Ozark Season 4 Ending: Julia Garner Says Ruth's Ending Felt Like Her Own
Ozarkstar Julia Garner recently explained that Ruth Langmore's death at the end of season 4 felt like her own. Premiering in 2017, Ozark follows Marty Byrde (Patrick Bateman), a financial advisor that was inadvertently thrust into the criminal underworld as a money launderer for a big Mexican drug cartel. After convincing one of the cartel's lieutenants that the Ozarks is an excellent place to clean dirty money, Marty relocates his family to central Missouri to begin their criminal enterprise. The Netflix drama series instantly became a critical success, garnering dozens of award nominations over its five years, with Garner winning two Emmys for her portrayal of Ruth.
Shortly after arriving in the lakeside community, Marty encounters town local Ruth and soon realizes that she is far more capable and intelligent than the rest of her criminal family. Marty hires her to help run his businesses and, throughout the run of the show, Ruth becomes a crucial part of his money-laundering operation. Unfortunately, in Ozark season 4, Ruth found herself as part of the Byrdes' collateral damage, losing her cousin Wyatt (Charlie Tahan) at the hands of Javi (Alfonso Herrera), the nephew of cartel leader Omar Navarro (Felix Solis). In a swift act of vengeance, Ruth tracks down Javi in Chicago and murders him in cold blood. Unfortunately, this purely emotional reaction led to her own demise in the Ozark season 4 finale when Javi's mother Camilla tracks her down and shoots her in cold blood at her lakeside home.
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Garner recently sat down with Time and shared details about her intimate relationship with her Ozark character. When asked about Ruth's final scene in the show's final
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