Ozark: 10 Best Quotes From The Kids | ScreenRant
Netflix's hit series Ozark has aired three seasons of the Byrde family's business endeavors/survival techniques as they were forced to relocate to the lakeside community in order to launder money for the Cartel. Of course, the series explores more than just one family of characters that are brought into the sticky legal issues of Ozark.
Marty and Wendy Byrde and even Ruth Langmore have a number of memorable quotes that stand out in the series, though it's easy to forget that the Byrde and Langmore kids are dealing with everything their parents and guardians are, and they have just as many memorable quotes that we'll be taking a closer look at today.
10 CHARLOTTE BYRDE - "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HONEST WITH US? EITHER OF YOU?"
After Marty was forced to uproot his family from their lives and move them out to the Ozarks, the kids were almost instantly suspicious of the reasons Marty and Wendy were giving them and attempted to call her parents out at a motel breakfast table.
The lack of honesty and communication between the parents has caused a number of problems in the series, and Charlotte's apt observation of her parents' deceptions was the first of many small rebellions from Charlotte as she fought for the truth.
9 JONAH BYRDE - "COULD YOU EXPLAIN ALL OF IT?"
While Charlotte initially rebelled against her parents and their work in the Ozarks, Jonah expressed curiosity with his father's work after the kids found out the truth, and he asked Marty to explain how he launders money.
This quote would highlight the major differences between Charlotte and Jonah's reaction to the news of their parent's criminal lifestyle, and Jonah would soon use the information learned from his father to create his own money-laundering scheme, a real chip off the old block.
8 WYATT LANGMORE - "SCHOOL'S A WASTE ANYWAY. THEY READ ALL THE WRONG S***."
The introduction of Ruth Langmore and her family offered fans the chance to see what the other side of the Ozark's criminal families look like, which revealed that both the Byrde's and the Langmore's are fighting for survival in different ways.
Wyatt Langmore is the older brother of Three and the younger cousin of Ruth who is well-regarded as one of the smartest children in the Langmore family, as revealed by his comments to Charlotte about the school's curriculum.
7 JONAH BYRDE - "YOU WOULDN'T WANT ME TO SIGN SOMETHING I DON'T COMPLETELY BELIEVE IN, WOULD YOU?"
Jonah continued to show that he wasn't the typical new kid in school when he refused to sign an anti-drug pledge due to the difficult economic questions that surround the situation, which he proceeded to tell his teacher.
He continued his spiel to the principal after he was sent for discipline, though Marty quickly agreed with his son's thoughts on the matter, despite the principal's misgivings about Jonah's behavior in class.
6 CHARLOTTE BYRDE - "YOU MADE US ADULTS THE SECOND YOU TOLD US WHAT DAD WAS DOING."
The Byrde family hasn't always known which was the best course of action to take, as fans saw at the climax of the first season when the majority of the family went on the run while Marty attempted to fix the rift between the Cartel and the Snell family.
It was Charlotte's speech to her mother Wendy about the loss of their childhood naiveté due to the knowledge of their father's criminal activities that ultimately resulted in the family's return home to deal with their problems together.
5 JONAH BYRDE - "IS THE LAKE DANGEROUS?"
The children of the Byrde family slowly begin to see some of the darker aspects of their father's job in the Ozarks in the first season when the body of one of Marty's business rivals shows up at the Byrde family dock.
Jonah's growing friendship with the elderly Buddy leads to a discussion about the safety of the Missouri lake, although it's easy to see the larger question Jonah is asking his new friend, as he fears for his family's safety before Buddy teaches him how to shoot.
4 WYATT LANGMORE - "YOU SEE, I'M A CURSED LANGMORE, LONG INURED TO VIOLENCE AND DEATH."
Wyatt and his family showcase the differences in status even among criminals like the Byrdes and the Langmores, but it wasn't until Wyatt's essay for his application to the University of Missouri was read aloud by Ruth that fans got to see just how he feels about his place in the world.
While Wyatt is a bright and intelligent young man, he feels his family name and their legacy of tragedy holds him back while also preparing him for the dark reality of the world around him, but also teases fans with the unknown past of the Langmore family.
3 CHARLOTTE BYRDE -"I HAVE TO PRETEND LIKE THE WORST, SCARIEST, MOST DAMAGING THING IN MY LIFE IS ACTUALLY F***ING AWESOME."
Charlotte spent the first season rebelling against her parents while she came to terms with the loss of her former life, though it didn't happen overnight and Charlotte attempted to run away in the first season's seventh episode.
Wendy managed to find Charlotte at the bus stop before she headed back to Chicago, and Charlotte was able to talk out her feelings with her mother about the pressure of the expectations on the kids, which helped bring the family back together temporarily.
2 JONAH BYRDE - "IF WE SURVIVE THE NIGHT ARE WE STILL GROUNDED?"
The third season episode "Su Casa Es Mi Casa" introduced another fearful element into the Byrde's lives when Marty discovered he was being followed by an unknown party that forced him to hide with his family in their house.
Charlotte and Jonah had both been previously grounded after a reckless gun incident saw them in trouble with the law, but Jonah's question about the continued punishment, if they manage to survive the night, showcases how desensitized the kids are becoming to the dangers of their new, normalized life.
1 CHARLOTTE BYRDE - "NO."
The Byrde family were in dire straights in the third season as they continued to fight for their survival while their close relationships fell apart around them following the death of Wendy's brother Ben.
When Marty asks his children to leave so he and Wendy can discuss things, Charlotte's simple yet forceful "No" as she and Jonah sat down at the dinner table was a fantastic example of how the kids refuse to be kept in the dark by their parents at this point in the series, and the family was finally beginning to move forward again, together.