Netflix ‘How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)’ Season 4 Review - Crime, Coding, and Coming-of-Age Make a Killer Combo

Season 4 of How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) doesn’t waste time asking if it should come back. It barrels in like Moritz Zimmermann himself: a bit cockier than last time, slightly more paranoid, and definitely still allergic to quitting while ahead. The result? A fourth season that mostly sticks the landing with its trademark chaotic pace, smart edits, and emotional sucker punches—though not without the occasional stumble.

When we last saw Moritz, he was staring down the very real consequences of his web-fueled drug empire. Season 4 picks up right where Season 3’s prison cliffhanger left off—with Moritz planning a breakout. Except this time, it’s not just youthful recklessness or a bruised ego pushing the plot forward; it’s survival. And maybe a sliver of redemption. Or not. It’s Moritz, after all.

He’s not the only one trying to figure out where life goes post-MyDrugs. Lenny is still hacking (less crime, more conscience), Lisa is trying to make peace with loving and loathing Moritz in equal measure, and the gang is clearly aging out of high school antics. One of the season’s smartest choices is letting them grow up without turning the show into a gritty prestige drama knockoff. Yes, they're adults now, but that doesn’t mean they have their lives together. It means the mistakes get bigger and the fallouts messier.

What Season 4 excels at is pacing. It zips through plotlines like a browser with twenty tabs open—every one of them somehow relevant. There's prison drama, entrepreneurial scheming, dark web disasters, awkward romance, and enough tech lingo to keep the show grounded in its nerdy roots. The editing remains kinetic but never jarring, filled with those now-iconic fourth-wall breaks, tutorial-style infographics, and cheeky voiceovers that keep even exposition from dragging. Think Mr. Robot, if it were written by someone who also loved meme culture and still had a student loan.

The performances are still solid across the board. Maximilian Mundt’s Moritz manages to stay both infuriating and sympathetic, which is no small feat considering the guy’s ego could probably crash a server. Danilo Kamperidis as Lenny brings in much-needed heart, balancing out Moritz’s control-freak tendencies. Anna Lena Klenke’s Lisa gets more space this season, and she uses it well, showing us a character who's finally done cleaning up after someone else’s ambition.

The show’s strength has always been its ability to blend its tones: crime, comedy, emotion, and absurdity. Season 4 nails that balance 80% of the time. But there’s the other 20%, where the show tries to bite off a bit more than it can chew. A couple of new subplots feel half-baked—like they were added for shock value or trend relevance rather than organic storytelling. There’s a stretch in the middle of the season that leans a bit too much on edgy-for-the-sake-of-it energy, which dulls the show’s usually sharp satire.

There’s also the occasional over-explanation. The earlier seasons trusted the audience to keep up, but this one sometimes pauses to remind us how clever it is. That said, even when it does talk down a bit, it never loses its voice: dry, youthful, and a little too smart for its own good—exactly like its protagonist.

Visually, the show is as slick as ever. The UI-based transitions, phone screens, and desktop pop-ups feel less like gimmicks and more like an extension of the characters’ minds. The show remembers it's about a generation raised online, and every visual decision reinforces that. The soundtrack’s still a win too—no surprise there—with sharp, weird choices that feel like something your extremely online friend would send you at 2 a.m.

Where Season 4 shines brightest is in its willingness to look inward. After all the fast-talking, fast-coding chaos of the earlier seasons, this one lingers more on consequences. There are scenes that feel slower, quieter, even awkward in a very real, very human way. Watching Moritz flail to maintain control as everything crumbles around him is uncomfortable, and that's the point. This season isn’t about glorifying crime—it’s about what happens when you build your entire identity on being the smartest person in the room, and then the room changes.

Is it perfect? No. The plot occasionally bites its own tail, a few characters get sidelined, and the ending, while emotionally satisfying, leaves some threads dangling in a way that feels more like hedging bets than bold storytelling. But for a show that started out as a scrappy German teen comedy about drugs and coding, Season 4 proves it’s got the range. It evolves without abandoning its DNA.

If this is the final chapter, it ends on a note that feels earned: bittersweet, chaotic, and just self-aware enough to keep winking at the viewer. If there’s a Season 5? Well, let’s hope Moritz doesn’t find yet another reason to boot up his server again. A mostly brilliant continuation that juggles crime, code, and character growth with style, even if it occasionally drops the ball. Watch it, even if you're now technically too old for high school drama.

Final Score- [7.5/10]
Reviewed by - Anjali Sharma
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Publisher at Midgard Times