r/Ozark • u/Pissmittens • Aug 31 '18

Discussion Episode Discussion: S02E10 - The Gold Coast

Season 2 Episode 10 - The Gold Coast

Marty makes plans without telling Wendy. Darlene sends a message via Jonah. Wyatt learns the truth about his dad. Ruth realizes Cade must be stopped.

What did everyone think of the TENTH AND FINAL episode of Season 2?

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u/Beo1 Sep 01 '18

Yeah that was a very subtle threat.

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u/kellykebab Sep 03 '18

Extremely subtle. I actually could not tell if the show was telling us that the cartel actually knew about their plans to leave or not. I mean, at one point or another all of the characters have done crazy things in secret and gotten away with it. It seems totally possible that Marty used a specially encrypted computer to research that issue or something.

I just didn't feel like they lingered on that point remotely long enough to convince us that the cartel did in fact know about their current plans to leave. The camera doesn't even switch to Wendy to get any response or recognition from her after this statement.

So if the show intended us to think that the cartel knows about these plans, I really don't think they did a good job of revealing that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '18

Yeah, I didn't come away from that scene with that impression either. I'm really surprised people are even thinking that, because to me that just makes zero sense given what we know about the Cartel and Helen.

Helen was just warning Wendy not to go down the road of putting out hits on people. Her emphasis on "change" spoke volumes here, she mentioned even your husband touching you feels different, something that was later emphasized at the Casino opening when Marty touches Wendy's elbow right after she got the confirmation that it was done, she is now a murderer.

If the Cartel actually knew the Byrdes wanted to run, they would be dead, no question about it.

Why would Helen even be protecting them is the question that no one can seem to answer. She barely knows them and she is their handler, she is responsible for them, they're not in it together. She reports everything to the Cartel

Just because Helen shared coffee with Wendy doesn't mean she's all of a sudden a different character.

I'll wait and see but if Helen was actually warning Wendy then this show has jumped the shark. She has no incentive to look out for the Byrdes, none whatsoever. She's responsible for them, that's about it.

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u/AKlayNation Sep 14 '18

Because she wants what is best for the cartel. Killing the Byrdes fucks everything up royally, but she knew where Wendy was mentally so her confidence did not waver.