OZARK

written by

Janessa Robinson

SEASON 3 EPISODE 1: FORCE

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PREVIOUSLY ON OZARK MARTY BYRDE is an accountant who runs a financial advisement firm with his partner in Chicago. They use it to launder money for the cartel. His wife, WENDY has an affair. MARTY's partner, BRUCE skims $8 million from the cartel and DEL executes him in front of MARTY. MARTY offers to clean $500 million in 5 years by moving his family to the Ozarks. DEL says he wants his stolen money back, then MARTY and his family better be on the road to the Ozarks. MARTY cashes out financial assets while WENDY clears their bank account to run away with her lover. The cartel drops his body from a high- rise. The BYRDES pack up and drive to the Ozarks. FBI agents, and lovers, ROY PETTY and TREVOR EVANS track them. MARTY and WENDY rent a home, get their children in school, and find businesses to wash DEL's money. MARTY steals BOBBY DEAN's strip club, Lickety Splitz and convinces RACHEL to let him invest in her hotel, the Blue Cat. Local heroine dealers, JACOB and DARLENE SNELL kill money launderer BOBBY DEAN to protect their secret. WENDY stages homes for a realtor and cons an old man out of a funeral home. Their children, CHARLOTTE and JONAH mix it up with criminal townies, the LANGMORES. RUTH LANGMORE steals from MARTY, convinces him to hire her at the Blue Cat, and later runs Lickety Splitz. CHARLOTTE steals $10,000 from MARTY while hiding money at the Blue Cat and gives half to JONAH. He opens a bank account and she buys a van. RUTH's uncle, RUSS informs on MARTY to PETTY. RUSS plots to kill MARTY but RUTH kills him instead. RACHEL steals from MARTY and disappears. MARTY uses construction on a church to clean money and disrupts the SNELL's operation. SNELLS kill pastor MASON's wife and take his baby to warn MARTY. MARTY brokers a deal between the SNELLS and DEL for a casino, DARLENE kills DEL. HELEN comes to find DEL. MASON gets his son, ZEKE, back but police take the boy away, so MASON kidnaps WENDY, MARTY brings ZEKE then WENDY kills MASON. PETTY finds RACHEL, gives her drugs to wear a wire. MARTY and WENDY work with a political donor, CHARLES WILKES, to get a casino license. Union boss FRANK wants union jobs at the casino. CHARLOTTE lives in the van and tells her parents she wants to be emancipated. SNELLS won't sell their land for the casino, WENDY burns their poppy crops. MARTY plans an escape for his family, shows RUTH the stash and how to launder. RUTH's dad, CADE goes to PETTY to inform on MARTY and kills PETTY. JACOB agrees to kill his wife DARLENE to save his life. DARLENE kills JACOB and forces WENDY to give her ZEKE. CADE hurts CHARLOTTE to get to MARTY's money. WENDY offers him $500,000 to leave town, cartel intercept his drive and kill him. WENDY says the family will will not run. FRANK blows up MARTY's office for going back on their deal. END RECAP OZARK 2.

TEASER FADE IN:

EXT. SNELL FARM - FOREST - NIGHT BLACK - sound of leaves and branches WRESTLE as a hare hops through the forest. We follow the hare to a ravine, SUDDENLY a set of vainy hands SNATCH the hare up. The hands snap the hare's neck and carry the dead bunny by its ears out of the forest. CUT TO:

EXT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - SAME We pick up on the dead bunny as its strung by its ears and push back to reveal DARLENE as the bunny killer while she carries it up her stairs and into the...

INT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - KITCHEN - SAME DARLENE SLAPS the dead hare on a cutting board and slices it open to reveal its bloody insides. CUT TO:

INT. MARTY'S CAR - SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - OZARK - SAME Car engine RATTLES as MARTY stares right at us - eyes filled with fear and desperation to escape. Signaling that this episode will finally answer the question: How will Marty and his family make it out? Establishing shot - MARTY stares ahead to the police station. WENDY's muffled voice cuts in... WENDY It'll be good for us, the press. MARTY We're partners, right? WENDY We're partners. MARTY nods at her. They KEYS JINGLE as MARTY cuts off the car and the get out. We pull back and see... OZARK 3.

EXT. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - SAME HELEN waits for MARTY and WENDY near the entrance as they get out of the car. CUT TO:

INT. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - INTERVIEW ROOM - SAME Sound of GLOSS PAPER FLEXES as MARTY checks out photos in his hands, police evidence of the explosion at his office. He, WENDY and HELEN sit opposite NIX. MARTY places the photos on the table. SHERIFF NIX An explosion goes off at your office and no one seems to know a thing, including you. That right? WENDY All due respect Sheriff... If there are no updates in the investigation, what are we doing here? SHERIFF NIX You wanna tell me who would want to blow your property up like this a damn war field? MARTY does his best to assure NIX that they're clueless. MARTY We're just here to help create business opportunities in the town. You know that. We don't know how this happened. NIX doesn't buy it, he puts the pressure on. SHERIFF NIX A fool could see that your casino is pretty controversial. There's only so many licenses and you went and somehow got the 14th. What'd you have to do to get that done? HELEN Sheriff, my clients are fully cooperating with the investigation. They sit here today of their own will. Surely you don't think they are responsible -- OZARK 4.

SHERIFF NIX Buildings don't detonate on their own ma'am. I'm just trying to get some -- WENDY kicks into weeping woman mode. WENDY It was -- I don't mean to interrupt your... It's just... We have two children. We don't know. We don't have answers to these questions and... it's on our minds every minute -- every minute... MARTY eyes her closely. He's terrified - he doesn't know if her emotion is real or fake. WENDY (CONT’D) All we can do is trust that the police are doing their jobs. And we will continue to invest in Ozark, this is our home. "Our home" cuts into MARTY like a blade. HELEN Sheriff, my clients are the victims here. As much as anyone, they want the culprit to answer for this violence. Those words strike MARTY with fright. Is HELEN planning retaliation? CUT TO:

EXT. TOWN ROAD - SAME Sound of TIRES TREAD as MARTY and WENDY tail HELEN's black SUV and her car pulls to the side of the road. MARTY and WENDY know what this means. They do the same and meet HELEN at her car. MARTY tries his best to get a sense of the situation before he or WENDY say too much. MARTY Everything okay? HELEN We're going to need Frank to understand that there are consequences to his actions. OZARK 5.

MARTY Consequences? HELEN Yes Marty, it's a law of the universe. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. MARTY Yeah but I'm pretty sure Newton was talking about physics. HELEN looks at the two then directs her thoughts more to WENDY than MARTY. HELEN My employer has business here that he'd like to protect. Frank's actions have thrown a wrench into things. That explosion attracts attention, questions. Now this is your town, I'll leave it to you how it's handled but it needs to be handled. WENDY Yes of course we couldn't agree more. MARTY flashes WENDY a look of concern. Are they still on the same team? HELEN gets in her SUV and pulls away. CUT TO:

INT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - KITCHEN - SAME Sound of BUNNY STEW BOILS on the stove as DARLENE stirs the pot. DARLENE Well what use are you to me? We hear a set of boots come close... SHERIFF NIX That's all I got. They're playing clueless. DARLENE pulls the PIPING HOT spoon out of the stew and slinks towards SHERIFF NIX. She just BARELY misses his hand when she sets it down on the counter. She gives him a look in the eye then leaves him behind and heads upstairs to... OZARK 6.

BABY ZEKE'S ROOM Sound of BABY COOS as DARLENE enters the dark room. The room has a dark wooden crib, shelf and a rocking chair. She reaches for bunny stuffed animal on the shelf and brings it to the crib. DARLENE I don't know how I'm gonna do it... Bring you up all by myself, but you are my legacy... Our legacy She leans over BABY ZEKE in his crib and softly caresses him. DARLENE (CONT’D) He who created you, Jacob, he who formed you. Do not fear... She places the bunny beside him. DARLENE (CONT’D) For I have redeemed you, I have called you by my name, you are mine. Baby Snell... DARLENE picks him up and marks a cross on his head. DARLENE (CONT’D) Don't you worry, they too will know this uncertainty. We're off on DARLENE's placement of BABY ZEKE next to the stuffed bunny. FADE TO: A screen-wide white "O" appears. TITLE: O Inside the "O", two perpendicular white lines animate out to create four quadrants. Inside the quadrants, icons fade in... Upper left quadrant: a hare. Upper right quadrant: a body bag. Lower left quadrant: a belt. Lower right quadrant: a bitcoin. FADE TO BLACK. END OF TEASER OZARK 7.

ACT ONE FADE IN:

EXT. WOODS - DAWN Sound of WYATT's CAR DOOR OPENS as CHAROLETTE gets in the car and hands him a bag of Eggos she took from the house. He's dingy, unbathed and looks fatigued. WYATT Thanks. She opens a jar of peanut butter and they make breakfast. CHAROLETTE This is all I could get, I didn't wanna wake anyone up. He scarfs down a peanut butter eggo. CHAROLETTE (CONT’D) When are you leaving? What's going on? WYATT Soon. I don't know... I don't fucking know what to do. I'm seeing things... WYATT looks in the rearview mirror where his dad, RUSS sits. CHAROLETTE (beat) How do you know my dad didn't kill your dad and uncle? RUSS Tell her the truth. A beat... as it takes WYATT a moment to get the words out. WYATT Because Ruth did. CHAROLETTE What? WYATT She told me... My dad was going to kill your dad. He and Uncle Boyd were going to kill him and take his money that night... (MORE) OZARK 8. WYATT (CONT’D) Ruth rigged the dock. She killed them.

A long beat... While CHAROLETTE considers how fucked up she thought her family was, but not this fucked up. And maybe she had her dad all wrong. CUT TO:

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - CHAROLETTE'S ROOM - MORNING JONAH Where did you go? CHAROLETTE's relieved. CHAROLETTE Close the door. He does then joins her on the bed. CHAROLETTE (CONT’D) I was with Wyatt. JONAH Isn't Ruth looking for him? CHAROLETTE Yeah well, I hope she never finds him. A beat... while JONAH wonders if he even wants to ask this question. JONAH You still want to be emancipated? She nods. CHAROLETTE It's not safe here. We're not normal... Even if Dad isn't a murderer. JONAH So you'll leave... Just like that? It hits CHAROLETTE that she's neglected she would be leaving her brother behind. CUT TO: OZARK 9.

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - KITCHEN - SAME Sound of EGGS FRY in a pan as WENDY preps breakfast for the family and MARTY grabs supplies to set the dining room table. WENDY CHAROLETTE! JONAH! Come eat something! The children file into the kitchen and suspiciously observe their parents behavior. WENDY (CONT’D) Good morning honey. JONAH Hey mom. WENDY gives him a hug as CHAROLETTE enters the dining room and he follows...

DINING ROOM MARTY finishes setting the table and JONAH sits. WENDY enters and sets the food down. CHAROLETTE What is this? MARTY What is this? It's breakfast. WENDY sits. WENDY (to CHAROLETTE) Have a seat honey. She reluctantly does. WENDY (CONT’D) We're a family, we spend time together. I know we're not the kind of family you want, but we are your family. We care about you. MARTY Your mother and I want you two to be careful. JONAH Be careful? Why? OZARK 10.

CHAROLETTE Yeah, what's going on? MARTY It's just -- we want to make sure you two are safe... He looks at JONAH. WENDY rubs JONAH's back. WENDY You both know there's some people in this town that... MARTY Aren't kind. People to just watch out for. So we just need two to stick together. We're off gears turning in JONAH's head and CHAROLETTE's anger that her parents won't be transparent. CUT TO:

EXT. MOTEL - SAME Establishing shot: shitty yellow-doored motel that ROY PETTY stayed in during his investigation into MARTY. CUT TO:

INT. MOTEL - ROY'S ROOM - SAME Sound of HEAVY BOOTS STORM into ROY PETTY's room as FBI agent TREVOR EVANS leads a team of windbreakers to search the place. TREVOR EVANS hasn't slept since PETTY was reported missing. He's in charge of the search, but he's clearly distracted. The windbreakers UNLEASH into a searching frenzy across the room. TREVOR EVANS' gaze is preoccupied on the bed, where ROY no doubt had sex with RUSS LANGMORE. WINDBREAKER 1 Nothing. WINDBREAKER 2 Nothing. WINDBREAKER 3 Nothing. OZARK 11.

TREVOR EVANS doesn't move, his eyes are in a daze as he looks around the room. WINDBREAKER 3 gets EVANS' attention. WINDBREAKER 3 (CONT’D) Sir. You okay? A beat as he snaps back to reality. TREVOR EVANS What is it? WINDBREAKER 3 We checked the place and it looks clean except some fishing shit left on the desk over there. WINDBREAKER 3 points to the fishing supplies left on the desk by the mirror. The team walks over to examine. WINDBREAKER 3 (CONT’D) Did the maids already clean the room? TREVOR EVANS They clean the rooms once a week. Most of the guests are long-term stays. TREVOR EVANS picks up the dark blue flyer that was left behind. It's the flyer RUSS LANGMORE made for "FLY LIFE", the fly fishing boat shop he wanted to open with PETTY. TEVOR EVANS' suspicions are confirmed and now he has his next lead. We're off on TREVOR EVANS as he puts the flyer into a plastic baggie. CUT TO:

EXT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - DAY Establishing shot - all kinds of trucks sit at the edge of the big white house: rusted, flat bed, supply-hauling, new and old Ford F150s. FARMER PETE's worn-in boots step out of a muddy flat-bed truck. He's 60s and looks like he's been doing manual labor his whole life. We follow him into the... OZARK 12.

INT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - DINING ROOM - SAME The sound of a GLASS PLATE CLACKS against the wooden table as DARLENE sets down sandwiches for her twenty FARMER GUESTS who chat away. FARMER GUESTS Some things is right and some things is just wrong... It's been generations of this imminent domain shit... One day they come knocking and tell us we got to clear out our fields... She's right for getting this together. We pick up on FARMER PETE in the middle of the crowd. He's caught a whiff of what FARMER GUESTS say and he's PISSED. He addresses the room. FARMER PETE Now I don't much like to be around people... I come 'cause I thought we was gone do more than talking. I'm not giving up another goddamn inch 'a my land for the fed. DARLENE proudly watches as FARMER GUESTS get riled up by him. DARLENE You right Pete. We are gone do something. And we got every right to be mad. Our crops fed this nation til they start buying from the Mexicans. Jacob would have loved to see you here united. His dying wish was to stop this oppression. We are gone do something. God is a righteous judge, a judge who displays his wrath everyday. Off on DARLENE receiving praise from her FARMER GUESTS. CUT TO BLACK. END OF ACT ONE OZARK 13.

ACT TWO FADE IN:

EXT. LANGMORE TRAILER PARK - DAY Sound of the storm door CREAKS as RUTH heads out of her home to go to LICKETY SPLITZ. Before getting in the car, CADE's trailer grasps her eyes. It's as if she's expecting him to come storming out of there and yell at her one last time. Just as RUTH gets in the car, a black sedan pulls into the lot and blocks her exit. TREVOR EVANS rolls into RUTH's trailer park, and he looks like he's going mad. She watches him get out of the car. TREVOR EVANS You going somewhere? He approaches her and she sizes him up. RUTH Is there a fucking reason you're on my property? Who in the fuck are you? He flashes his badge. TREVOR EVANS FBI. we have a mutual friend. Tall white guy, scruffy face, thick side burns. I'm looking for him. She walks by him towards her car. RUTH Don't no ring no kinda bell to me. TREVOR EVANS No? Cause I haven't heard from him and I know he was real close to your family. He's got RUTH's attention now. A beat while she worries if he knows that CADE killed ROY? RUTH I don't know shit about fuck. TREVOR EVANS What are you? Twenty-two? How'd you get mixed up in all this? OZARK 14.

RUTH Listen, mister agent sir... It may not look like it, but I got a day ahead of me to get to and all this questioning is making me late to my next appointment. He won't accept this as a dead end, he can't. He puts his business card in her hand. TREVOR EVANS I can get you out. I can get you away from here. Just tell me what you know. He looks into her eyes to see if he's reached her gets in his car and drives away. RUTH looks at the card and recalls the cartel torture session she survived. She goes over a sprinkles lighter fluid in the fire pit, tosses the card in, and drops a lit match on it. We're off on RUTH as she watches the card burn. CUT TO:

EXT. CASINO - SAME Establishing shot: The big casino boat all by its lonesome without hotels, parking lots, etc. In the distance, we see MARTY and WENDY in a heated talk on the top deck of the casino. We pick up their voices as we move in the on the couple. MARTY I already gave the pilot half of the money. We can still leave. Let's do it. Let's do what we talked about, go to the Gold Coast. WENDY No Marty. The cartel knows. The morning of the ceremony here, Helen told me... They have our devices tapped Marty. They listen on our phones, they check our browser history. They know. MARTY Why didn't you tell me? OZARK 15.

WENDY Because you're panicked Marty! You are running on fear and we cannot make decisions that way. We have to to be strategic. We have to consider every option. MARTY Every option?... You want us to stay. You made your decision just like that. WENDY I want to keep us alive. We are valuable to the cartel, we don't have to live on the run. We can make this story ours. MARTY wonders when this happened... When did they end up on completely different pages? MARTY This is not what we talked about... The conversation is cut short by the sound of footsteps when a local newspaper reporter, CONSTANCE ROWLEY arrives for an interview. CONSTANCE is with the Missourian Examiner. She's young and warm, but principled -- a reporter who searches for the truth, not clicks. CONSTANCE ROWLEY It sure is beautiful up here. This still a good time? WENDY Oh, it's a great time. We're so happy to have you. CONSTANCE ROWLEY Happy to be here. You two are quite the buzz around town. Our readers want to catch up on all things Byrde. A beat... as we move in on MARTY' lack of enthusiasm. CONSTANCE ROWLEY (CONT’D) Let's get started. So how are things coming with the casino? I was expecting to be on a construction site today. OZARK 16.

MARTY We're getting things up and running operationally. Better to do things right than do them fast. CONSTANCE ROWLEY But you are on track to open in the next few months? You'd hate to be seizing farmers' land for nothing right? WENDY I don't know what you're getting at here... CONSTANCE ROWLEY According to my sources, it sounds like the Snell Farm wasn't so keen to give over their land so you could build up a casino destination at this dock. MARTY and WENDY keep their composure despite the interrogation. CUT TO:

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - JONAH'S ROOM - SAME Sound of keys CLICK as JONAH types away on his laptop. On screen: He opens an encrypted browser called TOR and enters the dark web. Nearby door squeaks opens and shuts. JONAH scrambles to shutdown the computer and slide it under his bed. CHAROLETTE opens the door. CHAROLETTE You wanna go for a ride? JONAH I don't think we should go anywhere. Mom and dad -- She joins him on his bed. CHAROLETTE Dad said we should stick together. He didn't say we couldn't go anywhere. JONAH gives it a thought... She's right. OZARK 17.

JONAH Go for a ride where? CHAROLETTE I don't know, but aren't tired of being cooped up in here all day? JONAH We could go to the library. CHAROLETTE Okay... sure. JONAH reaches down and pulls his shoes from under the bed. CUT TO:

INT./EXT. FBI SEDAN - BYRDE HOUSE - SAME Sound of breath EXHALES. TREVOR EVANS is disheveled with rings around his eyes from sleep deprivation. He stakes out the family's house.

EXT. BYRDE HOUSE - SAME CHAROLETTE and JONAH come out the house and see the black sedan as they walk to CHAROLETTE's van. JONAH Who is that? CHAROLETTE I don't know, just get in the car. They do. CUT TO:

INT./EXT. FBI SEDAN - BYRDE HOUSE - SAME Sound of car door handle CLICKS as TREVOR EVANS gets out to go after the children. He's disrupted by a BUZZ as his phone vibrates in the cupholder. He closes the door and KICKS the ignition on as starts his car, then answers the phone and pulls away. We follow the other end of the call to...

INT. FBI OFFICE - CHICAGO DIRECTOR HUNT is slumped over her desk on the phone. OZARK 18.

DIRECTOR HUNT We're passed the 48 hour mark. We're out of leads. It's officially ruled a murder investigation. We move back to...

INT./EXT. FBI SEDAN - TOWN ROAD - SAME TREVOR EVANS' chest caves in and he ends the call. He grabs the steering wheel. A beat... as his pain and anger build. He pulls over on the side of the road and BELTS out a vicious scream. CUT TO:

EXT. CASINO - MOMENTS LATER BLACK - The sound of MARTY and WENDY's argument cuts in. MARTY Do not go and see her! WENDY Oh I'm sorry, when did you start giving me orders?! MARTY How many times are you gonna undermine me Wendy? WENDY Undermine you... You are not the end all be all of authority in this family. MARTY's phone buzzes and rings. He silences it. MARTY Half of the contracts for workers are voided. We need to focus on getting them picked up, not go head to head with Darlene right now. WENDY She needs to know who she's fucking with. MARTY wonders who this woman is... Is this his wife? OZARK 19.

MARTY There's no intimidating her. The woman killed her own husband. She cut a baby out of a womb. She's a psychopath Wendy. And she's not the only one coming after us right now. WENDY nods, he's right. MARTY (CONT’D) We have to figure out something to get Frank off our asses. WENDY We need to deal with Frank. MARTY's mouth drops. What reality is she living in? MARTY What does that mean? WENDY You heard Helen. He needs to make it right or we need to make it right for him. MARTY considers her words... "make it right" with Frank. MARTY nods. MARTY Let me handle it. I'll deal with Frank. You stay away from Darlene. Off on the couple in a stand-off. CUT TO:

INT. LIBRARY - DAY Sound of pages FLIP as CHAROLETTE watches JONAH wrestle through library books. CHAROLETTE What are you doing? JONAH Research. CHAROLETTE For what? He looks at her. OZARK 20.

JONAH It's stupid. CHAROLETTE What is it? She picks up the book and examines it. The book: Ghost in The Wires by Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon. JONAH He's one of the best hackers to go up against the government. CHAROLETTE (whispers) Are you hacking? JONAH I think we're being monitored. CHAROLETTE's phone BUZZES, it's a text from WYATT. WYATT (TEXT) Come by? CHAROLETTE I gotta make stop. It's Wyatt. JONAH nods and closes the book. CUT TO:

INT. FRANK'S OFFICE - KANSAS CITY - SAME The sound of MARTY's shoes THUMP on the floor as two of FRANK's henchmen SHOVE him into the room to meet with FRANK. MARTY Not necessary! It's not. MARTY gathers himself and turns his attention to FRANK, who sits with his feet kicked up on the desk. MARTY (CONT’D) Frank, can we just talk? FRANK You and I are past talking Marty. MARTY Okay, yes I get it. You are not someone to be fucked with. OZARK 21.

MARTY / FRANK (CONT’D) I'm just here to make a deal. / That why you had me called down to the station? FRANK rises from his seat and towers over MARTY. MARTY (CONT’D) What? FRANK grabs MARTY's neck and shoves him to the wall. MARTY (CONT’D) Jesus! Look there's no need for this. FRANK First you don't make good on my fucking jobs. And what do I do? I see you're out of the office, so I leave you a note. You don't call, you have the sheriff call me in. MARTY I -- I got no idea what you're talking about. You have the jobs, they're yours. I'm making good on the deal. I don't know shit about Nix coming here. He was here. FRANK doesn't trust MARTY, but it does seem stupid for MARTY to rat him out then show up here. So, FRANK lets go and MARTY falls to the floor. MARTY (CONT’D) Nix is investigating the bombing. And I told him the truth, I don't know anything about who did it. Now I've come here... MARTY pulls papers out of jacket pocket. MARTY (CONT’D) With contracts that say I need to hire your guys. All you have to do is sign them. FRANK SNATCHES the contracts and looks them over, then signs them. He slaps them on MARTY's chest. OZARK 22.

FRANK You better kill that investigation or it won't matter how the casino gets open because you won't be here to see it. MARTY grabs the contracts and leaves. CUT TO:

EXT. SNELL FARM - DRIVEWAY - SAME BLACK – sound of tires treading over gravel as WENDY pulls up to the big White House. WENDY watches SHERIFF NIX roll down the driveway and nod at her as he passes by. WENDY comes to the...

HOUSE DARLENE stands on the edge of the porch and watches WENDY come up the walkway towards her. WENDY Of course -- of course it's you. DARLENE Seeing as it's my land, that should come as no surprise to ya. DARLENE retreats to a rocking chair on the porch and sips her tea. WENDY Of course it's you. Nix, the cancelled contracts. I thought you'd be busy mourning. DARLENE That what they teach you up there at your big universities? To mock the widowed? WENDY realizes she crossed a line as she hesitantly walks up the porch stairs. DARLENE (CONT’D) That what you came all the way here for? WENDY I came to make sure that you are happy. OZARK 23.

DARLENE Well if I knew you come to check on me, I would drawn you up some tea. WENDY This is not some sort of game, Darlene. The cartel wants that casino, they want the dock lined with businesses. They won't let you keep getting in the way of that. I don't thin you realize how serious this is. DARLENE Oh, I am aware. WENDY So go on and tell me. Tell me what you want. Their conversation is pierced by Baby ZEKE's CRIES. WENDY loses her breath at the sound of him. DARLENE excuses herself and enters the house. We stay on WENDY's restlessness as she waits, then DARLENE returns with BABY ZEKE. We move in on BABY ZEKE's innocent face as DARLENE emerges with her prized child. WENDY softens when she sees him. DARLENE keeps her distance and smugly warns reminds WENDY that JACOB never wanted the casino to be built. DARLENE All those problems you got with the casino... those must be the demons of ya own sins. WENDY Just -- let's work this out so everyone can be happy. DARLENE Now there seems to be some confusion. It's a beautiful night to be with family. Here I am... on my land... with my family. Where is yours? WENDY is alarmed. What does that mean? Where's the children? CUT TO: OZARK 24.

EXT. TOWN ROAD - NIGHT CHAROLETTE's van drives down a dark, tree-lined road. Headlights come towards them. A pickup truck swerves and stops in the middle of the road. CHAROLETTE SLAMS on the breaks, skids, and misses crashing into the truck by a hair. Two FARMERS get out and lie down something in the middle of the road while...

INT. CHAROLETTE'S VAN - TOWN ROAD - SAME CHAROLETTE and JONAH watch closely. After the FARMERS get back in the truck and peel off, the children reluctantly get out of the car...

EXT. TOWN ROAD - SAME JONAH curiously leads CHAROLETTE in the investigation of the items left in the road. We move in SLOWLY as JONAH discovers two MAIMED, bloody rabbits. He picks on up by the foot. CHAROLETTE SQUIRMS. CHAROLETTE UGH! What the fuck? JONAH takes a closer look at it. CUT TO:

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - DINING ROOM - SAME Sound of front door OPEN as WENDY and MARTY see JONAH and CHAROLETTE enter the house. WENDY races over and hugs the children, MARTY follows then they all re-enter the dining room. WENDY What happened? JONAH / CHAROLETTE There was a black sedan out front. / Two guys, they fucking swerve out of nowhere and block us then drop bloody rabbits on the road. The pressure MOUNTS on MARTY to get his family out. MARTY What? OZARK 25.

WENDY Jesus! JONAH They were hares. And it wasn't that bad. CHAROLETTE (to MARTY) What is going on? WENDY It's just someone's not very happy with us right now. CHAROLETTE So you're going to keep lying? MARTY Your mother isn't lying. CHAROLETTE But she's not telling the truth either! Why don't you just admit it! You like it You like lying! JONAH's blood PUMPS. He can't it if his handle his family falls apart. JONAH Stop! CHAROLETTE You like being criminals and screwing people over! WENDY eyes CHAROLETTE with contempt. WENDY You know what, you're right. We lied. We lie. And what your father said is true, but maybe you do need the truth. MARTY Wendy -- WENDY No, no, no. It's okay. She wants to hear the truth, let's give it to her... It's all over the news anyway. OZARK 26.

JONAH What's on the news? WENDY There was an explosion at our office. JONAH / CHAROLETTE What? / Are you fucking kidding me? WENDY Oh, no sweetheart. I am not fucking kidding you. Things can be dangerous. And now you'll have to try to sleep tonight knowing just how dangerous things are. And this is what your father and I protect you from. CHAROLETTE (to WENDY) Fuck you! That's it. JONAH SNAPS at his sister. JONAH Why don't you leave? Do us all a favor and just go since you don't want to be part of them family anymore -- we don't need you here! Everyone is floored, including JONAH. CUT TO: MARTY All right, that's enough. You two go to bed. We're off on JONAH and CHAROLETTE in a stand-off. CUT TO:

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - MASTER BATH - SAME Sound of faucet running as WENDY washes her face at the end of the day. MARTY joins her in the bathroom so he can tell her where things stand with FRANK and what they're doing next. She doesn't take kindly to his approach. OZARK 27.

MARTY / WENDY It is not your decision to make! / Oh but it was your decision to make to give Frank those jobs? She forcefully shuts off the water and moves to the bedroom. He follow her...

BEDROOM MARTY I rectified a situation. You -- you created one! She confronts him. WENDY YOU created one! We made a deal with the commissioner to approve the casino so long as it's not a union shop. You broke that promise tonight. MARTY Okay, so we -- we find a way to clean this up... That's -- That's what we do everyday. Everyday we wake up to a fucking mess and we clean it up. Today is just -- it's just another one of those... WENDY No Marty, we need a fucking strategy. MARTY I had a strategy! I had everything set for us to go -- She turns around to confront him. WENDY / MARTY (CONT’D) Not some fly-by-the-seat of your pants Hail Mary that will land us in deep shit / Like going to see the same psychopath who shaved our son's head! WENDY (CONT’D) I hate to break it to you Marty but your plan was juvenile! Amateurism! You didn't think they were listening? OZARK 28.

MARTY You should not have gone there to threaten Darlene -- WENDY / MARTY (CONT’D) Oh, please! Please Marty. I did not threaten her. / Whatever you did, that woman is bat shit crazy and you showed up without running it by me! She looks him squarely in the eye before she loses control. WENDY (CONT’D) Run it by you?... You've checked out! You've been gone Marty! You're not the leader here anymore! I am! You don't run the deals... I can't even get you to put two fucking sentences together -- I wrote your speech. MARTY witnesses the tirade. MARTY knows this version of WENDY. He knows when she's out to hurt him, but he also knows she's not wrong. WENDY (CONT’D) It's -- it was you who gave that psychopath a baby AFTER she attacked Jonah!... Run -- run -- run what by you Marty? I took the reigns the moment I did what you couldn't do... What is it he couldn't do? WENDY (CONT’D) I put down Mason. And that makes me whatever it makes me to you, but I'm the one looking out for this family. Not you. WENDY leaves MARTY to argue with himself and she gets in bed. MARTY refocuses on the task at hand. MARTY Tomorrow, you'll go to Wilkes. You do what you have to do to make this good. MARTY gets into bed. MARTY (CONT’D) Talk to Wilkes tomorrow. OZARK 29.

WENDY's eyes cut to MARTY with fierceness. She cuts out the lights. CUT TO:

EXT. LAKE OF THE OZARKS - DAY BLACK - sound of heavy industrial machinery rolling over rocks, sticks, and dirt. TREVOR EVANS watches in anticipation as two dozen windbreakers SWARM the scene for something BIG. Some windbreakers direct the huge crane, which stops at the edge of the water. Others are up to their necks and knees in the lake as they search like dogs with a scent. We move in on TREVOR EVANS as he stands motionless during the frenzy. His eyes never leave the water. WINDBREAKER 1 in the water holds up his hand. DIRECTOR HUNT Everybody hold! We got something! The enter operation halts with all eyes on WINDBREAKER 1. WINDBREAKER 1 It's a body. TREVOR EVANS' heart drops and his face turns pale. WINDBREAKER 2 races into the water with a stretcher and bodybag. While the crane drops a hook down to WINDBREAKER 1, TREVOR EVANS' plays back every moment he shared with ROY: the coldness of his lover, the anger, and watching ROY cross the line. As WINDBREAKER 1 and WINDBREAKER 2 prepare the body for extraction, the tension in TREVOR EVANS palpates in the heaviness of his breaths. The huge crane rolls up its line and SLOWLY ROY PETEY's body emerges from the water. Pale, cold, stiff, almost unrecognizable to TREVOR EVANS. And just like that, a switch of rage and vengeance flips inside TREVOR EVANS. GET MARTY BYRDE. CUT TO BLACK. END OF ACT TWO OZARK 30.

ACT THREE FADE IN:

INT. LICKETY SPLITZ - OFFICE - MORNING BLACK - sound of FOOTSTEPS as RUTH paces back and forth. MARTY So what is it? Why'd you call me here so early. RUTH I called you hours ago. I called you all day yesterday Marty. MARTY I know, I know. I was dealing with some stuff. What is it? Silence. Tight on MARTY's face as he anxiously waits for RUTH to answer his question. She moves around nervously. RUTH Cade killed that fed. MARTY is SHOOK like he's just seen a ghost. MARTY What the fuck do you mean he killed -- he killed a federal agent. RUTH Well that's what I said. MARTY And you're just now telling me this! RUTH Well he's dead. Cade, I mean... So I ain't think much need to be said 'bout it... Til another fed came poking around the trailer park yesterday. MARTY loses it. MARTY Jesus Ruth! Where did he do it? Where's the body? OZARK 31.

RUTH I don't fucking know where the body is Marty, Cade was two ways fucked to Friday so I didn't ask too many goddam questions when he come telling me he killed a federal agent. MARTY calms down... Think... Think... MARTY This other agent that came by, what did they look like? RUTH Dark skin fella, look like he belong on the cover of a magazine. MARTY Evans. What did he tell you? RUTH He said he was looking for him... Tall guy, bushy sideburns. It's the same frail bastard that was sniffing 'round the Blue Cat. Same guy... All I know is Cade said he drowned the body. MARTY So there's a fucking dead body of an FBI agent floating around in that lake and you didn't tell me sooner? RUTH Answer your fucking phone next time. He showed up at my trailer, anyone got a reason to be nervous it's me. MARTY knows the investigation is into him, not RUTH. She's just a way to get to him. MARTY Take me there tonight. RUTH pauses... RUTH You sure that's a good idea? They got no body, they got no case. That's one thing my bastard fucking father taught me. OZARK 32.

MARTY They find that body and they have a fucking case. We gotta find it first. RUTH nods... She's going swimming for a dead body tonight. She needs to take a seat, so she does. MARTY heads to the...

SHOW FLOOR We pick up on MARTY as he leaves the office. The club is quite entertaining with dancers contorting and shaking, but we hear silence and we're captivated by the color draining from MARTY's face. MARTY leaves the club...

EXT. LICKETY SPLITZ - SAME Marty comes out of the club and gets into his car. A beat... while the weight of a dead FBI agent weighs on him. We're off on the face of a desperate man. CUT TO:

INT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - DINING ROOM - SAME Sound of metal box CLANKING as DARLENE drops it on the dining room table. We're in on DARLENE as she opens the mysterious box. She digs into the box, more metal clanks around when - sounds of HUGE, noisy construction trucks and industrial machinery cut and interrupt DARLENE's activity. She drops the box of shotgun shells on the table and heads to the... LIVING ROOM She moves to the window and RIPS back the curtain. Hate in her eyes grows as she watches the construction crews, trucks, and machinery encroach on her land and rip through what's left of her poppy fields. CUT TO:

EXT. WILKES LAKE HOUSE - DAY Sound of birds chirp as WENDY approaches the front of the house to speak to WILKES. She rings the bell. Nothing. She walks around the glass house and sees WILKES seated in the living room. WENDY pulls out her phone and calls him. She watches WILKES answer. OZARK 33.

WENDY Would you like to let me in? WILKES I don't know, Wendy. You got something you want to tell me? WENDY You already know... Talk to me. That's why I'm here. CUT TO:

INT. WILKES LAKE HOUSE - KITCHEN - SAME Sound of GLASS HITS GLASS as WILKES sets his coffee down and waits for WENDY to get to the point. WENDY It's -- it really is a difficult situation. You understand -- you know the pressure we're under. The cartel needs the casino up and running and with the construction contracts voided, we didn't have a choice. WILKES You should have gone to the commissioner first. You underestimate the gravity. He has a way of running things. He asks, you deliver. You don't deliver... Well he strips you of everything you have. WENDY I understand, I do. We fucked up. There's gotta be a way to mend this. WILKES crosses the kitchen to get more coffee. He pours some for WENDY. WILKES This just doesn't seem like you Wendy. I have to say, I'm surprised... A veteran like you wouldn't make such a rookie mistake. WENDY It's complicated. OZARK 34.

He pours some coffee for himself and takes his seat. WILKES What's going on between you two... You and Marty? WENDY A marriage. WILKES lightly chuckles. WENDY (CONT’D) What can we do to make this right? WILKES You owe a debt. A great one. He already knows and he's not happy, but I can try to set a meeting. WENDY Thank you WENDY nods. CUT TO:

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - CHAROLETTE'S ROOM - DAY Sound of CHAROLETTE on the phone with WYATT. CHAROLETTE I know. I'm sorry, I can come see you today... Wait. Are you sure?... Wait for me, I'm coming. She grabs her jacket and puts on her shoes. She grabs a packed bag and pauses as she hears CLACK CLACK CLACK from nearby. She sets down the bag then exits her room into the... HALLWAY She sees JONAH's door cracked as his fingers CLACK away on his laptop's keyboard. She lingers in front of his room. JONAH What do you want? CHAROLETTE opens the door and enters...

JONAH'S ROOM She stands there with a guilty look. OZARK 35.

CHAROLETTE I'm sorry... JONAH looks up from his laptop. JONAH Why don't you love us anymore? CHAROLETTE's heart breaks. She goes over to him. CHAROLETTE I do love you. I love all of you... I just want my life back. JONAH You don't want us in it. A beat... While CHAROLETTE realizes just how much she fucked up. CHAROLETTE I've been an asshole. This whole time I was just thinking about getting away from here... I didn't really think about how it made you feel... Or that I'd be leaving you behind. JONAH Just wait. Don't leave yet. CHAROLETTE hugs her brother. CUT TO:

INT. MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE - MORGUE - CHICAGO - SAME BLACK - silence. We come in on TREVOR EVANS bubbling over with emotion as he overlooks ROY's corpse laid out on a metal slab for examination. ROY's head is bashed in and his skull is caved. He was beat brutally. TREVOR EVANS got the answer to one of his question: ROY is dead. But he racks his brain... Who did it? Sound of footsteps behind him cuts in. His boss comes to and gives him a rundown from the coroner. DIRECTOR HUNT is a no- nonsense, sensible seasoned agent who wants to shut down the Ozark-Chicago pipeline. She walks TREVOR EVANS' through the report. OZARK 36.

DIRECTOR HUNT Corner says he died of blunt force trauma to the head by some rectangular metal object. A stab wound in his abdomen. The water in his lungs suggests that he was still alive when he was drowned by rocks in his pants. TREVOR EVANS feels every single word like a punch in the gut. HUNT pulls EVANS from the body and into the...

HALLWAY TREVOR EVANS The people in that town are vile, they're animals. DIRECTOR HUNT We lock animals up... It's a tough job, but we know the risks... He knew the risks. And just like we know the risks, we know this is a family. We take care of our own. EVANS nods in agreement. TREVOR EVANS I'll finish this... Marty Byrde, the Navarro Cartel -- I will finish them... She observes a different side of TREVOR EVANS: bite. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) Did you informed his mother? DIRECTOR HUNT I'm headed out there. EVANS Let me. EVANS heads for the door. DIRECTOR HUNT stops him. DIRECTOR HUNT There was an explosion at the offices of Byrde Enterprises. EVANS knew MARTY was involved. That's the confirmation he needed. OZARK 37.

DIRECTOR HUNT (CONT’D) The local sheriff was looking into it and came up short. After we discovered the body... Petty. After we found him... She reaches into her bag and pulls out files of papers. DIRECTOR HUNT (CONT’D) The local sheriff gave me these. EVANS looks through the files: detailed tests and reports on the devices and explosion. DIRECTOR HUNT (CONT’D) It's arson. An IED... Now we are setting up agents to go under cover on the construction crews, but MARTY keeps his operation tight. You want an in, you got one right here. Close the case. EVANS feels like HUNT just handed him a green light to go after MARTY with everything he's got. We leave on EVANS with the folder in hand as wheels turn in his mind. CUT TO:

INT./EXT. WYATT'S JEEP - WOODS - SAME Sound of plastic bag opening as WYATT and CHAROLETTE make peanut butter sandwiches. WYATT Where's your bag? CHAROLETTE When are you leaving for Columbia? WYATT Tonight... You're not coming are you? CHAROLETTE I am. I want to. But... don't you wanna start school? Maybe you can at least get the money from Ruth. WYATT Fuck Ruth! OZARK 38.

He agitatedly bangs his hands on his head and scares CHAROLETTE. He tears and breaks down. WYATT (CONT’D) She fucking -- she -- RUSS (O.S.) Don't run away the only friend you got. WYATT FLIPS his head to the back seat where he sees RUSS sit. RUSS (O.S.) (CONT’D) Especially not over me. Listen to her. WYATT (blubbers) I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. As CHAROLETTE looks at him, she sees that he needs help. CUT TO:

EXT. SNELL FARM - CONSTRUCTION SITE - SAME Sounds of heavy construction machines roll towards the casino. DOZENS of construction workers, foremen, contractors, engineers SWARM the site in a frenzy to break ground, lay concrete, put in plumbing, etc. We move in on MARTY who's found amidst the crowd, giving directions to the crew. WENDY quickly approaches him. They need to talk and by the looks of her face, it's not good news. WENDY It's not good, Marty. Wilkes is barely talking to me. MARTY Did you go see him? WENDY (sarcastically) Oh, no. That never occurred to me. MARTY waits for the answer to his question. WENDY (CONT’D) I went to the lake house. He made me beg to get inside. (MORE) OZARK 39. WENDY (CONT’D) The way he put it, the commissioner is not a forgiving man. I knew it - - I told you this would happen. MARTY What else did he say? WENDY He said we owe a debt and he'll set a meeting. He said we should have gone to the commissioner first, which is why I told you to wait. MARTY Okay, so we'll have a meeting and we'll sort it out. MARTY nervously looks around. WENDY What is it? He pulls her to the side out of earshot from anyone. He tries to pull the words up. WENDY (CONT’D) Marty, you're scaring me. What's going on. MARTY Cade fucked us. Before you had him killed, he killed a federal agent. WENDY What! MARTY The one flipped Rachel. Cade killed him and drowned him in the lake. WENDY Fucking hell. How do you know this? MARTY Ruth told me this morning, she said another agent showed up at the trailer to question her. WENDY If Helen finds out about this. If the feds -- OZARK 40.

MARTY As far as the feds know right now, he's missing. We gotta go in that lake tonight. WENDY winces. MARTY (CONT’D) It's okay. Ruth and I will handle you. WENDY Fuck Marty maybe the Gold Coast wasn't such a bad idea. MARTY Yeah, well that was never gonna work if they're watching us. We wouldn't have made it to the boat- plane. Right now it's just one foot in front of the other and we'll figure another way out. We're off on MARTY trying to convince himself that they will indeed find another way out. CUT TO:

EXT. SNELL FARM - DRIVEWAY - SAME Sound of ENGINES ROAR as a dozen trucks filled with rambunctious shotgun-toting-farmers roll up to the big white...

HOUSE DARLENE steps out the house, shotgun in hand, to mischievously great her followers. DARLENE Gone head and make yourselves comfortable! This is my home! The trucks spread out and park across the lawn. The farmers hop out with their guns and in the distance, back on the... CONSTRUCTION SITE MARTY and WENDY watch in awe. One by one, each construction worker on the site takes notice of DARLENE's gun show and stops work. OZARK 41.

WENDY's awe suddenly switches to FURY as she takes off for the big white house. MARTY grabs WENDY by the arm to halt her. MARTY Not now. WENDY Oh and what? You're just gonna let her get away with this? Look around Marty... He goes. WENDY (CONT’D) If we don't get this thing open, the cartel will gut us starting with Jonah and Charolette. Every second that nut job stops us from building, she puts our children in harms way. These men need to know that they work for us and she has no power here. MARTY nods, she's right... About some of it at least. MARTY (to workers) Looks like someone's just having a party! Let's keep things moving WENDY smiles at the workers and they slowly start to get back to work. The couple sets their sights on the scene at DARLENE's house and make their way over there. CUT TO:

EXT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - SAME Sound of shotgun FIRES as DARLENE sends a warning to MARTY and WENDY while they approach her small army of rambunctious farmers spread out across the land. In the distance... Construction workers freeze in reaction to the gunshot. They pack up and get out of there. Back to the Byrde's showdown with farmers. FARMER PETE You trespassin', I wouldn't take another step forward. MARTY and WENDY pause. OZARK 42.

MARTY We're doing business on this land. We're just here to talk. DARLENE What is there that you could possibly have to say? MARTY Darlene, we have a deal -- She moves in on the couple and MARTY watches her hands on the shotgun. DARLENE We ain’t got no deal and the one you swindled Jacob into died with him. WENDY I’m sorry Darlene, I am but the reality is that casino is going up -- DARLENE Is it? MARTY Why don’t we come back, we’ll come over tomorrow morning and let’s talk about this. We move in as DARLENE leans in to whisper in their ears... DARLENE (whispers) You wanna renegotiate then you come back here tonight. I got rabbit stew. We’re off on MARTY and WENDY as they register her threat. CUT TO BLACK. END OF ACT THREE OZARK 43.

ACT FOUR FADE IN:

EXT. WOODS - EVENING BLACK - sound of piss WHIZZES as WYATT leans on a tree to take a leak. RUTH (O.S.) God I hope you don't take a shit next. WYATT hastily reaches to zip himself up and NICKS something... WYATT Fuck Ruth! As he turns around to see CHAROLETTE next to RUTH behind here. WYATT (CONT’D) What the fuck? RUTH You watch it. Don't be mad at her when it's you out here living in the woods like a goddam animal. RUTH marches over to WAYTT and inspects him. RUTH (CONT’D) Look at you, ya smell like beaver's shit. Your hair looks like a fucking bird's nest... She touches him and he pulls away. A beat... while he sees observes his disgust of her. RUTH (CONT’D) I am fucking sorry Wyatt. I am. I'm sorry I did it and I'm sorry I lied. WYATT stomps away towards his JEEP and gives CHAROLETTE the a look so icy that she just might break. WYATT We had a plan! OZARK 44.

CHAROLETTE I'm sorry, you just -- you don't seem like yourself! WYATT 'Cause I got real shit to deal with! You just play broken then you run back to your rich family. You don't have to survive on your own! Don't ever call me again! She goes after him. CHAROLETTE You don't mean that. He hops in the JEEP and SLAMS the door shut. RUTH races over and blocks the car with her body. RUTH Don't bother starting the car, I slit your tires. He leans out of the JEEP and sees his back tires are FLAT on the ground. He SLAMS his hands on the wheel. RUTH (CONT’D) Come home. He pants and boils. RUTH (CONT’D) Three needs you. A beat... while WYATT closes his eyes and try to keep a grip on things. He opens them and looks in the passenger seat at RUSS's ghost. RUSS You gotta go son. And you gotta let me go too. Take care of ya brother. Be better man than me. WYATT nods at RUSS and breaks down. RUTH slowly opens the car door and helps him get out. CUT TO: OZARK 45.

INT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) BLACK - sound of teapot WHISTLES in the kitchen. MARTY and WENDY stand in the dining room and impatiently wait while DARLENE makes tea and puts the dishes away. She enters the room with two cups and sets them on the dining room table. MARTY fiddles with his phone. He opens a text to RUTH. MARTY (TEXT) Not tonight. Tomorrow. DARLENE From tea leaves grown in my garden. He looks at DARLENE. DARLENE (CONT’D) It's better than that store-bought shit you all pay for. MARTY's eyes stay on DARLENE, he doesn't even look at the tea. MARTY No thank you. WENDY We really are sorry that we can't stay long -- DARLENE Oh no, it's fine. Clearly my land is good enough for you to pillage, but my cooking ain't good enough for you to eat. MARTY Just cut the bullshit. You -- you almost run our children off the road and lie dead animals in front of them. I told you if you touch -- DARLENE Far as I know, nobody laid a hand on your precious babies. WENDY loses it and SMACKS the table. WENDY Enough! MARTY gives WENDY that "calm the fuck down" look. OZARK 46.

WENDY (CONT’D) We have really tried to make this work -- DARLENE How many times you think I'm gone let you disrespect me and get away with it. WENDY You don't understand. It's us who require your respect, or more specifically the cartel. You cannot out-gun them, you cannot out-run them -- MARTY We just need to know what's going on. Today your armed militia completely stopped construction on the casino. And we -- we can't have that. This casino is moving forward and I thought we had an understanding. DARLENE moves closer to MARTY. WENDY eyes DARLENE suspiciously. DARLENE Ain't no understanding. I lost my Jacob after you and this goddamn casino. Her eyes cross to WENDY. DARLENE (CONT’D) Your... maiden burned my crops for this damn casino. She inches towards them maliciously dragging the handle of a silver spoon across the wooden table. DARLENE (CONT’D) It's my land now. I can host whoever I want on it. And whoever dare violate my estate... Well, they just might find themselves under it. We're off on DARLENE's looming approach. CUT TO: OZARK 47.

EXT. FBI SAFEHOUSE - SAME Back to present... BRIGHT SPOTLIGHT on the boarded up falling-apart-shack-of-a-house until MARTY cuts his HEADLIGHTS off and gets out of the car. With trepidation, he walks towards the door and we follow him inside the...

INT. FBI SAFEHOUSE - SAME Dark space with a few construction work lights run off a generator. Sound of metal chair SCREECHES across the floor as TREVOR EVANS pulls up a seat for MARTY, then takes his own. MARTY takes a look at the seat, then looks at TREVOR EVANS as he waits for things to start. TREVOR EVANS gestures to insist that MARTY sits, but MARTY doesn't budge. TREVOR EVANS Alright big boy, we'll do it your way. TREVOR EVANS gets up and stands across from MARTY. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) I've got your search history records. Looks like you were planning a trip. Why you still here. MARTY watches TREVOR EVANS with annoyance. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) I did a little more digging that that... Your daughter hired a lawyer... MARTY does his best to cloak his surprise... What the fuck? How does this guy know that? TREVOR EVANS has been waiting for this moment, he channels a bit of ROY PETTY and gets grimy as he goes on... TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) Now why would a teenager need to hire her own lawyer. I wonder if it has anything to do with the tens of millions of dollars your washing for the Navarro cartel. I wonder what it would take for that lawyer to break confidentiality. Oh that's right, I already know. (MORE) OZARK 48. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) All it takes is for her attorney to be informed that a crime will take place, which well -- when we think about it, you do that every fucking day. CUT TO:

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - ENTRANCE - SAME CHAROLETTE BURSTS through the door and SLAMS it behind her. As she runs to her room, JONAH comes out of his into the... HALLWAY She tries to pass him and go into her room, but he stops her. JONAH What's wrong! CHAROLETTE I'm just trying to help! And he -- he won't even talk to me! She falls to the floor. JONAH What happened? A beat... while CHAROLETTE collects herself. CHAROLETTE I was going to leave. I was going to go. JONAH sits down beside her. CHAROLETTE (CONT’D) Wyatt and I had a plan, we'd move to Columbia and I'd finish school while he started it. But he was... something isn't right. And I didn't know what to do, so I told Ruth where he was. JONAH You were going to leave today? CHAROLETTE Yeah, I was. But I don't know, it's not as easy as I thought. OZARK 49.

JONAH You're not the only one who wants things to change, you know? CHAROLETTE What do you mean? JONAH When I pulled the trigger on that guy in our living room... I thought that'd be it, he'd be dead and we'd be safe. But the truth is that even if I had killed him, we wouldn't be safe. She looks at her brother... Damn, how can this be their lives? JONAH (CONT’D) Can I show you something? She nods. CHAROLETTE Okay. We're off as the two get up. CUT TO:

INT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) SOUND of METAL DRAGS across the wooden table and STOPS just as DARLENE does before she reaches MARTY and WENDY. MARTY What is this? What are you -- you threatening us? DARLENE I wouldn't waste my breath on such empty words. This is a negotiation and I'm here negotiating and I haven't heard a single offer yet. WENDY What do you want? DARLENE What I want, you couldn't give me unless you were Jesus Christ himself. OZARK 50.

MARTY You're a businesswoman. There's gotta be something you want, something that will make this right. DARLENE smiles. DARLENE You sure are in thick over your head Marty Byrde... When you let that Mexican disrespect me right here in my home and I reacted appropriately, you came back here and said... What was it now? I owed you reparations. MARTY That's what you want? Reparations? WENDY For what? DARLENE's heads CUTS to WENDY. DARLENE This is not the time for questions you know the answers to. First you took Ash from me then you took Jacob. WENDY You did that! DARLENE (to MARTY) You better silence that one before she causes ya more trouble! What's the reparations for what I lost Marty? Huh? What's the reparations for that? The love of my life... gone. Now what do I get to settle that debt? MARTY stares are DARLENE... What the fuck? She wants one of them to give their life? CUT TO: OZARK 51.

EXT. LANGMORE TRAILER PARK - NIGHT Back to present... WYATT BUSTS out of his trailer after a LONG sleep and a shower. He joins THREE, who sits in front of a fire. THREE looks up at his brother. WYATT I'm sorry. THREE Why'd you leave? WYATT winces. He can't tell THREE the truth. At that moment, RUTH comes out of her trailer and watches the boys. WYATT looks at her... then back at THREE. WYATT I'm scared to go to Mizzou. What if I fuck up? THREE stands up and puts his hand on his brother's shoulder. THREE You're the smartest out of any of us... And if you fuck up... Well, you're like the rest of us. No harm, no foul. Somehow WYATT finds that comforting. We cut to RUTH as she frowns her mouth up with some pride and peace. CUT TO:

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - JONAH'S ROOM - NIGHT We move in on CHAROLETTE's look of awe as she turns to JONAH. CHAROLETTE You did this? JONAH Well I had some help. She points to his laptop screen. On the screen: In a dark web browser, his bank accounts with $700,000 in them. CHAROLETTE This is your money? How? JONAH Well I took the cash you gave me and remember you helped me open an account to clean it through. OZARK 52.

He opens another window... JONAH (CONT’D) I bought some bitcoin and the stock is volatile but I sold it at the right time, so that tripled the money. Then I went and invested in mutual funds CHAROLETTE I thought you said we were being monitored and you're moving a shit ton of money. JONAH Well, we are definitely being monitored. But that's what this is for. He hovers over the TOR logo. JONAH (CONT’D) We're untraceable. It's a dark web browser and I access it though a VPN, so we're pretty. CHAROLETTE How do you know any of this? How do you know it works? JONAH I searched through some chat rooms and asked around, this one guy... Hackmaster. He's pretty infamous. He shares coding tips to keep the net free. CHAROLETTE Show me. We're off on JONAH's moment of pride. CUT TO:

INT. FBI SAFEHOUSE - NIGHT Back to present... Sound of TREVOR EVANS boots pace back and froth across the floor as he questions MARTY. OZARK 53.

TREVOR EVANS Why? Why clear your accounts and pack up your family to move overnight to the middle of goddamn nowhere? MARTY finally breaks his silence as he blurts out. MARTY People make life changes everyday. Do you just go around interrogating every family that decides they're done with city life? TREVOR EVANS cracks a smile of satisfaction, he's finally got MARTY talking. TREVOR EVANS Just the ones with explosions at their offices. MARTY And we already talked to the police. We told the police everything we know. Are you typically wasting government resources on redunancies? TREVOR EVANS moves towards MARTY. TREVOR EVANS Not by the FBI. Not by me. You were questioned by local authorities in a local case, but the moment evidence showed a device was detonated in that office, this case became my jurisdiction. Who would wanna do that? If you're so clean, just some "angel investor"... Why would someone set off a bomb in your workplace? I know you don't think I'm that dumb. MARTY For all I know you're making this up -- you're fishing. TREVOR EVANS We both know that's not true. Look around Marty. They both do a bit. OZARK 54.

TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) Where are we? We're not inside a station. This isn't an interview room. Your conciliary isn't here. You don't even have to be here... Yet you still are. He gets close to MARTY. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) And I think... It's because you're scared. You're here because you know that you are in way over your head that you are drowning... Even worse... you brought your family into this shit with you. MARTY looks at TREVOR EVANS... He's right, but MARTY can't say that aloud. CUT TO:

INT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) Sound of VICIOUS SCREAMS ROAR as DARLENE LUNGES towards MARTY with edge of the spoon-handle directed at his neck. DARLENE Aaahhh!!! As MARTY grabs her arm, WENDY shoves DARLENE onto the dining room table. DARLENE goes barbarian like a rabid dog she keeps fighting them. She punches WENDY in the face and MARTY grasps DARLENE's neck, he pins her on the table. DARLENE GASPS for air. DARLENE (CONT’D) You... won't... live... He BANGS her head against the table as his hands tighten around her neck. BABY ZEKE WAILS from upstairs from all the noise... Oh, shit! Marty and WENDY remember he's in the house. WENDY looks upstairs and MARTY loses focus for a second, but his eyes are back on DARLENE's. She laughs and gasps. DARLENE (CONT’D) (laughs) To see... them... grow... WENDY heads for the stairs to get BABY ZEKE. OZARK 55.

MARTY Take off my belt! WENDY What? MARTY Take off my fucking belt! DARLENE is a fighter and MARTY needs something to finish the job. MARTY (CONT’D) Hurry up! BABY ZEKE's cries RING and WENDY looks upstairs again before running to MARTY. Her hands shake as her frantically removes his belt and hands it to him. He hurrily lets one hand go from DARLENE's neck and bends his elbow to press his forearm down on it. He grabs the belt from WENDY and wraps it around DARLENE's neck, then pulls as tight as he can. DARLENE turns red and her body jerks around. She gasps for air. Finally, her fight subsides. MARTY lets go. Exhausted, he falls on the floor and DARLENE's body falls next to him. And just like that... the realization that MARTY just killed someone crashes in on him. He's in utter shock. WENDY watches him as he bubblers... MARTY (CONT’D) (pants) I had to, I had to, I had to, I had to do it. She wasn't gonna stop. She was never gonna stop. She bends down next to him. WENDY Look at me. You did the right thing. She was not going to stop. You're right. You had to do it. He hears her. He wants to believe her. He nods and slowly turns his head to DARLENE's lifeless body. WENDY pulls his head to her. WENDY (CONT’D) Look at me. It's just me and you. It's just me and you. MARTY nods. OZARK 56.

MARTY (pants) Zeke. Zeke. WENDY You go get Zeke. Can you do that? MARTY clutches his gut and shakes his head. WENDY (CONT’D) Okay, I'll get Zeke. I'll get him. WENDY grabs MARTY's face and impresses an incredibly passionate kiss on him. Is she proud of him or just trying to make things better? MARTY watches her walk towards the stairs. As WENDY walks up the stairs, she turns and looks down at MARTY next to DARLENE's body. CUT TO:

EXT. FBI SAFEHOUSE - NIGHT Back to present... TREVOR EVANS has got MARTY on a hook, now he just needs to reel him in. TREVOR EVANS What do you know? MARTY looks at him. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) Agent Roy Petty. MARTY I don't know who that is. TREVOR EVANS clenches his jaw. He knows MARTY is lying. TREVOR EVANS See I think you do. I think you know exactly who he is and who killed him. An "OH FUCK" expression covers MARTY's face. He freezes. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) Do you... do you ever think about the people's lives that you ruin? The sons you take away from mothers? The heartbreak that people experience because you are too GODDAMN WEAK to do what's right. OZARK 57.

We cut to MARTY. A beat... the words strike him but he stays silent. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) I wonder when your wife is gonna have to go swimming for your body at the bottom of a fucking lake. I wonder when your children will have you bury you because that's exactly what you committing them to by living this way. MARTY doesn't like that. Don't bring his children into it. TREVOR EVANS (CONT’D) And if you would just say the FUCKING WORD, I can actually help you. I can get you outta this fucking mess. I can get your family to safe place. I can protect you. Make the choice. Save your family. A beat... while MARTY listens. He reaches into his pocket as TREVOR EVANS watches. MARTY pulls out his phone and touches the screen. He holds up the phone to TREVOR EVANS. On the screen: iMessage is open with a message to no one, no phone number. Just text that MARTY typed into the message box. MARTY (TEXT) How do I know you're not recording this? TREVOR EVANS Because I'm n -- MARTY shakes his head. TREVOR EVANS nods slowly. He pulls out his phone and opens a message to no one, no phone number then types text into the message box and holds up his phone. TREVOR EVANS (TEXT) (CONT’D) You don't. But I'm not. A beat while MARTY wonders if he can trust the FBI agent. CUT TO:

EXT. SNELL FARM - HOUSE - BACKYARD - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) Sound of car trunk BANGS shut as MARTY closes it with haste and WENDY hurrily gets in the car with BABY ZEKE. OZARK 58.

MARTY quickly joins her, starts the car and they pull the hell outta there. CUT TO:

INT. FUNERAL HOME - CREMATORIUM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) Sound of METAL TICKS forward as DARLENE's body moves into the RED inside of the crematory machine. The metal door CLAPS SHUT as MARTY closes the door on the crematory machine with DARLENE's body inside. He turns around and nods at WENDY who holds BABY ZEKE against her chest. She nods back at him. CUT TO:

EXT. BYRDE HOUSE - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) MARTY and WENDY pull up into the driveway and stop. BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS cast on the back of their car as FBI agent TREVOR EVANS pulls up behind them. We move in on MARTY and WENDY in...

INT. MARTY'S CAR - BYRDE HOUSE - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) MARTY is PANICKED and WENDY clothes BABY ZEKE. WENDY You have to go. He looks at her, hoping she isn't right... But she is. He nods. MARTY I'll take care of it. MARTY gets of the car... CUT TO:

EXT. BYRDE HOUSE - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) Sound of car door opens and boots hit the ground as TREVOR EVANS makes his way to MARTY's car. MARTY quickly gets out and meets TREVOR EVANS between the two cars. MARTY Can I help you? TREVOR EVANS Late night? OZARK 59.

MARTY Quality time with my wife. TREVOR EVANS peaks his head over to check out WENDY in the car and we move in on the bright lights shining on the back window of the car as WENDY holds a baby they just stole from a woman they murdered. TREVOR EVANS Heading somewhere else? MARTY pops his head in the way? MARTY What's this about? TREVOR EVANS moves in a bit on MARTY. TREVOR EVANS What's it always about Marty? MARTY You wanna talk. You want something. I don't have anything for you, but you can't keep harassing my family like this. My kids. Stay the fuck away from my kids. We're off on the look of a man who's ready to do anything for his family. CUT TO:

INT. MARTY'S CAR - BYRDE HOUSE - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) Sound of WENDY voice HUMS and SHH's as she bounces BABY ZEKE, who's growing restless. WENDY It's okay, honey. It's okay baby. Daddy's gonna make him go away. CUT TO:

EXT. BYRDE HOUSE - NIGHT (FLASHBACK) Sound of a soft chuckle from TREVOR EVANS. TREVOR EVANS Why don't you let your wife get some rest and you come talk to me. OZARK 60.

TREVOR EVANS puts a card into MARTY's hand and heads back to his car to leave. MARTY watches TREVOR EVANS pull away. He looks down at the business card and flips it over. On the back: the address to a meeting spot. MARTY goes back to his car and opens WENDY's door. She gets out. WENDY What is it? What happened? MARTY I gotta go. WENDY What? What did he want? MARTY He wants to talk. He wants me to meet him somewhere so he can fucking interrogate me. WENDY And you're -- MARTY shuts her door and heads to the driver's site. MARTY I gotta go now. MARTY gets in and pulls away as WENDY holds BABY ZEKE in the driveway. CUT TO:

INT. BYRDE HOUSE - ENTRANCE - NIGHT WENDY pushes open the front door and BABY ZEKE coos. JONAH and CHAROLETTE come out into the hall to investigate. CHAROLETTE Mom? JONAH runs to BABY ZEKE. JONAH ZEKE! WENDY You two should be sleep. He whisks the baby away from her. OZARK 61.

JONAH How did you get him? A beat... as WENDY looks at the children. Where does she begin? WENDY It's a long story. We can talk about it in the morning. CHAROLETTE pulls WENDY down the hall. CHAROLETTE You've gotta see something. JONAH follows with BABY ZEKE as they all enter...

JONAH'S ROOM CHAROLETTE shows WENDY the investment accounts JONAH has. WENDY What is this? CHAROLETTE It's Jonah's. JONAH bounces BABY ZEKE. JONAH It's our way out. We're off on WENDY's look of surprise and confusion. CUT TO:

INT. FBI SAFEHOUSE - DAY Back to present... We're on MARTY's look of fear and trepidation. He brings up his phone and types another message in the message box. A beat... as he contemplates if he should show it to TREVOR EVANS. He does. MARTY (TEXT) Immunity? My family. TREVOR EVANS reads the message and slowly nods. He types his own response and holds it up. TREVOR EVANS (TEXT) I can do it. OZARK 62.

MARTY reads the message. And we move out on the two men facing each other as they enter unchartered territory. FADE OUT. CREDITS. END OF EPISODE