Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and Julia Garner return for the last seven episodes of their money-laundering drama.

[{"selector":"#anim-9e73d8ae-0873-43b8-9487-5083ea1bf927","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fbb678a1-a5d7-4bb9-aaaa-2c4a3291c0fd [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

In Paramount+’s newly released The Offer, various characters spend 10 hours wandering around telling anybody who will listen that the movie they’re making isn’t about the mafia,

[{"selector":"#anim-1703bc97-6bfa-4047-9884-ee3ac80f19f7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-77a45d1c-6da6-4f3a-bea6-fe8c3f86cbdd [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0.10482180325903201%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

but rather about family and the American Dream. Because the movie they’re making is The Godfather, they’re largely correct.

[{"selector":"#anim-6a265c85-41d4-49f1-8985-d2622017ff09","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7ec07e76-14d3-4c8f-9a6f-14e00c4f1130 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

The concluding seven episodes of Ozark are similarly dominated by characters attempting to frame 44 episodes of Netflix misbehavior as being all about family and the American Dream.

[{"selector":"#anim-468f4c9c-8c06-4b0f-b7ae-a4b592f6c3ba","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-037a8cec-e532-4e17-9057-d53a534f66a0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

I’d glibly call it The Awful, but that would overplay my series-long ambivalence toward Ozark.

[{"selector":"#anim-bde9192b-548e-4c28-a60a-c3a57eb4716f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cd18c77a-5d29-44a9-9a93-6553fdd2038c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(11.702749728938377%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Yes, I think the show’s second season probably was awful and its third season was probably comfortably better than average.

[{"selector":"#anim-7a3732aa-48a0-4214-9d38-d498ace9afe2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-14ad4647-cb49-4d21-b1d0-51e1644232d0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-9.359903403866845%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

In the balance, though, I’ve thought Ozark was a mixed bag — always worthy of consideration thanks to a few standout performances and a reliably churning sense of suspense,

[{"selector":"#anim-ae45a40e-9f82-4ebf-aa4a-5c0261e9076b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-200bcc36-ea2a-4252-82ab-c2c83316e4ab [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(14.763124011893792%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]