The beauty of television is its ability to create worlds in which anything is possible. Free from the burdensome confines of reality, which ceaselessly moves forward in its campaign to keep people in what society would deem as "their place;" writers, directors, and producers of television have the ability to let us see what it would look like if the under-privileged were allowed to rise to the top, and actually live long enough to enjoy it once they got there. But they rarely, if ever, do. And the "Ozark" series finale is a prime example of how, every time that opportunity is missed, it feels like a little heartbreak. Or, in Ruth Langmore's (Julia Garner) case, a bullet through the chest.
In the penultimate episode of the series we saw Ruth dodge death when Nelson (Nelson Bonilla) gets killed before he has a chance to kill her or her friend and business partner, Rachel (Jordana Spiro). This isn't the first time Ruth has outsmarted herself from being on the pointy side of a bullet, but it will be the last.
