Plot Synopsis

OZARK is a one-hour drama series that follows financial adviser Marty Byrde, who drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss. There, he bumps heads with both a local drug dealer whose business he inadvertently interrupts, and a clan of ruffians, led by their 19-year-old niece, who want his money, all the while avoiding the eye of a tenacious FBI agent. He must complete his laundering, to save the life of his family, as they struggle to find their own path in this seemingly foreign way of life. The series opens when Marty's business partner cheats a dangerous client, forcing Marty to devise a radical plan to save the lives of himself and his family. On Friday, July 21, 2017 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, Netflix released the entire 10-episode first season of OZARK, for which series star and executive producer Jason Bateman directed four episodes.