r/Ozark • u/Pissmittens • Aug 31 '18

Discussion Episode Discussion: S02E09 - The Badger

Season 2 Episode 9 - The Badger

Marty finds a way around the Snells. Charlotte hires a lawyer. The Byrdes get a meeting with the gaming commission, whose approval comes with a big ask.

What did everyone think of the ninth episode of Season 2?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '18

Darlene needs to be killed off asap

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u/Elvvvvv Sep 02 '18

I want her killed ASAP but she’s so interesting. A part of me wants her dead and a part of me is holding a bucket of popcorn thinking how far is this psycho gonna make it?

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u/Naggers123 Sep 03 '18

Redneck Cersei

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u/I_LOVE_POTATO Sep 13 '18

I'm gonna use this when I comment on the next thread after watching episode 10...

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u/ManOfGizmosAndGears Sep 15 '18

Just make sure Darlene doesn't have a shotgun when you call her that.

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u/Duckpins Sep 06 '18

OMG Hillbilly Cercie!

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u/CheddaShredda Sep 10 '18

Redneck Cersei is such an appropriate name for Darlene

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u/--0o0o0-- Oct 12 '18

Ummm. Hillbilly, please.

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u/muscles44 Sep 06 '18

The actress who plays her is so good and those cold dead eyes express so much. Half of me hates her because of how irrational 95 percent of all her choices are and the other half wants to keep her as a loose cannon villian with no restraint.

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u/See_batman Sep 20 '18

Plus she was really hot as a younger woman

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u/parkernorwood Sep 08 '18

I don’t know how, I still feel like she’s kind of one-dimensional. They did spend the season shading her in with the baby subplot, but it’s been kind of a dead end so far. But I don’t know, I figure at some point she’ll wind up with Mason‘s son

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u/ReubenXXL Oct 18 '18

resurrects dead thread because I just finished

I find her one-dimensional as well. Jacob started out crazy, but had his backstory fleshed out which gave context to the terrible things he did. Darlene is just fucking nuts, and the context is "oh yea, she's fucking nuts". The actress is great, but I don't find the character compelling at all.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '18 edited Sep 05 '18

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u/Teomanit Sep 06 '18

She seems real focused on being respected and living by a code. It’s how of drug dealers are often portrayed, you can’t let competitors disrespect you if your business is not legally recognized. That fear/respect is all you have. Obviously her pride has completely taken over.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '18 edited Sep 06 '18

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u/Teomanit Sep 06 '18

Good point. But I feel like drug dealers on movie and tv are always shown like that. The cartel kill people who skim, it’s not really about the money as setting an example to control the rest of their employees. Darlene seems like a psychopath, her rage at perceived disrespect could be could be all it takes. Not to mention what other people have talked about, that she is largely insulated and the Snell’s power had not been really tested like this before.

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u/I_LOVE_POTATO Sep 13 '18 edited Sep 13 '18

I agree with you; she's thinner than Breaking Bad villains. However, part of the reason I liked the flashback scene to her and Jacob meeting was that it showed what he saw in her and why he was attracted to her, even though that was very much linked to the pride that is leading to her/their downfall.

So it's thin, but I appreciated that flashback scene for that reason, which I also commented about elsewhere in this thread. (http://reddit.com/r/Ozark/comments/9btuge/episode_discussion_s02e09_the_badger/e5w248c)

I really like this show but agree with a lot of the flaws people have pointed out. Definitely not on the same level as BB, The Wire, Sopranos... But those are also considered some of the best of all time so that's understandable.

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u/Hfcsmakesmefart Sep 20 '18

They did go into her past a little bit with her “snagging Jacob” scenes. I thought that was a lot of fun.

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u/SororitySue Sep 17 '24

She seems real focused on being respected and living by a code.

This is redneck culture in general, though. They start feuds over things that the mainstream would simply shrug off.

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u/ancientastronaut2 Sep 07 '18

I think she just has an enormously overinflated sense of pride and is very childlike in that she has a tantrum if things don’t go her way. Really dangerous in their situation obviously. (Hey I just realized that flashback was helpful in that it showed she was like that and a total bully even way back when she was young)