document_title: Ozark (TV series)

question_text: how many episodes are on ozark season 2

question_tokens: how many episodes are on ozark season 2

text: Ozark (TV series)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Financial planner Marty Byrde suddenly relocates the family from the Chicago suburb of Naperville to the summer resort community of Osage Beach, Missouri[12] after a money laundering scheme goes wrong, and he must make amends to a Mexican drug cartel by setting up a bigger laundering operation in the Ozarks. When the Byrdes arrive in Missouri, they become entangled with local criminals including the Langmores and Snells.[6]

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Jason Bateman as Marty Byrde, a self-employed financial advisor, based in Chicago before moving to the Ozarks. In 2007, he and his business partner began to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel.[4]
Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde (née Davis), Marty's wife, and Charlotte and Jonah's mother. Formerly a public relations operative for political campaigns, after moving to the Ozarks she becomes an advance person and stager for a local realtor, and then a lobbyist for Marty's proposal to construct a casino.[10]
Sofia Hublitz as Charlotte Byrde, Marty and Wendy's 15-year-old daughter, who strives to return to Chicago[4]
Skylar Gaertner as Jonah Byrde, Marty and Wendy's 13-year-old son, who learns money laundering from Marty and has his fellow students pay him for doing their homework
Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore, a 19-year-old woman who is part of a local criminal family[12]
Jordana Spiro as Rachel Garrison, owner of the Blue Cat hotel and bar, and Marty's reluctant business partner
Jason Butler Harner as Roy Petty, an FBI agent investigating Marty (seasons 1–2)
Esai Morales as Camino Del Rio ("Del"), a ruthless crime lord for a Mexican cartel for whom Marty launders money (season 1)
Peter Mullan as Jacob Snell, an established local crime lord (seasons 1–2)
Lisa Emery as Darlene Snell, Jacob's wife
Charlie Tahan as Wyatt Langmore, Russ's elder son and Ruth's cousin (recurring season 1, main season 2)

text: Recurring[edit]

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Carson Holmes as Three Langmore, Russ's younger son, Wyatt's brother and Ruth's cousin
McKinley Belcher III as Trevor Evans, an FBI agent and Petty's ex-lover
Robert C. Treveliar as Sheriff John Nix, who is indebted to the Snells
Kevin L. Johnson as Sam Dermody, a real estate agent in the Ozarks
Evan George Vourazeris as Tuck, employee at the Blue Cat and Jonah's first friend in the Ozarks
Trevor Long as Cade Langmore, Ruth's father and brother of Russ and Boyd. Initially shown to be incarcerated, he is later paroled. (seasons 1–2)
Michael Mosley as Pastor Mason Young (seasons 1–2)
Harris Yulin as Buddy Dyker, the Byrdes' terminally ill tenant (seasons 1–2)
Michael Tourek as Ash, an enforcer for the Snells (seasons 1–2)
Marc Menchaca as Russ Langmore, Wyatt and Three's father, Ruth's uncle, and Boyd and Cade's brother (recurring season 1, guest season 2)
Josh Randall as Bruce Liddell, Marty Byrde's Chicago business partner (season 1)
Christopher James Baker as Boyd Langmore, uncle of Ruth, Wyatt and Three, and Russ and Cade's brother (season 1)
Adam Boyer as Bobby Dean, owner of the Lickety Splitz strip club (season 1)
Bethany Anne Lind as Grace Young, Pastor Mason Young's pregnant wife (season 1)
Sharon Blackwood as Eugenia Dermody, Sam's controlling, overbearing mother who works for her son's real estate business (season 1)
Joseph Melendez as Garcia, an enforcer for Del (season 1)
Janet McTeer as Helen Pierce, Chicago-based attorney who represents the cartel (season 2)[13]
Darren Goldstein as Charles Wilkes, a wealthy businessman and political donor (season 2)
Damian Young as Jim, Wilkes' right-hand man (season 2)
Nelson Bonilla as Nelson, Pierce's enforcer (season 2)
Melissa Saint-Amand as Jade, a stripper who forms a bond with Sam (season 2)
Pedro Lopez as Jorge Mendoza, a member of the Navarro Cartel (season 2)

text: Production[edit]

text: The show is set at a modest waterfront resort at Lake of the Ozarks, inspired by the Alhonna Resort and Marina, where series creator Dubuque worked as a dock hand while attending college in Missouri during the 1980s.[14] Most of the shooting locations are in the Atlanta area at Lake Allatoona and Lake Lanier, rather than at the Lake of the Ozarks, because of tax breaks offered by the state of Georgia.[15][16] The film crew constructed a set in Georgia after extensively studying the Alhonna Resort property.[14] Some scenes are filmed at Chicago locations.[17] Only a few scenes of the pilot were shot in the city of Lake Ozark, Missouri; these include shots of the locally famous "Welcome To Lake Of the Ozarks" sign and the "Injun Joe Muffler Man" statue. Originally, Jason Bateman was supposed to be the sole director for the first season, but scheduling conflicts prevented it, so he directed only the first two and last two.[18] The series was renewed for a 10-episode second season on August 15, 2017.[7]

text: Opening credits[edit]

text: Graphic designer Fred Davis created a white letter 'O', which is featured on a black background at the beginning of each episode. Within the quartered circle of the 'O' are four symbols which foreshadow the main plot points in that episode. Additionally, each of these hand-drawn symbolic images are formed to represent the remaining letters in "Ozark". For example, for episode one, a kneeling man represents "Z"; a building represents "A"; a gun represents "R"; and a falling man represents "K".[19]

text: Episodes[edit]

text: SeasonEpisodesOriginally released110July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)210August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)

text: Season 1 (2017)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date11"Sugarwood"Jason BatemanStory by : Bill Dubuque & Mark Williams Teleplay by : Bill DubuqueJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
Marty Byrde and his partner Bruce are Chicago-based financial advisers who launder money for a Mexican drug cartel.  Bruce and the trucking company owners who move the cash skim $8 million, which causes their cartel contact Del to kill Bruce, Bruce's fiancée Liz, and the father-son trucking company owners.  To save his own life, Marty uses a promotional flier Bruce showed him as the inspiration for a spur-of-the-moment claim that the Ozarks are a good potential location for laundering, and that if allowed to live, he will wash $500 million in five years.  Partly persuaded, Del gives Marty a few days to replace the $8 million Bruce stole, and then tells him to move his family to the Ozarks and prove his claim by laundering it in three months.  Marty's wife Wendy is having an affair with Sugarwood, and follows his advice to leave Marty and take their two children and as much money as she can secure, which causes Del to have Sugarwood killed.
22"Blue Cat"Jason BatemanStory by : Bill Dubuque & Mark Williams Teleplay by : Bill DubuqueJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
Wendy, Marty and their two children arrive in the Ozarks and begin to meet local residents, including several members of the Langmore family who work at the hotel where they are staying.  Marty attempts to find local businesses he can invest in so that he can commence money laundering for the cartel, while Wendy goes house hunting.  Charlotte and Jonah disregard their parents' instructions to guard the hotel room, with Charlotte falling for a ruse planned by cousins Ruth and Wyatt Langmore.  Ruth enters the vacant hotel room and steals part of the $8 million Marty is supposed to launder.  Marty risks his life to recover the cash from Ruth, Wyatt and other Langmores, but it is clear they will continue to be trouble.  The FBI discovers the remains of Bruce and the others who were killed with him, which makes them suspicious of Marty's sudden move from Chicago.  Agent Roy Petty decides to follow Marty to the Ozarks, convinced he is somehow involved.  Marty considers committing suicide so Wendy can collect his life insurance and flee with the children, but changes his mind after he realizes that the Blue Cat inn and restaurant might be a suitable place to invest in.
33"My Dripping Sleep"Daniel SackheimRyan FarleyJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
The Byrdes move into a lakefront house while Buddy, the terminally ill homeowner, moves to the basement.  FBI Agent Trevor Evans, Roy's former boyfriend, follows Roy's instructions to approach the Byrdes, who are not intimidated and continue maintaining their innocence.  The Byrdes are made aware that while skimming money, Bruce was also an FBI informant.  Trevor sees that Roy is becoming obsessed, foretelling continued problems for the Byrdes.  Charlotte and Jonah are told the real reason for their move to the Ozarks, and Jonah does online research to learn more about the cartel.  Wendy gets a job as an advance person and "stager" for the real estate broker she dealt with when buying Buddy's house.  Charlotte's job interview does not end well after she spots Wyatt outside the store and punches him in retaliation for his ruse at the hotel.  Marty begins activities at the Blue Cat, despite the suspicions of Rachel, the primary owner.  Ruth uses her knowledge of the Byrdes' cash to persuade Marty to hire her as a dishwasher at the Blue Cat, and informs her cousins and uncles that her plan is to learn Marty's money laundering operation, and then kill him and take the money.
44"Tonight We Improvise"Daniel SackheimPaul KolsbyJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
Marty gathers information on Lickety Splitz, a money-losing strip club; turned away by the owner previously, he still intends to control it so he can use it for money laundering.  Jonah finds the carcass of a coyote and cuts it open, causing his parents to worry it is a sign of future troubles.  They are relieved to find that he was only studying the vultures that came to feed.  Marty hires Ruth to break into the Lickety Splitz safe.  Working undercover, Roy watches Marty at the Blue Cat, and develops an interest in Russ Langmore, Wyatt's father and Ruth's uncle.  Bobby Dean, the owner of Lickety Splitz, is arrested because of Ruth's plan, and Marty gains access to the safe.  He posts Bobby's bail and uses the information from the safe to force Bobby to sell the club.  Jacob and Darlene Snell are revealed as major heroin dealers, for whom Bobby was laundering money.  They kill Bobby as retaliation for losing the club, and to keep their drug business secret.  Marty shares business secrets with Jonah, including how to make new cash used in drug transactions look old so it can be mixed with cash from legitimate business before being deposited at the bank.
55"Ruling Days"Andrew BernsteinMartin ZimmermanJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
Bobby's body turns up at the Byrdes' boat dock, which they unconvincingly explain away as an accident.  Shown copies of the sale documents for the strip club, the sheriff realizes he has no evidence the Byrdes had a motive to kill Bobby, and takes no further action.  Jacob Snell attempts to persuade Marty to launder money for him at Lickety Splitz.  Marty sees Mason Young, the local pastor, holding boat-based Sunday services on the lake, and realizes that building Mason a church could present an opportunity to launder money.  Marty asks Ruth to run the strip club over the Fourth of July weekend, which leads to him hiring her as the full time manager.  She betters Bobby's management with actions, including hiring new staff, that turn Lickety Splitz into a moneymaker.  Roy continues to use Russ as a fishing guide, and attempts to kiss him, provoking a violent reaction.  Ruth continues to follow her incarcerated father Cade's advice to learn more about Marty's money laundering, and discovers the hiding place where he stashed the $8 million he brought from Chicago.
66"Book of Ruth"Andrew BernsteinWhit AndersonJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
The Snells show Marty their operation, and inform him they have been using Mason's church on the lake to distribute heroin.  They warn Marty to stop church construction, with implied threats to Mason's pregnant wife Grace if Marty does not persuade him to resume boat-based services.  Marty appears likely to meet the three-month deadline for laundering the $8 million he brought from Chicago, and he and Wendy temporarily reconcile in celebration.  During sex, Marty intentionally reminds her of an encounter with Sugarwood.  She then discovers the video Marty's private investigator made, which causes an angry confrontation.  Charlotte works at the Blue Cat, and turns down Wyatt's "anti-tourists" party invitation to go with Zach, a tourist from Chicago.  She drinks with Zach and loses her virginity, and Zach departs for Chicago the next day without saying goodbye, prompting Wyatt to tell her the tourists always leave, and she is now "one of us", i.e. a permanent local resident.  Russ acknowledges he is gay, and begins a sexual relationship with Roy.  Ruth and Russ devise a plan to kill Marty at Cade's instigation.  Russ tells Roy, who secretly intervenes.  Wendy opens Del's package, and Marty and she recognize the contents as a warning to speed up the money laundering.
77"Nest Box"Ellen KurasAlyson FeltesJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
Mason does not end construction at the church, and to dissuade the Snells from killing him, Marty hands over the $700,000 of cartel cash he has not yet laundered.  Marty tells Mason the Snells are drug dealers, and want him to resume services on the lake.  The Snells tell Mason Marty was only constructing the church so he could launder money.  Understanding Marty's claims of philanthropy and temporary construction delays are false, Mason burns down the building's framework.  Charlotte and Jonah start school, and Charlotte is depressed about the family's changed circumstances.  After she skips classes to take a bus to Chicago, Ruth and Wendy catch up in St. Louis and bring her back.  Roy convinces Russ to try starting a bait and tackle shop and get Marty to invest.  Roy also convinces Russ to say that he will not be involved in any more attempts to kill Marty.  Cade tells Ruth not to visit him in prison again unless Marty is dead.  After returning home, Charlotte goes for a night swim.  Ignoring Buddy's advice to stay near the shore, she swims far into the lake.  After nearly allowing herself to drown, she touches bottom and realizes the water is not as deep as she thought.  She giddily makes her way back to shore, her depression gone.
88"Kaleidoscope"Ellen KurasRyan FarleyJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
A flashback to 2007 shows Wendy and Marty driving when she reveals she is pregnant again.  While discussing the news, they are involved in a car accident that causes a miscarriage which results in Wendy's extended period of depression.  Wendy unsuccessfully attempts to reenter the job market after the births of her children.  As a public relations operative for political campaigns, she is revealed to have worked for Bobby Rush's early Congressional campaigns and Barack Obama's campaigns for the Illinois Senate.  Del approaches Marty and Bruce to launder the cartel's money and after reviewing Del's ledgers they decline, but agree to reconsider.  Marty expects Wendy will be opposed, but to his surprise, she approves.  Bruce and Marty commit to work for Del, and Del has his previous financial advisor Louis killed in front of them.  Not only was Louis skimming, which Del suspected and Marty confirmed when analyzing the ledgers, he was also informing to Roy at the FBI.  Roy has a steady boyfriend and fledgling FBI career, but a difficult relationship with his mother, who is a heroin addict.  Unhappy at the FBI's insistence on pursuing terrorists rather than drug dealers, Roy plots to get his way.
99"Coffee, Black"Jason BatemanWhit AndersonJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
Buddy taught Jonah to shoot, and after realizing a cartel operative is shadowing the Byrdes, Jonah has Tuck buy him a rifle in a straw purchase.  Marty and Wendy previously convinced her employer Sam's mother Eugenia to deposit her savings in Marty's new "investment fund".  Her $900,000 replaces the $700,000 Marty paid the Snells.  With this influx, he completes laundering the $8 million on time.  The cartel immediately delivers $50 million – the first of the $500 million Marty promised to wash.  Eugenia dies in an accident, and Sam wants access to her savings to pay for her elaborate funeral.  Instead, Marty and Wendy volunteer to pay, and end up buying the funeral home.  Roy reveals to Russ that their relationship is a ploy, and he recorded Russ's admission of trying to kill Marty.  This forces Russ to turn informant against Ruth, who Roy intends to turn informant on Marty.  Instead, Russ and his brother Boyd plan to rob and kill Marty to finance a life on the run.  Ruth suspects Russ is an informant and intends to kill Marty. Realizing she will be blamed she acts first, killing Russ and Boyd with the same method she had earlier tried on Marty.
1010"The Toll"Jason BatemanChris MundyJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
The Byrdes try to be supportive of Wyatt and his brother Three, but Wyatt suspects Marty killed Russ and Boyd.  Mason's conscience renders him unable to preach on the lake.  He arrives home to find the Snells retaliated; Grace is gone, but he discovers a newborn.  Marty decides it is not safe if his family stays.  Garcia, the cartel operative intervenes to keep them from leaving.  Jonah sneaks out and returns with his rifle.  When he attempts to shoot Garcia, he finds Buddy unloaded it.  Buddy holds a shotgun on Garcia as Wendy and the children depart, then shoots him.  Rachel finds part of the $50 million, which she takes as she drives away.  Del tortures Marty to find out where Garcia is. Marty explains a plan to use the cartel to distribute Snell heroin, while the Snells allow a casino on their property to launder cartel money.  Del is intrigued and intends to explain away Garcia's death if there’s a deal.  Del and the Snells agree, but Darlene kills Del when he replies to her putdowns with one of his own.  Wendy and the children decide to stay and face the risks with Marty rather than flee without him.

text: Season 2 (2018)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date111"Reparations"Jason BatemanChris MundyAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Darlene and Ash cremate Del's body on the Snell farm.  Marty and Jacob send Ash to Chicago with Del's car and credit cards to establish Del's presence there, enabling them to claim he was not in the Ozarks. Without Del there to negotiate, Marty and the Snells meet with Helen Pierce, the Navarro Cartel’s attorney, to discuss the casino. Marty discusses with State Senator Brock Mercer the possibility of introducing legislation to allow casino construction.  Mercer's apprehensive and tells Marty to go to "the lake house". Marty and Wendy learn this is the home of businessman and political donor Charles Wilkes and meet him there to persuade him to back the legislation. Helen shows the Byrdes video of Ash using Del's credit card in Chicago.  She will overlook Del's death (and Garcia's) in exchange for "reparations" from the Snells, but does not tell Marty what will be satisfactory.  At Darlene's insistence, the Snells refuse to offer money, but Jacob understands a life must be paid, and kills Ash to save Darlene.  Marty and Wendy hide the truth from Charlotte and Jonah but acknowledge to each other that Ash's death satisfied the Navarros, meaning the casino project is still alive.
122"The Precious Blood of Jesus"Jason BatemanDavid MansonAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
The Kansas City Mafia sends Mercer an unsubtle message, causing state senate support for the casino bill to waver.  Marty capitalizes on Buddy's prior relationship with Mafia head Frank Cosgrove to reach agreement that the casino will be unionized, which keeps the project viable.  Wendy attends a prayer breakfast to woo faltering senators, and resorts to blackmail.  Wilkes makes a play for Wendy as the price for obtaining the vote of the last senate holdout, but Wendy rebuffs him.  Wendy sees Mason preaching on the streets of Jefferson City, baby Zeke at his side.  Rachel's drug and drinking binge causes her to wreck her car, leading Roy to turn her into an informant against Marty and send her back to the Blue Cat.  Cade is paroled and rebuffs the job Ruth persuaded Marty to offer.  Marty gives Ruth more responsibilities, including entrusting her with the cash to pay for acquiring and moving the riverboat that will house the casino.  Darlene looks for someone to love and nurture in Ash's place and asks Jacob if they can adopt a baby.  Cade robs a diner to show Ruth that he has not changed and demands her help in locating Marty's money.
133"Once a Langmore..."Andrew BernsteinAlyson FeltesAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
The casino bill passes, but Senator Blake commits suicide. The Byrde businesses are shut down by state inspectors at Roy's instigation, while the Byrdes wonder who pulled the strings. Wilkes wants a large casino-adjacent development in exchange for his aid, but the Snells will not sell more land. The Snells, Marty, and Jonah go hunting to discuss it, and Jonah kills a deer. The Snells torch Wilkes's boat as a warning to stop pressuring them. Wendy talks Mrs. Blake out of suing Wilkes for wrongful death by promising a charity in Senator Blake's name. Rachel attempts to obtain evidence against Marty and Roy uses stolen drugs to keep her in line. Ruth tries to buy the boat repair shop where her father works, giving Marty a new business for laundering, and creates a problem that persuades the owner to sell. Charlotte spends time with Wyatt, who continues pondering the deaths of Russ and Boyd. The Byrdes have dinner at the Snell house to celebrate their rapprochement, which features venison from Jonah's deer. Jonah uses his half of the $10,000 Charlotte took to open a bank account as Michael Fleming, the alias he received when the Byrdes fled after Garcia's death.
144"Stag"Andrew BernsteinRyan FarleyAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Wyatt's suspicion that Marty killed Russ and Boyd is heightened by Charlotte's admission that the Byrdes were at the scene. Roy pressures Rachel for useful information, including pretending to be a Blue Cat bar customer. Rachel has bathroom sex with a bar pickup and calls him Marty to irritate Roy, who is monitoring her transmitter. To deflect Marty's suspicion from her, Rachel suggests the man from the Blue Cat (Roy) might be a police officer. An infuriated Roy threatens her with a violent end if she does not produce evidence. The Byrdes' planned bribe of a state gaming official ends when Wendy correctly suspects a trap. Wendy tries to provide money to Mason, who angrily refuses. Marty pays scant attention to Ruth while handling other problems, so she confides in Rachel, who uses the relationship to gather evidence for Roy. He obtains a search warrant for the Byrde home, where he identifies himself to Marty and Wendy for the first time. Sam runs Lickety Splitz in name because as a felon, Ruth cannot be associated with Marty during state scrutiny of the casino application. Buddy's health declines, and he’s hospitalized, but he recovers after returning home.
155"Game Day"Phil AbrahamPaul KolsbyAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
The FBI finds Charlotte's half of the $10,000 she took, which Roy brings up during Marty's interrogation in the hopes that he will turn informant.  Roy also informs him that Ruth tried to kill him by wiring the dock the same way she did when she killed her uncles.  Roy makes Ruth look like an informant, and Helen asks the Byrdes whether she can be trusted.  Marty hesitates before saying yes, then races to the Langmores to warn Ruth.  Ruth admits she tried to kill Marty, but says she will not try again because circumstances have changed, so he vouches for her to Helen, but Helen's associates subject Ruth to waterboarding interrogation.  Ruth does not crack, and Helen tells Marty she is impressed with Ruth's willpower.  Marty reminds Wendy that she cheated on him, and Charlotte overhears and informs Jonah.  Charlotte and Jonah discuss using what is left of their money took to buy a van and run away.  Helen tells the Snells to burn their poppies so Roy will not find any evidence, but Darlene resists.  Wendy brings Darlene adoption information, which is a ploy to enable Buddy to gain access to the Snell farm and burn the field.
166"Outer Darkness"Phil AbrahamNing ZhouAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Buddy dies in Wendy's car as they leave the Snell farm, and the Byrdes arrange an elaborate funeral.  Jonah uses Buddy's Rolodex to contact his friends, and the large crowd at the service includes Frank and his Kansas City associates.  Roy leads a raid on the Snell farm, and Jacob says the burned field was an intentional controlled fire.  Roy scoffs, but is ecstatic to find buried bones.  Mason returns, hoping the bones include Grace's remains, and volunteers Zeke for DNA testing.  Marty and the Snells disinter several Snell ancestors and use their remains to replace the bones the FBI found, throwing off the test results and enabling Jacob to claim authorities desecrated his family's ancient burial places.  Roy interrogates Wilkes, who offers to inform on Marty in exchange for Wendy's protection, but she refuses to leave Marty.  Ruth agrees to help her father with his illegal activities, deciding that working with Marty will not produce the long term benefits she hoped for.  Marty promises Rachel that after the casino is approved, he will return the Blue Cat to her.  She kisses Marty to prevent him from revealing more, and reveal Roy's transmitter.
177"One Way Out"Alik SakharovMartin ZimmermanAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Marty wants to keep Rachel working at the Blue Cat and use her to feed Roy misinformation.  Wendy is suspicious of both Rachel and Marty's relationship with her.  The police take Zeke into state custody, prompting Mason to kidnap Wendy and hold her in the basement of his home while demanding Marty's aid in getting Zeke back.  Cade and Ruth attempt to steal the FLIR System from an expensive boat and sell it to a black-market buyer.  The owner is unexpectedly home, forcing them to flee empty-handed.  Ruth tells Cade she believes Marty's cartel money may be hidden at the funeral home and agrees to help him steal it.  Marty and Wilkes succeed in retrieving Zeke from state custody.  Marty brings him to Mason but ends up killing Mason during a confrontation afterwards.  Marty and Wendy clean up the basement of Mason's house and cremate his body at the funeral home, then take Zeke home as a supposed foster child.  The Byrdes use the baby to help present a likable family image during a news interview arranged by a public relations representative trying to create positive coverage of the casino project.
188"The Big Sleep"Alik SakharovDavid MansonAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Rachel overdoses after Roy stops supplying her and she purchases heroin.  Heroin distributed by the Navarros is laced with Fentanyl, and numerous ODs are traced to the Snells; Darlene spiked it as revenge for the cartel's insistence on burning the poppy field.  The Navarros ambush the Snells.  Ruth and Cade break into the funeral home, but find no cash.  Wyatt is expelled for aiding Jonah during a school fight, but Marty gets it rescinded, keeping alive Wyatt's chances for admission to Mizzou.  Charlotte steals an expensive book for Wyatt, which he refuses, explaining the disparity in punishment if a Langmore is blamed instead of someone like her.  Wendy uses the laundering network Jonah created to donate to Wilkes's charity.  When Wendy informs him he accepted cartel money, he realizes he is blackmailed into continuing to support the casino project.  Marty learns Roy's mother is an addict and has a Navarro associate supply her with drugs.  Roy returns home to care for her, enabling Marty to send Rachel to Miami for addiction treatment.  After buying a van and living in it to stay away from home, Charlotte informs her parents of her desire for emancipation.
199"The Badger"Ben SemanoffPaul Kolsby & Martin ZimmermanAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Charlotte hires an attorney for her emancipation case.  Jacob and Darlene survive the ambush, though Jacob is wounded.  Marty and Helen inform Jacob that riparian rights and eminent domain enable the government to seize land for the casino if the Snells will not sell.  Jacob acquiesces, and decides to kill Darlene to keep the peace.  As he moves to stab her on their morning walk, he suddenly collapses.  Darlene tells him she poisoned his coffee and they pledge their love to each other before he dies.  Wilkes arranges for the Byrdes to meet the gaming commissioners and the chairman requests a non-union site in exchange for his support, to which Marty agrees, despite knowing it will anger Cosgrove.  The casino is approved, and Marty arranges an exit for his family that includes fleeing to Australia and leaving cartel business in Ruth's hands, to which Ruth agrees.  Cade and Wyatt rob Lickety Splitz, and Ruth does not identify them to the sheriff, but does try to recover and return the money.  Wyatt is accepted to Mizzou; he is not sure about going, but Ruth is determined to send him to keep him from a life of crime.
2010"The Gold Coast"Amanda MarsalisChris MundyAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Roy returns to finish pending business before his Chicago transfer.  He goes fishing and argues with Cade, who kills him and sinks his body.  Darlene wants Zeke, and shaves Jonah's head as a warning, forcing the Byrdes to hand Zeke over.  Marty shows Ruth details of cartel business in preparation for his family’s departure, including the location of the cartel's $50 million – Buddy's mausoleum.  Knowing he was recognized while hiding Roy's car, Cade plans to flee before he is arrested.  He tries blackmailing Ruth for money by threatening to tell Wyatt she killed Russ and Boyd.  Instead, Ruth tells Wyatt, who drives away in anger. Angry that Cade attacked Charlotte while trying to find Marty's money, Wendy meets Cade and offers him $500,000 to leave town.  He takes it and drives away, but the payoff is a ruse and a Navarro associate kills him.  At the casino's opening ceremony, Helen tells the Byrdes she is returning to Chicago.  Wendy tells Marty the family is not fleeing to the Gold Coast because it is safer to stay.  Frank blows up Marty's office as a warning to solve the union versus non-union labor issue.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Season 1[edit]

text: The first season of Ozark received positive reviews, with major praise aimed at Bateman's performance. On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[20] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a approval rating of 68%, with an average rating of 6.81/10 based on 62 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ozark hasn't yet reached the same level as the classic crime dramas to which it will inevitably be compared, but its satisfyingly complex plot – and a gripping performance from Jason Bateman – suggest greater potential."[21]

text: Brian Lowry of CNN wrote, "While the fish-out-of-water concept is one of TV's oldest, Ozark carves out its own path with clever twists—including a late-in-the-run flashback explaining how the cartel came into his life—and the sheer strength of the performances."[22] TV critic Sonia Saraiya of Variety wrote that Ozark is "smart, well-crafted, and says something," and that the series "comes together under Bateman's disarming and deceptively complex performance as Marty."[23] Tim Dowling of The Guardian wrote "Laura Linney is, as ever, magnificent".[24]

text: Critics compared Ozark positively to Breaking Bad, both of which involve a seemingly normal protagonist suddenly immersed in a world of crime. Nick Hanover wrote in Film Daily, "Once you get past the surface similarities, Ozark shines as something special and inventive, an intense crime opera where the scenery is as much the star as anyone in the cast."[25]

text: Season 2[edit]

text: The second season received mixed reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[26] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 67%, with an average rating of 6.11/10, based on 27 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Engaging and entertaining – if not particularly challenging – Ozark's descent into darker waters is kept afloat by another superb turn from Laura Linney."[27] Alison Foreman of Mashable noted how the female characters are not just "emotional fodder" for the male characters, stating "Season 2 of Netflix's Ozark, however, champions female stories through all 10 of its episodes with an array of women that rivals the ensemble complexity of HBO's The Sopranos."[28]

text: Accolades[edit]

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Year

Awards

Category

Recipient

Result

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2018

Golden Globe Awards

Best Actor – Television Series Drama

Jason Bateman

Nominated

[29]

Location Managers Guild Award

Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Television

Wes Hagan, Kevin Dowling

Won

[30]

People's Choice Awards

The Drama TV Star of 2018

Jason Bateman

Pending

[31]

The Bingeworthy Show of 2018

Ozark

Pending

Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman

Nominated

[32]

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Jason Bateman (for "The Toll")

Nominated

Daniel Sackheim (for "Tonight We Improvise")

Nominated

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)

Ben Kutchins (for "The Toll")

Nominated

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)

Derek R. Hill, John Richardson, & Chuck Potter (for "My Dripping Sleep")

Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman

Nominated

[33]

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Laura Linney

Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

New Series

Whit Anderson, Bill Dubuque, Paul Kolsby, Mark Williams, Martin Zimmerman, Ryan Farley, Alyson Feltes and Chris Mundy

Nominated

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text: A heated roll laminator uses heated rollers to melt glue extruded onto lamination film. This film is in turn applied to a substrate such as paper or card using pressure rollers. The primary purpose of laminating with such a machine is to embellish or protect printed documents or images. Heated roll laminators can vary in size from office based pouch laminators to industrial sized machines. Such industrial machines are primarily used for high quantity/quality output by printers or print finishers.

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text: Whether small office or industrial machines their primary function is to embellish or protect printed works. Such laminators are used to apply varying thicknesses of lamination film onto substrates such as paper or fabrics. The main advantage to the use of heated roll laminators is that of speed. Heated laminators use heated rollers or heated shoes to melt the glue which is applied to lamination film. The process of heating the glue prior to applying the film to a substrate allows for a faster application of the film. The laminates and adhesives used are generally cheaper to manufacture than cold roll laminates, often as much as half the cost depending on the comparison made. As the materials are non-adhesive until exposed to heat, they are much easier to handle. The glue is solid at room temperature, so lamination of this type is less likely to shift or warp after its application than pressure activated laminates, which rely on a highly viscous, adhesive fluid.

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text: Roll laminators typically use two rolls to complete the lamination process, with one roll being on top and the other roll on the bottom. These rolls slide onto metal bars, known as mandrels, which are then placed in the machine and feed through it. In the United States, the most common core size found on lamination film is one inch (25- to 27-inch-wide film). Larger format laminators use a larger core, often 21⁄4 to 3 inches in diameter. Film is usually available in 1.5, 3, 5, 7, and 10 mil thicknesses. The higher the number, the thicker the film. A mil is one thousandth of an inch (.001").[1]

text: Printers or print finishers often use industrial heated roll laminators to laminate such things as paperback book covers, magazine covers, posters, cards and postcards, in-shop displays as well as other applications.


document_title: Keeping Up with the Kardashians

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text: Robert Kardashian (1944–2003) and Kristen Mary "Kris" Houghton (born 1955) married in 1978, and had four children together: daughters Kourtney (born 1979), Kim (born 1980), and Khloé (born 1984), and son Rob (born 1987). The couple divorced in 1991. In 1994, Robert rose to prominence when he defended O. J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman during the O.J. Simpson trial.[3][4] In 1991, Kris married retired Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner (born 1949; now known as Caitlyn Jenner after undergoing a gender transition in 2015).[5] Bruce and Kris had two daughters together, Kendall (born 1995) and Kylie (born 1997). Robert died in 2003, eight weeks after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer.[6] The Kardashian sisters began appearing in the media spotlight more often. In 2004, Kim became a personal stylist for recording artist Brandy Norwood. She eventually developed into a full-time stylist, and was a personal shopper and stylist for actress Lindsay Lohan.[7] Khloé, Kim, and Kourtney ventured further into fashion, opening a high fashion boutique Dash in Calabasas, California. Throughout Kim's early career, she was involved in some high-profile relationships including Brandy Norwood's brother, singer Ray J, and later, singer Nick Lachey.[7] In 2006, Kourtney starred in her first reality television series, Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive.[8] In February 2007, a home sex video that Kim made with Ray J years earlier was leaked.[9] Vivid Entertainment bought the rights for $1 million and released the film as Kim Kardashian: Superstar on February 21.[9] Kim sued Vivid for ownership of the tape, but dropped the suit in April 2007 settling with Vivid Entertainment for $5 million.[10] It is often assumed that the release of the sex tape was a major contributor to the rising fame of Kim Kardashian and her family.[11]

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"[Kris] was interested in doing a television show and this was in the time that The Osbournes was popular. I had seen The Osbournes and thought to myself — because I had formed a production company — I thought we should find something in this vein. And at the time, we had heard that Kris was interested in doing something with the family, so it was me and one other guy at the company. […] We had no idea it would become the monster pop culture business that it is."

—Ryan Seacrest on developing the idea for the reality series.[12]

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text: The idea of creating a reality series originated in 2006 when Kris Jenner showed an interest in appearing on a television show together with her family.[13] Jenner commented: "Everybody thinks that [my children] could create a bunch of drama in their lives, but it's something that I felt I didn't even have to think about. It would be natural."[14] Producer Ryan Seacrest, who had his own production company, decided to develop the idea, having the popular family-based show The Osbournes in mind. He hired a camera man to visit the Kardashian's family home to film them having a Sunday barbeque: "They were all together — as crazy and as fun as loving as they are," Seacrest described the family after seeing the tape. He later initiated the series by sharing the tape with E!, an American cable network which features mostly entertainment-related programming, and reality television series; the show was eventually picked up.[12][15] In August 2007, it was announced that the Kardashian and Jenner families would star in a yet-to-be-titled reality show on E! described as a "new non-scripted family sitcom", being produced by Ryan Seacrest and Bunim/Murray Productions. The series' announcement came one week after Paris Hilton and her friend Nicole Richie announced that their popular E! series, The Simple Life, was ending.[16]

text: The show, entitled Keeping Up With the Kardashians, premiered on October 14, 2007.[17] The reality series centers around the members of the Kardashian-Jenner blended family, focusing on the sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloé. Most episodes have very similar structure: the family "show[s] off their privileged lifestyle and maybe get into one or two minor family squabbles before ultimately wrapping things up with a monologue that reinforces the importance of family," as noted by Caroline Siede of Quartz.[18] Harriet Ryan and Adam Tschorn of the Los Angeles Times described the reality series as a: "Hollywood version of The Brady Bunch -- the harmless high jinks of a loving blended family against a backdrop of wealth and famous connections".[19] Kim Kardashian described the beginning of filming the show, "When we first started [the show], we came together as a family and said, 'If we're going to do this reality show, we're going to be 100 percent who we really are.'".[20] She further commented on the show's authenticity by saying that the network "has never once put anything out there that we haven't approved of or accepted".[20] The series was renewed for a second season one month after its premiere due to high ratings.[17] Seacrest described the show's success: "At the heart of the series—despite the catfights and endless sarcasm—is a family that truly loves and supports one another […] The familiar dynamics of this family make them one Hollywood bunch that is sure to entertain."[8]

text: The following year, Keeping Up with the Kardashians was picked up for a third season.[21] In April 2012, E! signed a three-year deal with the Kardashian family that kept the series airing through seasons seven, eight and nine.[22] Keeping up with the Kardashians was later renewed for a tenth season which premiered on March 15, 2015.[23] In February 2015, it was announced that the show had been renewed for four more years, along with an additional spin-off series, making it one of the longest-running reality television series in the country.[24][25] In terms of the show's future, Kim Kardashian has commented that the reality series could go for an indefinite number of seasons saying that she: "hope[s] it goes on for as long as it can."[26] Keeping Up With the Kardashians, including its spin-off series, has become the cable network's flagship show and its most lucrative franchise. "It has changed the face of E!" said Lisa Berger, the network's executive producer. "We were a place to report on celebrity; we weren't a place to break and make celebrity, which is now the whole idea of the E! brand."[27] The show's success contributed significantly towards building the "Kardashian brand", or "Kardashian Inc." as it is called by The Hollywood Reporter. "These shows are a 30-minute commercial," Khloé Kardashian admitted in 2011, in response to a suggestion that the television series is used to promote their retail stores and endorsement deals.[27]

text: On August 3, 2017 It was announced the show's 10 year anniversary will premiere on September 24, 2017 following the show's season 14 premiere.[28]

text: On August 24, 2017 It was announced the family had signed a $150 million dollar deal with E!. [29]

text: Cast[edit]

text: The reality series revolves around the children of Kris Jenner, and originally focused mainly on the children from her first marriage to deceased attorney Robert Kardashian: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob. Kris' children Kendall and Kylie from her subsequent marriage to American athlete Bruce (later Caitlyn) Jenner have also been featured on the show since its beginning,[30][31] along with Jenner's son Brody from another marriage, although he appeared very few times during the early seasons, mostly being called by his step-brother Rob to babysit their half-sisters Kylie and Kendall.[32] Kourtney's boyfriend Scott Disick has also been appearing frequently on the show since the first season, as well as on the show's spin-offs.[30] Cast members also include numerous friends and other acquaintances of the family members, most notably Malika Haqq and Jonathan Cheban who joined Keeping Up with the Kardashians in the second and third seasons, respectively.[33][34]

text: Most of the Kardashian sisters' significant others have appeared on the reality series. Kim's relationship with football player Reggie Bush was featured on the show when they were dating; after the breakup, Bush commented on appearing on the show saying that he never felt comfortable being followed by cameras, adding: "I do it because it's important to [Kim]."[35] Rob's relationship with singer Adrienne Bailon has also been documented on the show when they were dating from 2007 to 2009; although Bailon later admitted that the decision to appear on the show, and be associated with the family, hurt her career.[36] Kim's ex-husband Kris Humphries first appeared on the show during the premiere of the sixth season; their relationship was chronicled throughout the season and ended with the couple's wedding special "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event".[37] They eventually went through a highly publicized divorce; Kardashian's former publicist later claimed that Humphries was allegedly set up to be portrayed on the show in a negative way and that the short-lived marriage was staged for the cameras as a ploy to generate money.[38][39]

text: Khloé married basketball player Lamar Odom during a fourth-season premiere aired in 2009. He later had a major role as part of the supporting cast of the series, though he did not appear regularly during the following seasons as he was attempting to repair his marriage with Khloé.[40] Kim's current husband Kanye West made his first appearance on Keeping Up with the Kardashians in July 2012 during the seventh season when he started dating Kim.[41] However, West was seldom seen in subsequent seasons. He explained the reasons for not appearing on the show later: "You know, the amount of backlash I got from it is when I decided to not be on the show anymore. And it's not that I have an issue with the show; I just have an issue with the amount of backlash that I get."[42] He also criticized the show for its cinematography and further complained about the way how the show is filmed.[43] In the eighth season, Caitlyn Jenner's sons Brandon and Brody Jenner, as well as Brandon's wife Leah, joined the cast for regular appearances.[32]

text: Related programming[edit]

text: The success of the reality series resulted in the development of several spin-off shows and other related programming. In April 2009, E! announced the first spin-off of Keeping Up with the Kardashians entitled Kourtney and Khloé in Miami, which was later renamed Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami. The series followed the sisters who moved to Miami to open a new Dash boutique. Ted Harbert, president and CEO of Comcast Entertainment Group, considered the sisters capable of handling their own standalone series. "It's a very simple formula that we took from scripted TV and applied to a reality show. […] There are a lot of family sitcom elements to 'Kardashians,' and we think that humor and warmth will carry over to Miami," Harbert added.[44] The show premiered on August 16, 2009 to very high ratings; the first episode brought in 2.7 million total viewers and then became the most-watched show on the network since The Anna Nicole Show in 2002.[45] The spin-off was subsequently renewed for a second season which premiered on June 13, 2010,[46] and later returned as Kourtney and Kim Take Miami for a third season on January 20, 2013.[47] Additionally, a series of webisodes entitled Lord Disick: Lifestyles of a Lord were released following the show, which showcased Disick as he informed viewers how to live like a "king".[48]

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"Khloé and Lamar are such a dynamic couple that we just knew we had to give them their own series. […] They are funny, dramatic, opinionated, and we intend to capture all this, along with the unvarnished reality of their lives together and apart, since each is constantly followed by their own celebrity spotlight."

—Lisa Berger, the executive vice president of the network.[49]

text: In October 2010, the network announced another spin-off called Kourtney and Kim Take New York which followed the same format as its predecessor. The show debuted on January 23, 2011, and followed the sisters who opened a Dash location in New York City.[50] The series returned for another season which premiered on November 27 the same year.[51] In January 2011, Khloé & Lamar, which featured Khloé and her husband Lamar Odom, became the third spin-off of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.[52] The show premiered on April 10, 2011, and lasted two seasons.[53] In March 2014, E! announced the fourth spin-off entitled Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons.[54] The series premiered on November 2, 2014, and followed Kourtney and Khloé who relocated to the Hamptons to work on opening a new Dash pop-up store.[55] The fifth spin-off series called Dash Dolls premiered on September 20, 2015. The reality series chronicles the daily life of the employees of the Dash boutique in Los Angeles.[56] In June 2016, the network announced another show entitled Rob & Chyna which premiered on September 11 the same year, and follows the relationship of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna as they prepare to welcome their first child.[57] The show was later renewed for a second season.[58] In July 2017, E! confirmed the series was put on hold, and not on their current schedule.[59]

text: The network has also aired several television specials featuring important family events. A two-part television event called "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event", showcasing the wedding between Kim and Kris Humphries, was broadcast on October 9 and 10, 2011 as part of the sixth season; the special was highly successful with a combined 10.5 million viewers.[60] A few days after Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce) came out as a trans woman during a 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer in May 2015, E! aired a two-part special on Keeping Up with the Kardashians entitled "About Bruce", in which another side of the story was told featuring family members who were not involved in the previous interview on 20/20.[61] The first part of the special debuted on May 17, 2015, and attracted 2.92 million total viewers, a 40% increase from the previous episode, while the second part aired the following day with similar viewership.[62] I Am Cait, a separate documentary series, was announced immediately after the 20/20 interview. Jeff Olde, head of programming at E! network, said that the series is "not at all a Kardashian spin-off", and that "we will not resort to spectacle," trying to emphasize its distinct format that is entirely different from most programming on the network, including Keeping Up with the Kardashians.[63] The eight-part, one-hour docuseries debuted on July 26, 2015, on E!, and focused on how Jenner was handling the aftermath of the transition; it also attempted to deal with various LGBT-related issues.[64][65] It was later cancelled after two seasons.[66] In April 2017, it was announced E! had ordered an 8-episode spin-off Life of Kylie revolving around Kylie Jenner which is set to premiere in summer 2017.[67]

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"The Kardashians are the last ladies standing in reality TV because they've simply always believed they were celebrities – endlessly amused with themselves, endlessly oblivious to one another. Their vanity is impervious to the outside world, which is how many of us often wish our own personal vanity worked. Their gargantuan egos, their petty jealousies, their catty feuds, the effort-vs.-eye-roll they put into reciting their lines, their commitment to frivolity at all costs – these are seductive qualities in a reality-TV star, however repugnant they might be in real life. Whatever it is you watch reality TV for, the Kardashians just have a lot more of it."

—Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone[68]

text: Keeping Up with the Kardashians has been the subject of constant panning by critics since its inception. Brian Lowry, reviewing the show for Variety, said that the network: "widens its lens to encompass the whole irritating brood — including Kim's sisters Khloé and Kourtney, mom-manager Kris and stepdad Bruce Jenner, who now has the distinction of having two sets of useless rich kids featured in pointless reality shows."[69] Ginia Bellafonte of The New York Times compared the show to reality series Gene Simmons Family Jewels and exclaimed that: "the Kardashian show is not about an eccentric family living conventionally; it is purely about some desperate women climbing to the margins of fame, and that feels a lot creepier."[70] Laura Burrows of IGN criticized the family for being too self-seeking and using the given platform only to gain more notoriety for themselves. Following the conclusion of the second season of the series, Burrows wrote: "Those of us who watch this show […] want to believe that these whores of attention have souls and would actually do something for their fellow man and not reap the benefits of their service, but two seasons' worth of self-absorbed egocentrism speaks to the contrary."[71]

text: Roxana Hadadi, reviewing Keeping Up with the Kardashians for The Washington Post, was extremely negative towards the reality series due to its absurdity, and commented that the show: "firmly captures all of Kim and Co.'s dumbest instances from the series' debut — from the simply self-absorbed to the downright despicable."[72] Amaya Rivera, writing about the series for Popmatters, noted: "Indeed, there is something disturbing about the Kardashians' intense hunger for fame. But even worse—it is downright boring to watch this family live out their tedious lives."[73] John Kubicek, the senior writer of BuddyTV, reviewed the premiere of the third season of the show and discussed the reason for the family's success by saying that: "the Kardashians' fame is a lot like Möbius strip or an M. C. Escher painting."[74] Harriet Ryan and Adam Tschorn of the Los Angeles Times described Keeping Up with the Kardashians as a: "Hollywood version of The Brady Bunch -- the harmless high jinks of a loving blended family against a backdrop of wealth and famous connections".[19] Jessica Chasmar of The Washington Times said that series: "illustrates our nation's moral, spiritual and cultural decay." Chasmar emphasized its negative influence and noted: "America of 50 years ago would regard Ms. Kardashian with a mixture of disdain and pity, embarrassed by the very idea of a young lady's most private moments being broadcast for all the world to see."[75]

text: Goal Auzeen Saedi, reviewing Keeping Up with the Kardashians for Psychology Today, emphasized the show's influence saying that: "The Kardashians become more relatable the more famous they become." Saedi also questioned their decision to appear on the show and added: "But if living life in the spotlight is so taxing and demands multiple justifications for the way your life is being lived and criticized, perhaps you can take the cameras out of your house."[76] Vinnie Mancuso, writing for New York Observer, criticized the show and felt: "roughly one iota of shadenfreudic pleasure from this endeavor, but for the most part this show is the 100% drizzling poops."[77] David Hinckley of the New York Daily News, reviewing the tenth season, said that "even when you think something about the Kardashians could be interesting, it's not," adding that the "entertainment value [of the show] is like having spent 10 years in Rapid City, S.D., watching the traffic lights change."[78] Amy Amatangelo of The Hollywood Reporter said that "in true Kardashian fashion, they managed to make everything about them," after Caitlyn Jenner came out as a trans woman to her family in the "About Bruce" special aired as part of the tenth season. Amatangelo felt that the conversations "seemed a little too staged, too controlled", and noted that "there was no attempt to educate the viewers about transgender issues."[79]

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"The title of the show is misleading – Keeping Up with the Kardashians has me imagining the raven-haired siblings being tracked by a slobbering pack of hunting dogs. Sadly, the reality is much more mundane. The best we can hope for is a peek into the crazy chaos of life on the A-list. […] The Kardashians would be the first to admit that their notoriety has little to do with any discernible talent, beyond an alarming capability for self-promotion."

—Gareth Dimelow from Sabotage Times[80]

text: However, several critics were more positive towards the show. A number of publications welcomed the show as "guilty pleasure", including The Huffington Post, The Atlantic, and The Week.[81][82][83] Tim Stack, writing for Entertainment Weekly, described the reality series as: "my favorite little slice of reality TV spongecake."[84] Lauren Le Vine of Refinery29 appreciated the success of the family which "achieved the American dream of making something out of nothing," using the given platform.[85] Libby Hill of The A.V. Club also acknowledged the show's success and said: "Keeping Up With The Kardashians gives us real, joyous, ugly, unsavory, hilarious life, with all the polished sitcom trappings. And though the latter may have launched a multimedia empire, the former has made it last".[86] Maura Kelly of The Guardian evaluated the aftermath of the failed wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, which was documented on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and subsequently caused public outrage, including an online protest petition to cancel the show. "Since Kim doesn't exactly seem to be an exemplar of self-awareness, I suppose it's possible that she really believed she and Humphries would live happily ever after," Kelly speculated whether or not the marriage was a publicity stunt. "But more likely, she and E! are laughing all the way to the bank – 10.5 million viewers tuned into "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event", after all," Kelly summarized the controversy.[87] Josh Duboff, writing for Vanity Fair, commented on the show's long run and said that "it is near impossible to argue that their continued relevance, 10 years later, is anything other than awe-inspiring and remarkable".[88]

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"At their core, the Kardashians are an incredibly bonded, loving, large family who live an incredibly large life. And if you actually look at the history of television, there's a pretty large number of families with that blend resonating with viewers. This just happens to be the first reality show that does it. […] It's just an incredibly fascinating drama that's played out. But at its core, you know that they're going to end up around that dinner table together."

—E! President Suzanne Kolb discusses the popularity of the series in an interview with The Wrap.[89]

text: Keeping Up with the Kardashians has been a ratings success for E! – in its first month it became the highest-rated series aired on Sunday nights for adults 18–34 and was seen by 1.3 million total viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.[17][90] Lisa Berger, executive vice president of original programming and series development for E!, said: "The buzz surrounding the series is huge, and viewers have clearly fallen for the Kardashians. […] Seacrest and Bunim-Murray's unique ability to capture this family's one-of-a-kind dynamics and hilarious antics has made the series a fantastic addition to our prime-time lineup."[17] The second season continued the success and was viewed by 1.6 million viewers on average, which led to a third season renewal.[91] The two-hour fourth-season premiere, which aired on November 8, 2009, and featured the wedding ceremony of Khloé and Lamar Odom, brought in then-record ratings with 3.2 million viewers.[92] The subsequent season debuted with nearly 4.7 million total viewers, which ranked as the highest-rated season premiere of the show, as of August 2015.[93] It was also the second highest-rated episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, second only to the previous season's record-breaking finale with 4.8 million viewers.[94]

text: The seventh-season premiere of the series, which aired on May 20, 2012 in its earlier timeslot, continued to deliver high ratings attracting almost three million total viewers which exceeded the premiere of the previous season by 16%.[95] Kim Kardashian has explained the success of the show by saying that people tune in to watch the series because they can relate themselves to the members of the family; in an interview with the V magazine she said: "You can see that soap operas aren't on the air as much anymore. I think reality shows are taking over that genre, but I think the draw to our show is that we are relatable."[96] The eighth season debuted to 3 million viewers, up 6% from the previous season, while the subsequent ninth season's premiere was down by 20%.[97][98] The ninth season averaged 3.3 million total viewers and almost 2.2 million in the 18–49 years adult demographic, the most sought after by advertisers. It was the highest rated cable show in its timeslot.[23] The series finished as the most-social ad-supported cable program and, as of March 2015, Keeping Up with the Kardashians is the most-watched show on E! network.[99] The first episode of the tenth season averaged 2.5 million viewers, slightly less than the premiere of the ninth season.[100] In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that Keeping Up with the Kardashians "tends to most popular in areas with large Hispanic populations, particularly in the Southwest".[101]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: Keeping Up with the Kardashians has been nominated for, and won, several television awards. The reality series has received nominations for a Teen Choice Award in the Choice TV: Celebrity Reality Show category nine consecutive times between 2008 and 2016, winning the award in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2016. The show also won a People's Choice Award as Favorite TV Guilty Pleasure in 2011. The Kardashian sisters have been nominated as part of the cast for five awards, winning four times; Kim Kardashian has been nominated for three awards winning one in 2012. In 2010, Kris and Caitlyn Jenner received a Teen Choice Award nomination in a one-time Choice TV: Parental Unit category.

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Association
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
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2008
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Celebrity Reality Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Nominated
[102]

Choice TV Reality/Variety Star: Female
Kim Kardashian
Nominated

2009
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Reality Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Nominated
[103]

Choice TV Reality/Variety Star: Female
Kim Kardashian
Nominated

2010
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Reality Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Won
[104]

Choice TV Reality/Variety Star: Female
The Kardashian sisters
Won

Choice TV: Parental Unit
Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner
Nominated

2011
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Summer TV Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Nominated
[105]

Choice TV Reality/Variety Star: Female
The Kardashian sisters
Won

People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Guilty Pleasure
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Won
[106]

2012
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Reality Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Nominated
[107]

Choice TV Reality/Variety Star: Female
The Kardashian sisters
Won

People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Celebreality Star
Kim Kardashian
Won
[108]

2013
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Reality Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Won
[109]

Choice TV Reality/Variety Star: Female
The Kardashian sisters
Won

2014
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Reality Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Won
[110]

Choice TV Reality/Variety Star: Female
The Kardashian sisters
Nominated

2015
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Reality Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Nominated
[111]

2016
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Reality Show
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Won
[112]

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text: Broadcast history[edit]

text: Keeping Up with the Kardashians premiered on October 14, 2007 in the United States on the E! cable network at 10:30/9:30 pm ET/PT. The half-hour reality series continued to air every Sunday night in the same time slot, and the eight-episode first season of the show concluded on December 2. The subsequent season premiered the following year on March 9 in an earlier time slot at 10:00/9:00 pm with a repeated episode airing immediately afterwards.[113] The season ended on May 26, 2008 with an episode "Junk in the Trunk", which featured the Kardashian siblings sharing the most memorable moments of the season.[114] The third season commenced airing on March 8, 2009 and concluded with two back-to-back episodes which aired on May 25. The subsequent season premiered with a two-hour long episode entitled "The Wedding" on November 8, and ended on February 21, 2010;[113] some of the episodes aired throughout the season were extended to a full hour.[115]

text: The fifth season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians began airing on August 22, 2010 and concluded with another "Junk in the Trunk" episode on December 20.[114] The sixth season commenced on June 12, 2011 and ended with a television special "Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event" which aired two extended episodes on October 9 and 10. The show later returned on December 19 with the episode "Kendall's Sweet 16".[113] Starting with the seventh season, which premiered on May 20, 2012, the half-hour reality series was extended to a full hour in a new 9:00/8:00 pm time slot.[116] The season concluded on October 28. The eighth season of the series started airing on June 2, 2013; it became the longest season with 21 episodes and ended on December 1. The ninth and tenth seasons aired in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The latter season included a television special entitled "About Bruce" which aired on May 17 and 18, 2015.[113] The eleventh season premiered on November 15, one month after the previous season finished.[113] The twelfth season of the show debuted on May 1, 2016.[117] The thirteenth season premiered on March 12, 2017.[118]

text: Home video releases and streaming[edit]

text: In North America, the first three seasons of the reality series were distributed on DVD.[119] The first season was released on October 7, 2008 by Lions Gate Entertainment which obtained the home entertainment distribution rights for a variety of programming from Comcast Entertainment Group, including Keeping Up with the Kardashians.[120] The second and third seasons of the series were released on November 10, 2009 and August 17, 2010, respectively.[119] In Australia, all seasons are released on DVD by Universal Sony Pictures. The latest addition, which includes the eleventh season of the show, was released on April 28, 2016.[121] In the United Kingdom, the reality series is distributed by Universal Pictures UK. The DVD set of the seventh season, the latest addition, was released on June 24, 2013.[122] The episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians are also available on numerous streaming video on demand services, such as Amazon Video, iTunes, Google Play, Microsoft Movies & TV,[123] Hulu,[124] and Vudu,[125] as well as the E! network's own streaming service.[126]


document_title: Constraint (mathematics)

question_text: what does it mean for a constraint to be binding

text: Constraint (mathematics)

text: Example[edit]

text: The following is a simple optimization problem:

text: subject to

text: and

text:
where

x

{\displaystyle {\mathbf {x}}}

 denotes the vector (x1, x2).

text: In this example, the first line defines the function to be minimized (called the objective function, loss function, or cost function). The second and third lines define two constraints, the first of which is an inequality constraint and the second of which is an equality constraint. These two constraints are hard constraints, meaning that it is required that they be satisfied; they define the feasible set of candidate solutions.

text:
Without the constraints, the solution would be (0,0), where

f
(

x

)

{\displaystyle f({\mathbf {x}})}

 has the lowest value. But this solution does not satisfy the constraints. The solution of the constrained optimization problem stated above is

x

=
(
1
,
1
)

{\displaystyle {\mathbf {x}}=(1,1)}

, which is the point with the smallest value of

f
(

x

)

{\displaystyle f({\mathbf {x}})}

 that satisfies the two constraints.

text: Terminology[edit]

text:
If an inequality constraint holds with equality at the optimal point, the constraint is said to be binding, as the point cannot be varied in the direction of the constraint even though doing so would improve the value of the objective function.
If an inequality constraint holds as a strict inequality at the optimal point (that is, does not hold with equality), the constraint is said to be non-binding, as the point could be varied in the direction of the constraint, although it would not be optimal to do so. If a constraint is non-binding, the optimization problem would have the same solution even in the absence of that constraint.
If a constraint is not satisfied at a given point, the point is said to be infeasible.

tag: ul

text: Hard and soft constraints[edit]

text: If the problem mandates that the constraints be satisfied, as in the above discussion, the constraints are sometimes referred to as hard constraints. However, in some problems, called flexible constraint satisfaction problems, it is preferred but not required that certain constraints be satisfied; such non-mandatory constraints are known as soft constraints. Soft constraints arise in, for example, preference-based planning. In a MAX-CSP problem, a number of constraints are allowed to be violated, and the quality of a solution is measured by the number of satisfied constraints.


document_title: Greenhouse Academy

question_text: when is the second season of greenhouse academy coming out on netflix

text: Greenhouse Academy

text: Plot[edit]

text: Eight months after losing their astronaut mother in a rocket explosion, a brother and a sister enroll at a private boarding school for gifted future leaders. Separately, they join two competing houses within the school and become rivals. Soon, mysterious events draw kids from both competing houses into a secret investigation. The kids uncover a deadly plot to destroy the planet. Only by joining forces and working together, will they be able to save the world.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Ariel Mortman[1] as Hayley Woods
Finn Roberts[1] as Alex Woods
Chris O'Neal[1] as Daniel Hayward
Dallas Hart[1] as Leo Cruz
Cinthya Carmona[1] as Sophie Cardona
Grace Van Dien[1] as Brooke Osmond
Benjamin Papac[1] as Max Miller
Jessica Amlee[1] as Jackie Sanders[4]
BJ Mitchell[1] as Parker Grant
Aviv Buchler as Emma Geller
Ishai Golan[1] as Carter Woods
Selina Giles as Ryan Woods
Yiftach Mizrahi as Jason Osmond
Nitsan Levartovsky as Suzanne McGill
Parker Stevenson[1] as Louis Osmond
Nadine Ellis[1] as Judy Hayward
Yuval Yanai as Eric Simmons
Reina Hardesty[1] as Aspen Fairchild

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Efrat Dor as Michelle Wallace
Natalie Berkowitz as Meredith
Dean Gerber as Owen
Jake Miller as Seth
Stephanie Troyak as Tammy
Amit Yagur[5] as Becca
Zvika Fohrman as Coach Davies
Jonathan Miller as Kyle
Maayan Bloom as Marcus
Errol Trotman Harewood as David Diggs
Iftach Ophir as Perry FBI Agent
Aaron Kaplan as Brandon Thomas

text: Production[edit]

text: Greenhouse Academy is a Netflix original series based on the Israeli tween-drama The Greenhouse (Ha-Hamama), which ran on Nickelodeon Israel.[6] Both versions were created by Giora Chamizer and produced by Nutz Productions, a subsidiary of Ananey Communications.[7] Two seasons consisting of a total of 24 episodes were produced. The series was filmed in summer 2016 in Tel Aviv and at other locations in Israel.[8] The first season was released on Netflix on September 8, 2017.[3] Season 2 is scheduled to be released in March 2018.[9]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original release date

1
"Pilot"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

Guest starring: Tamir Ginsburg as Tyler Shaw, Dan Mor as Sergeant Archer

2
"The Opening Challenge"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

3
"Breaking and Entering"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

4
"Private Screening"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

5
"Black Smoke"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

Guest starring: Dor Zweigenbaum as Dr. Schwartz

6
"Captain Material"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

7
"Swimming Lessons"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

8
"The Outsider"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

Guest starring: Omri Doron as JPL Security Guard

9
"Steph"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

Guest starring: Herzl Tobey as Park Ranger

10
"Guilt-Free Cupcakes"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

Guest starring: Herzl Tobey as Park Ranger

11
"Great Scott"
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)

12
"L.D.R."
Roee Florentin
Giora Chamizer & Paula Yoo
September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)