I agree that my idea of realism could definitely vary from others. Maybe I've watched too many shows/movies where characters who are reluctant to talk about their crimes actually don't talk about it. Ozark is similar to the movies where they rely on a climatic court scene with a crafty lawyer who gets another person to confess to the crime and frees their client! Sure it could happen and probably does once in while, but I'm guessing it's pretty rare. Usually the guilty party shuts up.
About the Shaw/Javi interaction - Javi is refusing to supply Shaw because of the FBI raids on his trucks. She buys from another source. At this point, unless I missed it, Javi is still refusing to supply Shaw.
Shaw could 1) continue to buy from Darlene 2) start buying more expensive product from Madagascar again or 3) hope that Javi starts supplying again.
Shaw chooses to rat out the Byrds and cuts off the supply from Darlene. Javi is still refusing to supply Shaw. So by ratting out Darlene, Shaw is hoping that the Byrds can smooth things over with Javi and he'll start supplying Shaw again. She didn't even ask for that. Shaw just gave up Darlene and put all of her eggs in one volatile basket. She may hope that the Byrds can smooth things over and get the supply from Javi going again. He's already screwed her over by refusing to supply over an issue that Shaw has no control over - how does Shaw know that Javi won't do it again in the future? Seems like a bad business decision to choose a volatile, threatening Javi (currently not supplying) vs Darlene (already supplying). And if she's really intimidated, she has her own murderous psychopath she can send to eliminate Javi.
The show has characters like Shaw make dumb choices to advance the plot and create more puzzles for the Bryds to get out of. The whole Shaw supply was a series of dumb choices to create drama.
Anyone making summer plans to places that are currently closed to visitors, like Japan or Australia? Most countries are admitting travelers but there are a few countries that are closed off.
Curious if anyone bought tickets, hoping the country would re-open.
I wish I lived in the Ozark universe. Every time a character talks with with someone, they tell them key information, even if it's not in their best interest.
Everyone seems to dislike the PI but they keep talking to him. There's no reason to talk to him.
This conversation is a perfect example:
Join the local "Buy Nothing Sell Nothing" group on Facebook. People will line up for crap that most people would throw in the trash. They'll come to your place to pick it up.
Episode 10 was awesome.
Small nitpicky question about most towns lacking power. I feel with solar power getting more and more popular nowadays, I feel that more towns would have scavenged panels and had power. But I think the book/series chose to have only the airport have power for story/emotional reasons.
Finally went to China Family Express.
Got two meals. One (spicy fish and spicy chicken) was really good. The other (general tso's chicken) was okay. I blame that on ordering general tso's chicken.
Portions seem a little small for the price. The main location on Airport has much larger portions for only a few dollars more.
I feel like Kirsten saw a lot of sadness in Tyler and commiserated. I definitely don't think she agreed or liked him at all. I think she saw him as a victim of bad parents and a pandemic who then tried to rationalize what happened and control it. His control involved using religious zealotry to kill the "before" people who "caused" or "deserved" the pandemic. She sees him as another victim (like her) who went in a very different direction.
To pile on...the thought of being bored in retirement has never crossed my mind. It's more of a "how will I accomplish everything I want to before I die" question. There's so much to do. Even just in Austin there's a lot I haven't done yet.
I guess it comes down to how much you have to spend to have fun. If you need to buy a new 70k car every 2 years, that's an expensive way to have fun. If your idea of fun is to live in Greece or Thailand for six months, that's a cheaper way to have fun.
@tequila - what expensive purchases/lifestyle do you have to fund in retirement?
Had some really good food at Huckleberry last week. Menu is limited and they can run out of certain dishes sometimes, so make sure you check the menu before hand.
The new Sons of Kemet album came out a few months ago and got great reviews. I'm a complete novice in the jazz land and I'm really enjoying the new album. A mixture of spoken word, singing and just instruments.
First Raquel is into Michael, then he goes on a date with Isha. For a guy who is afraid to kiss a girl, constantly talks about failures and trashes his room like a toddler, he's getting a lot of attention from the women. I don't understand it.
I'm figuring either the show is mandating the "interest in him" and "date" or his last name is Bezos.