Understanding The Entire Ozark Timeline

Ozark's story of money laundering, drug dealing, and cartel violence is a tense thrill ride. It can be a little hard to keep track of every twist the show takes -- so we're here to help you keep the Byrdes' many dirty deeds straight, with this timeline of the whole show.

Back in 2007, Marty Byrde begins his career as a financial advisor, alongside his friend Bruce. The duo is approached by a member of the Navarro drug cartel named Del, who needs a money launderer. Marty initially refuses to work with him — but his wife Wendy, struggling to rejoin the workforce after giving birth to their second child, wants in. Marty agrees to the arrangement. Del kills his previous accountant in front of them, claiming that he had been skimming profits, as well as snitching to an FBI agent named Roy Petty.

10 years later, Marty's life is disrupted when an unhappy Wendy embarks on an affair. Del confronts Marty and Bruce, about Bruce skimming profits from the cartel. Del has Bruce and all others involved killed. Desperate to save himself and his family, Marty offers to move to the Ozarks in Missouri, where he will launder an obscene amount of money for the cartel over the next five years. Del agrees.

Del gives Marty several days to recoup the money his associates stole and complete his move. Wendy's lover, Gary, convinces her that she needs to grab what money she can and leave Marty. Before she can, however, the cartel has Gary killed. Their message is clear: Wendy needs to stick with her family, or else.

The Byrdes sell their Chicago home and move to the Ozarks. The Langmores, a local family, sneak into their hotel room and steal a portion of the $8 million the drug cartel gave them to launder. Marty confronts the Langmores in an abandoned outhouse and lays out the whole situation for them — particularly the consequences.

The interaction leads to the hiring of Ruth Langmore for various dirty deeds. Marty intends to use Lickety Splitz, a local strip club, as a money laundering front. He pays Ruth to break into a safe at the club and steal the deed to the establishment. Ruth gets herself hired by the club, and Marty makes her manager when he gains control.

After the bodies of Marty's former associates are discovered, FBI agent Roy Petty arrives in the Ozarks. Wendy leads an exhausting search for a family home, with a bumbling real estate agent named Sam. Eventually, they find a beautiful lakefront house to rent. However, the reason they can afford it is because it comes with an interesting stipulation: The owner, Buddy, wishes to remain in the house. His intention is to live in the basement for another year while he dies from heart disease. Wendy agrees to the unusual arrangement. Keep watching the video and you'll be understanding the entire Ozark timeline.

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Money is the measure of a man's choices | 0:00
Ozark bound | 1:28
Happenings at the Lickety Splitz | 2:35
Deeper waters | 3:30
All the pieces come into play | 4:21
Same villain, different voice | 5:23
Grease on the fire | 6:12
A slippery slope | 7:12
The Byrdes' house of cards topples | 7:57
The Snells retaliate | 8:45
You can't keep everyone happy | 9:54
The family unit is repaired | 10:42
Where to go from here | 11:31
Hard choices must be made | 12:27
Completely in it now | 13:16

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