Fans skeptical of the differences will just have to take Jason Bateman’s word that the Ozark team was mindful not to cross into Vince Gilligan’s former territory.
But even if it did draw minute inspirations from one of the television’s best shows of all time, would that really be a bad thing?
The inclusion of meth-heads puts another tick in the Breaking Bad box, although the two situations do sound different, and we likely won’t be rooting for the “Jesse Pinkman” of that group.
Perhaps there will be a Saul Goodman around to lighten things up.