Ozark may be the best cime miniseries since Breaking Bad

I'll be among the many to weigh in on the Netflix series Ozark, Season 2, and note that in my view it's become the best miniseries of its type (crime drama) since Breaking Bad (in fact the two miniseries share a number of elements: good guy gets involved w/ Rx to help his family, or so he thinks, and ends up putting everyone at risk). Like many, I was put off at first by the plot premise: Investment counselor/accountant gets drawn into working with a Latin drug cartel and forced to go on the lam w/ his family to try to make good on the demands of the cartel that he launder for them vast mounts of cash. Probable? hardly, except in movies. Possible, yes. And to its credit, the series - created and led by Jason Bateman in a fabulous performance - brings us in right away and gives sufficient background to help us see and understand that, yes, this would not happen to us but could happen to someone else. Season 2 does not miss a beat, further developing and building upon the events of Season 1 (tho we didn't do so, it might be helpful to re-watch Season 1 before starting #2) - while maintaining constant tension, keeping us guessing and thinking at every minute, constantly tightening the web of crime and conspiracy that is strangling the Byrd family, and building sympathy and understanding for all of the key characters and loathing toward some of the others). Aside from Bateman, Laura Linney gives a fabulous performance throughout the season, as Wendy Byrd (Bateman's wife) - in particular in the kidnap episode (#7 of 10) - but really throughout as she and Bateman in a sense gradually shift roles. And then can one say enough about Julia Garner's performance as Ruth, a tough as nails impoverished and uneducated woman who's smarter than everyone else and brave and loyal to her nephew and caught against her will in a terrible situation? You want to watch every scene that she's in and you root for her at every moment. In fact, there's not a single role that's miscast (though the actress playing daughter Charlotte Byrd is getting a little to old and mature for the role) and not an episode or scene that lagged.