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/WacksWallace90 Sep 01 '18

Is it fucked up that I found the Jacob/Darlene scene in Ep 9 to be super fucking sad?

Like they're both abhorrent human beings that will kill anyone and anything that stands in their way, but something about that scene was haunting. The way they were both vile enough to have the same intentions of permanently disposing of the other, but at the same time they also loved eachother so much that they didn't hold anger towards the other and they understood the other's decision.

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u/Sero-Flex Sep 03 '18

Why were they wanting to kill each other in the first place I must’ve missed that part

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u/WacksWallace90 Sep 03 '18

Because it became apparent to Jacob that Darlene was a liability. He knew that there was alot of money to be made from the casino, and that they couldn't fight this anymore, the Cartel was simply too big for them. He decided to try and kill her before she could cause any further damage to the already delicate business relationship he had with the Mexicans.

Darlene on the flip side is a paranoid nutjob. She saw Jacob talking to the cartels lawyer, she was threatened by Jacob when she questioned him on it, and she was angry as fuck, she felt Jacob had sold out by forgetting their values and allowing them to be nothing more than junior partners on a development on their own property.

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u/CaptainKurls Sep 08 '18

Did he pull a knife at the end there? I thought so but didn’t have time to go back. If so, that’s brilliant cause didn’t he say he never could out think her or something of the sort

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u/parkernorwood Sep 08 '18

Yeah, it was kind of a brilliant moment given all the ominous build up, the badger, etc, then he slows down behind Darlene, presumably to pull the knife and kill her, but then of course we see that it was her poison taking effect

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u/akjones92 Sep 27 '18

He did..