mundy wanted to make the series become even more about family.The fourth and final season of the show is being split into two halves of seven episodes each, and the first batch – dubbed “Ozark” Season 4 – Part 1 – debut on Netflix Friday, Jan.

previously released teaser indicates the season will pick up right where Season 3 left off.Along with Bateman and Linney, “Ozark” Season 4 stars Julia Garner, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Charlie Tahan, Jessica Frances Dukes, Lisa Emery, Felix Solis, Damian Young, Alfonso Herrera, Adam Rothenberg, John Bedford Lloyd, Joseph Sikora, Bruno Bichir, CC Castillo, Katrina Lenk, Bruce Davison, Ali Stroker and Veronica Falcón.  Chris Mundy returns as showrunner, writer and executive producer.

Netflix’s big global event, TUDUM, has launched today giving us fresh looks at their upcoming streaming goodies. Jason Bateman and showrunner Chris Mundy have created one of Netflix’s most dependable hits with the drama “Ozark.” The series has engrossed fans and critics alike thus far.

Ozark showrunner Chris Mundy has responded to a prominent fan theory claiming that a character from the show’s third season is still alive.The recent third season of the Netflix drama saw character Ben Davis (Tom Pelphrey) killed off screen, though fans have begun to speculate that because the death wasn’t shown on camera, Davis isn’t actually dead.It has been speculated amongst fans that the character, played by Tom Pelphrey, could make a return in the show’s fourth season, though Mundy has now

One of the deaths in Ozark season three happened off-screen, which led a lot of fans to wonder if the character is really alive or not.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorOzark showrunner Chris Mundy has dropped a small hint about what’s in store for the fourth and final season of the Netflix series when it returns to screens for a two-halve run.Speaking during a pre-recorded online session for PaleyFest LA, Mundy said the fourth season marks the final chapter in the Byrde family’s journey from suburban Chicago life to their criminal enterprise in the Ozarks.He told fans: “You’re going to learn what they want their end game to

Ozark has been renewed for a fourth season on Netflix and it will be the show’s final season.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Ozark” has been renewed for Season 4 at Netflix, with the new season also being the show’s last.The fourth season will consist of 14 episodes, with the first three seasons having been 10 episodes each. Season 4 will be split into two parts consisting of seven episodes each.“We’re so happy Netflix recognized the importance of giving ‘Ozark’ more time to end the Byrdes’ saga right,” showrunner Chris Mundy said.

The third season of Netflix hit Ozark just landed on the streaming platform and fans are eager for more.