What is Ozark S1-4's IQ Score?

Ozark S1-4 has an IQ Score of 139/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 37/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 28/50 Educational Value, and 41/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Ozark S1-4 educational?

Ozark S1-4 is moderate on educational value, 28/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Ozark S1-4 , IQ Score 139/200

Ozark S1-4 has an IQ Score of 139/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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139/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

An accountant launders cartel money in the Missouri Ozarks while his marriage and his children's morality decompose in parallel. Jason Bateman and Laura Linney work in a particular register of restrained dread, every conversation is also a negotiation, every parental decision also a tactical one.

The show is unusually good on the specific mechanics of money laundering through casinos and funeral homes, which gives its tension a procedural floor when the plotting drifts.

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