Ozark

A family is like a small business.

And with a small business, at times, there comes...

- Transition. - A bit of a transition.

Thank you, Wendy.

And... and whenever a small business transitions,

it's important to stay lean and to not overextend.

So when did the Marriott become such a stretch?

No, your father, he's just saying we have to prioritize our spending.

- That's all, Charlotte. That's all. - He's not saying anything.

Uh, so today, while your mom is buying us a new house,

uh, you two are to plant yourselves here. That is your job.

Everything we have of value is in that room.

- Really? - Yeah.

You're not gonna be honest with us? Either of you?

What are we doing here? Enough already!

Christ!

Sorry, man. We're just finishing up breakfast. Thank you.

No one goes in that room whose last name is not Byrde.

Understood?

- Just nod. - Yeah.

Thank you. Shall we?

And I'd love to not have to turn the room upside down to find the clicker.

That wasn't fun.

Love you both.

- Maybe I should get a job. - I don't think so, Wendy.

Seven and a half bucks an hour is not gonna put a dent in our problems.

Oh, come on. I have a Master's degree.

That you haven't used since Charlotte was born.

- So? - So?

- What's our story for the kids? - What do you mean?

Well, they see this polite dance that we're doing in front of them.

They... they hear the constant edge in your voice.

Well, we could tell them the truth, Wendy. How would that be?

Oh, you know what, Marty?

Before you get too comfortable up there on your cross,

and have your pity party, let me just... let me just jog your memory for a minute.

There was an innocent man who was murdered.

Gary.

He was a good man.

He... he only did good things in this world. Not like Bruce.

Gary was a father. He had two grown sons.

I never met them, but I... I know he loved them.

And... he was thrown off his balcony.

For what?

People cheat!

They have sex with people who they aren't married to.

It happens. It's not unique.

I was unhappy. You're not exactly blameless in this.

For this house, I want you to find one as nice as possible,

but as cheap as possible. I want you to think starter home.

We got $20,000 to our name. Just 20.

So please, do not sign anything without talking to me first.

And we are not husband and wife... anymore.

We're just business partners. And our job is to raise those kids.

But you're absolutely right that I share some blame for this.

I should've caught Bruce.

I was in charge of the numbers. I should've seen it coming.

But my mind was elsewhere, Wendy.

You know, it's Saturday night...

and your... your foxy boxing, or your Zumba,

or whatever the hell it is that costs me a few hundred dollars every month,

it ended two hours ago, and there's no Wendy.

Why does she get so many texts every night?

Why does she have to leave the room to make a call?

I wonder who's fucking my wife? So that's my bad.

And, no, I... I don't forget Gary.

I don't forget how you emptied our bank accounts

when you knew I needed that money, Wendy.

You knew I needed it.

And I doubt very, very much that you did that by yourself,

that you did that in a vacuum. So... my memory's crystal clear.

I was there. For all of it.

In fact, the satisfying sound of your lover smacking the pavement

is the only thing that gets me to sleep every night.

Open the goddamn door!

Hello?

Excuse me, is there anybody here?

Oh, yeah.

Don't be shy, you know what to do.

Come on, baby. It's all for you, just gobble it up.

Oh, yeah. Get after it.

Hey!

Hey, um... I'm Sam Dermody.

Uh, sorry, it's... You know, people are out for lunch right now.

Um, but...

- Sorry, it keeps me awake when nobody's... - I could give a fuck.

I need a house.

Get yourself together. Give your girl some water.

- I'll meet you outside. - Yeah, you got it.

Hey, housekeeping?

Yeah, no need to go in there. Thank you.

How about the towels?

You can just leave them outside of the door.

Thank you.

I've been to the Windy City. Oprah, December '97.

Thought it'd be her Christmas show, you know, the one with all the free swag?

- Mmm-hmm. - No. Race.

She traipses out a bunch of colored folks, mad over what, I still couldn't tell you.

Police, I think. Walk a mile in my Crocs, I say.

Yep.

Past due business licenses. Deeds.

Delinquent taxes.

Bankruptcies, judgments, property titles, liens and plat maps.

All public record.

If you need any copies, let me know. Ten cents a page.

Yeah, thank you. I'll be busy.

Tell me again what it is you're doin'.

I am an angel investor.

I... I help turn around struggling businesses.

You intend to make money off of businesses that aren't making any?

In a roundabout way.

Hmm.

Best get some ice on that lip.

Mm, yeah.

There are a lot of innovative ideas in self storage.

You park your boat or put your shit in a shed,

lock it up and walk away. What am I missing?

Well, a lot of clichés are clichés for good reason,

and one of them is, "You need money to make money,"

in my opinion. Um, and I could be that money.

You would get to hold on to 100% ownership.

In return for what?

Well, I would control the finances, uh, the accounting,

investment oversight...

Stuff like that.

I would get to recoup 100% on my investment.

I'd get two-and-a-half percent of...

- you know, the net profits. - Mm.

Sir, you are delinquent on... on your property taxes...

and you got those tenants that are suing you.

I think there's three of them, yeah? Maybe this could work for both of us.

Plus, I'll tell you what...

I bet it would feel a lot better if I wasn't just an investor,

and I was also a client.

I... I'm looking for storage space myself.

So, um, if that's a unit right there, I will take that big one,

and I will deal with whatever's on the inside of it for...

how about 75 bucks a month?

What do you say?

- Hundred. - One hundred.

"Got to spend money to make money." That how that went?

That's what I said. Yeah.

All right.

Court pays me to store evidence.

Nobody claims it, I inherit it.

Guy cut the tip of a pontoon off, put it on a hinge.

Thought he'd smuggle methamphetamines to and fro across the lake.

'Course, you put six tweakers on a pontoon boat, all wild-eyed,

and racing about, and yammering at once,

bound to raise the eyebrow of the Water Patrol.

Not a fishing pole or a cooler of soda pop for a cover.

- Hm. - Let that be a lesson to you.

Okay. Okay. All right.

Well, uh...

Where you going? What about our business arrangement?

No arrangement. You rented storage from me. End of story.

Oh, come on now. Your operating costs are fixed, sir.

We could invest in stackable storage, and refrigerated units...

I'm an old dog. New tricks don't appeal to me.

Rent's due on the first, skipper.

Cash investment where you, uh, you really can build out

and reinvest maybe, you know, in a whole new boat.

Could do a color here.

If there's more product in here,

and a little better lighting, it will get more people in.

The aesthetic can come up

and then the clientele can come up a little bit, and you'd be surprised...

You know, your name's right here. Sir?

You can put it right down here.

Come here. Okay.

Let's take a look at this bad boy.

Okay. Yeah.

Manager wanted me to make sure you still had one of these in your room.

- Yeah, we're all set. - Sure?

It's chock-full of, uh...

clever-sounding, overly-judgmental one-liners.

Yeah, look, Wyatt, is it?

I really don't wanna have to get you fired today, okay?

Well, if you could, I'd have to thank you.

This job's my old man's idea.

Something about "calluses and character."

Yeah, well, you're blowing leaves, not hiding Anne Frank.

I doubt that that argument resonates with a Baptist Kansas City lawyer,

but I'll give it a go.

- Your dad's a lawyer? - Yeah.

We've got a, uh, summer home out here.

And, uh, well, I'm going to Mizzou in the fall.

- Mm. - Dad's not happy about my major,

so he's hoping I'll have some, like, come-to-Jesus summer and switch.

- What about you? - We're from Chicago.

My dad's in finance, but clearly he's just cheap.

Anyway. Three and I are going wakeboarding in a little bit,

if you guys wanna come along.

Leaving in, like, 20 minutes. I don't know.

Better than sitting around here all day.

Dad said to stay here.

What? To guard three iPads and a Pandora bracelet?

Have at it.

It's very common for someone to start a business

because they have an affinity for the product.