An Ode to Ozark’s Unpredictable Villain Darlene

Warning: This story contains plot details from Ozark’s fourth season. In Ozark’s fourth-season episode “Sanctified,” long-running country crime boss Darlene Snell (Lisa Emery) marries Wyatt Langmore (Charlie Tahan) and completes her small family with adopted son Zeke. It is a rare moment of happiness for the character, who has killed with the unpredictability and ease of a comic book villain during the show’s four-year span. But the bliss is short-lived. The Mexican drug cartel has moved into her territory, and Darlene—proud, stubborn businesswoman that she is—has refused to stop supplying heroin. So, only eight minutes after Darlene and Wyatt’s wedding,… Read Full Article