How Ozark should have ended [SPOILER]
So as we all know, the ending of Ozark is quite controversial and not very appreciated by most fans (myself included). So I kept thinking and got the following idea:
After Ruth kills Javi, she goes home and knows that she is in immense danger, so she packs her shit and leaves with Three to Australia or Europe.
Then, Camila comes to the Ozarks looking for answers. After pressuring Clare, she still gives up the name (Ruth Langmore). So Camila goes around searching for Ruth, but she is nowhere to be found, as she is already on another continent.
So Camila turns to the Byrdes. She asks them about Ruth’s whereabouts. They don’t know either, but Camila doesn’t believe them. She thinks they are hiding Ruth. So in retaliation Camila kills their children, Jonah and Charlotte. The end.
I believe this is a good ending first of all because it respects the show’s dark and nihilistic view. The Byrdes spent the whole show doing all these monstruous things “for the family / for the kids” only for their only children to perish in the end. They may have money, they may have power, but without their children they were left completely empty on the inside. Also, it respects the show’s main idea that innocents pay for the actions of powerful / wealthy ones. In this case their own children (innocent beings) paying for the sins of their evil parents.
Second, Ruth deserved a happy-ish ending. I do agree that the show needs to be dark and nihilistic, but having a character lose all the time and then just get gunned down at the end is lazy and cliche. She suffered enough imo to send a message. Her uncles died, her dad died, her boyfriend died, her beloved cousin died, how much more tragedy does she need? The point has been made, we all get it. And in all fairness, in real life, people get happy (or partially happy) endings all the time. After all Ruth has been through, moving to a different continent would have been a decent ending for her imo.
Another thing I wanna add, a lot of people say that ruth deserved consequences for killing a cartel boss, but I counter with this: the whole show Ruth (and others) suffered the consequences of the Byrdes actions. But here, in this ending, it finally flips and the Byrdes pay the price for Ruth’s actions, while she makes an escape.
So that’s it basically, that’s the ending I came up with. Feel free to share your opinion / feelings on my ending.