Netflix’s order for Ozark Season 4 will yield a slightly expanded home stretch for the series, manifesting with 14 episodes compared to the usual 10. Additionally, in a strategy that resembles the streaming giant’s summer-set Lucifer Season 5 (made when it was thought to be that show’s final season), the fourth and final season of Ozark will premiere on a date to be revealed in split form, starting with the first seven episodes, which will be followed by the back-half on a later date.
As showrunner Chris Mundy lauds of Ozark’s final renewal:
As star/director/executive-producer Jason Bateman chimes:
The final season of Ozark will see the retention of the show’s creative coalition, notably remaining under the day-to-day stewardship of showrunner and executive producer Mundy, joined by creators and executive producers Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams. Similarly staying are the show’s gaggle of executive producers such as star Bateman, John Shiban and Patrick Markey. Additionally, in a first for the series, co-star Laura Linney will also serve as a co-executive producer on the final season. Linney previously served as executive producer on her 2010-2013 Showtime starring vehicle, The Big C, and did the same for Netflix on last year’s ensemble drama series, Tales of the City.
Ozark Season 4 Release Date
Ozark Season 4’s renewal did not come with a premiere window for Parts 1 or 2. This, of course, is understandable amidst an industry-halting pandemic, which has made a norm of shifting schedules.
For the sake of context, the most recent frame, Season 3, hit Netflix on March 27, 2020, which was about 19 months after Season 2’s August 31, 2018 arrival. Thus, even in normal—non-dystopic—circumstances, one would not expect Season 4 until around summer of 2021. However, with a COVID wrench in the world’s works, one might want to push expectations back to fall 2021 at best, likely relegating Part 2 to a 2022 premiere. This, of course, is just a bit of educated speculation.
