Battle of the Blondes: Why “Ozark” is More Interesting than “Breaking Bad”

The Netflix crime drama gives its female characters much more complexity than its predecessor.

Dr. Thomas J. West III
9 min readJul 28, 2020

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Now that it’s been announced that Netflix’s Ozark has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, I’d like to make what will no doubt be a controversial statement: I…

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Dr. Thomas J. West III

Ph.D. in English | Film and TV geek | Lover of fantasy and history | Full-time writer | Feminist and queer | Liberal scold and gadfly