In Season 2, the childless Darlene made it clear to Jacob that she wanted a baby to carry on the family legacy (a multi-million-dollar heroin empire in the Missouri Ozarks). “He was disrespectful” she told Jacob (who calmly dispatched Del’s bodyguard with two gunshots). In Season 1, she poisoned strip club owner Bobby Deane with a syringe-jab to the neck and, much later on, literally blew the head off of drug lord Camino Del Rio (Esai Morales) after he referred to Darlene and her husband Jacob (Peter Mullan) as “rednecks.”
Wicked Aunt Lydia from “The Handmaid’s Tale” has some company atop TV’s pantheon of evil: murderous “ Ozark” denizen Darlene Snell.Īs “Ozark” fans know, Darlene (Lisa Emery in an Emmy-worthy performance) isn’t exactly the epitome of warmth. Warning: This story contains spoilers from Season 2 of “Ozark.”
