Ruth really gets off on ruining Frank Jr.’s fun. He wanted to leave the business behind, now Wendy is talking about diving further in? In five years, Ben wants Ruth, dogs, a house, a garden, and a job. Darlene, who let Helen know she’s getting back in the drug game and wants to renew their deal. He straight-up told Navarro he hopes he dies in the cartel war.
You know who is? He didn’t, but that won’t stop Frank Jr. from thinking it’s true. At this point, it’s unclear whether Marty really thinks it’s a crazy plan or if he just doesn’t want to give Wendy what she wants. "You're a smart kid, but you know your mom did this.Going forward, How will Jonah adjust to this difficult truth? She explains she’s working for Marty to learn how to launder money, then eventually she’s going to kill him.‘Ozark’ Season 1 Episode 3 Recap: “My Dripping Sleep” All Helen wants is for her to stay none the wiser of what she does for a living. Neither is Darlene. The FBI agents on this case are really 0 for 3. Darlene re-planting her crops is not what Wendy wants to hear as she and Marty take a sabbatical from their marriage. All will be known come season 3. Helen and Ruth are the twosome I’d like to see more of.
She has a meltdown and freaks out on a worker at the grocery store after finding out they don’t have the ice cream she wants. We may earn commission from the links on this page. She realizes that despite what the couple tells her, she is not their family because if she was, they would have killed Frank Jr. His inability to comprehend the danger he’s in leaves Wendy helpless and hopeless, which is not a good sign. Ruth’s right, he has to stop assuming he knows better than Wendy, who is out here strong-arming Big Muddy’s owners. Is Marty two-timing his wife or is this part of his plan to turn Maya?In reality, I should have been nervous for those horses. Leave it to Helen to soothe her mind with calming advice like, “Just don’t fuck it up.”Their first day at the Big Muddy casino doesn’t go so well after the former owners barge in. It seems that the ambush helped the FBI uncover more information in six hours than they had in six months. He won’t let Ruth bail him out of jail, which allows Darlene to become his “get out of jail free” card. People are in their boats listening as Pastor Mason Young (Michael Mosley) speaks from his own boat.Wendy’s showing a house she staged with her own furniture to a couple when the real estate agent walks in. She threatens to tell everyone in town about his $8 million, so he hires her as a dishwasher to keep her quiet.Later, Charlotte wants to get a job and has already landed an interview, and Marty offers her a ride. Helen is abruptly shot. Still fuming, she locks Russ and Boyd in the cage with the bobcats. She explains that she doesn’t think the reason Ben should die is because he told Erin, but because Erin’s not the last person he’ll tell. We also get a sense of the disdain he has for his sister, who left home and him when she was 18.Wendy’s getting calls from Navarro on not only her phone, but Helen’s.
But Wendy’s big swings might also be a liability, which explains why Marty is researching smartphone spyware. Still, Pelphrey, who plays Tom, doesn't blame Wendy for her cold decision. Helen is their partner because Navarro has chosen her and they work for him. Is that Wendy’s endgame?For right now, the Byrdes are back to angel investing, throwing their money at the failing Big Muddy casino, which ends up being a metaphor for their failing marriage. We do not lose.” Still she can’t get them to sell their hotel to her. Her marriage? Sure, maybe it’s out of the goodness of her heart that she’s doing this, but this also helps her. But Maya is adamant that Marty’s ability to hide his crimes is reason enough to hire him. We finally find out that the “little man with the mean eyes” is Jorge Mendoza. “Broken promises have consequences” are some pretty ominous parting words, don’t you think? He also informs them Bruce is dead. Next time Marty, don’t act like you care about other people’s lives, it’s a real tell. "It was either Ben or it was Wendy and her children. She thinks this is a loyalty test and might mean the end for Marty, but Wendy won’t give the ok for the FBI to go get him. War, what is it good for? When Ben asks who those guys were, Ruth’s answer is simple: “Ask your fucking sister.” Helen swears she had nothing to do with the kidnapping. When they finally land, Marty, Wendy, and Helen go to greet Navarro who seems in good spirits. I’m dying to know already! Luckily, Wendy is a smooth talker and they were able to get away this time, but Ben really can’t get out of his own way right now. Helen on the other hand is dealing with an ex-husband who is putting out Amber Alerts. Marty knows Wendy ordered the hit on Cade and goes as far to call her a murderer. Though, I have to agree with Marty here, Wendy does seem a little too buddy-buddy with Helen.
All he cares about is making Ruth’s gambling plan look real. He fires a shot into Helen's house, indicating he may be more violent in season 4. But Wendy knows she is the real reason Ben is dead. “He called Helen,” Marty tells Ruth. Marty also has a visitor by the name of Agent Maya Miller (Jessica Francis Dukes), who is there to look over his books.