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“Ozark” Season 3 (available March 27)Why Should I Watch? If you’re a fan of dark crime stories, “Ozark” probably pulled you in a while ago.
Directed, produced, and starring Jason Bateman, the Netflix drama about a family of money launderers trying to escape the tightening grasp of their cartel bosses is a perennial awards player and cultural talking point.
But like the remote destination’s lakeside tourists, “Ozark” doesn’t come without its baggage.
Some of the aforementioned “buzz” is centered around how hard it is to see what’s going on, and awards shows are often unreliable bellwethers of quality.
Plus, Season 2 marked a dramatic downshift in the propulsive pleasures “Ozark” Season 1 offered, so can Season 3 recover? Reviews are embargoed, so I can’t possibly say — but there’s a reason this is the No.
1 March offering, and it ain’t because “Archibald’s Next Big Thing” is bad.
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