"Hillbilly" is not a very complimentary term in most of the country. It kind of signifies some redneck, poorly-educated backwoods person. But in Ozark, the word "hillbilly" has a different history to it and meaning and it's anything but an insult. It has a good connotation, and it was interesting to hear why. (It's always good to hear both sides of the story.) Even the elitist narrator Paul Winfield and his City Confidential writers were kind to his Arkansas town, something that surprised me. "They called it a charming hillbilly town, simple and southern Gothic." They did mention it was where "American Griffiti meets The Dukes Of Hazzard." First and foremost, it's a sportsman's paradise, thanks to the Arkansas River and the Ozark National Forest. It's not far, up the twisting road called "The Big Trail," to Fayetteville and the home of the University of Arkansas.
The crime story involved here, though, is a bit kinky thanks to the person was murdered - somebody you wouldn't picture in Ozark in the 1970s. She was Dr. Becky Johnson. Picture a doctor in hillbilly country who comes in with boob jobs "that make Dolly Parton look flat, and more brash, brassy and controversial than Bill Clinton," according to CC. It wasn't just amble cleavage, mini-skirts and unprofessional dress that drew patients to Dr. Johnson. She was good with them and before you knew it, she had more patients in the hospital being treated than all the other town doctors put together. Of course, some of the latter said a lot of those folks didn't need to be hospitalized, that it was for show.
I can't answer those charges, only report what was in this episode. It then chronicles Becky's further rise in the medical world, and in the world of finance. Dr. Johnson not only rose to amazing heights in her field in Arkansas but was always interested in making more money. That wound up being her undoing. She had a net worth of $10 million but wanted more. So did a con man named Alan Johnson, whose wife, Libby Shankle, was the doctor's bookkeeper. To make a long story short, Johnson convinced Dr. Becky that he had Mafia ties and, through money laundering, could double her money in less than a week. Dr. Johnson then took out about $1.4 million out of her bank account and met the other Johnson to begin the scheme. That was the last anyone saw her.
Eventually, Johnson was nabbed in Memphis with the cash. Eventually, Dr. Johnson's body was found floating in a creek in Alabama. This whole thing has affected the town in a negative way, in that local health care has never been as good since Dr. Becky's demise.
The crime story involved here, though, is a bit kinky thanks to the person was murdered - somebody you wouldn't picture in Ozark in the 1970s. She was Dr. Becky Johnson. Picture a doctor in hillbilly country who comes in with boob jobs "that make Dolly Parton look flat, and more brash, brassy and controversial than Bill Clinton," according to CC. It wasn't just amble cleavage, mini-skirts and unprofessional dress that drew patients to Dr. Johnson. She was good with them and before you knew it, she had more patients in the hospital being treated than all the other town doctors put together. Of course, some of the latter said a lot of those folks didn't need to be hospitalized, that it was for show.
I can't answer those charges, only report what was in this episode. It then chronicles Becky's further rise in the medical world, and in the world of finance. Dr. Johnson not only rose to amazing heights in her field in Arkansas but was always interested in making more money. That wound up being her undoing. She had a net worth of $10 million but wanted more. So did a con man named Alan Johnson, whose wife, Libby Shankle, was the doctor's bookkeeper. To make a long story short, Johnson convinced Dr. Becky that he had Mafia ties and, through money laundering, could double her money in less than a week. Dr. Johnson then took out about $1.4 million out of her bank account and met the other Johnson to begin the scheme. That was the last anyone saw her.
Eventually, Johnson was nabbed in Memphis with the cash. Eventually, Dr. Johnson's body was found floating in a creek in Alabama. This whole thing has affected the town in a negative way, in that local health care has never been as good since Dr. Becky's demise.