10 Unexpectedly Awesome Netflix TV Shows That Need Binge Watching

10. Ozark

Appearing on the streaming service as if out of nowhere in July 2017, initially Ozark seemed to bear a lot of resemblance to another show about a family man thrown in out of his element with a criminal crowd. But where Walter White’s character arc only ever curved downward, Jason Bateman’s Marty Byrde is in over his head from the very first episode, just struggling to stay above water.

Byrde is a Chicago financial advisor whose firm launder drug money for the cartel. Caught skimming millions, his partners have just been murdered: at gunpoint, the innocent Marty improvises a scheme to avoid the same fate. He’ll replace the $8million and take it to Missouri and the Ozark resort community, promising to return it clean as a whistle in three months. If not, he and his family will die.

Bateman, best known for his comic chops, and the always amazing Laura Linney as his wife Wendy turn in career-best performances. It’s not as challenging as its New Mexico-set big brother, but Ozark is a darkly entertaining crime drama that fits perfectly in the same niche. The show is full of brutal surprises from day one, and it’s an utter pleasure watching the plot unfold and become more and more complex.

You see, dealing with the cartel and his own family is only the first step. Things go from bad to worse when the family actually arrive in their new home and have to break bad to deal with local (semi-)organised crime...