Let’s say the Ozark character got smart though and was more concerned about protecting the Byrdes and, perhaps more importantly, Ruth.
Or maybe not, perhaps the Byrde matriarch would be thrilled to see her brother alive.
He may try to lay a bit lower, and perhaps do something crazy like return to the Ozarks in order to get Ruth.
The unpredictability of how the twist would play out is a large part of why I want to believe this theory is true, in spite of any evidence to the contrary.