Anna Daniels
For fans who’ve been with Ozark from the beginning, there’s little question Ruth’s staunch independence was a big part of what made the character such a feisty presence in the series, not to mention, a certifiably unpredictable commodity capable of swaying the Byrdes’ fortunes one way or another. Over the course of Ozark‘s second season, Ruth continued to align her cause with Marty and Wendy, even as that alliance ended up costing her almost everyone she cared about. Per Garner, after the loss of Ben, Ruth has finally had enough of being in business with the Byrdes.
“Ruth has a really good intuition, a gut feeling, always, like she was always right, and Marty and the Byrdes kind of took over that and she stopped listening to that, and at Season 3, she made the mistake again [of] not listening to her gut, going with the Byrdes, doing all this stuff for the Byrdes, and she’s done with it,” Garner said. “She realized she was more independent and stronger without the Byrdes. She thought she was going to be stronger with the Byrdes, but in reality that wasn’t the case. She’s realizing that, and that’s what season 4 is going to be.”
Given where Ruth is at the end of Ozark‘s third season, you can likely expect a ferocious showdown between Team Byrde and Team Langmore-Snell in season 4. That showdown promises more bloodshed in the Ozarks than the series has ever seen. It’ll just as certainly give Garner (who recently nabbed an Emmy for her work on the show) a chance to bring a fresh wave of combustible energy to one of the more fiery femmes in TV land, and we cannot wait to watch her burn in season 4 of Ozark.
Written by: Looper
