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* HeroicBSOD: The heroic part may be debatable, but she has one when [[spoiler: she made the decision to have Ben killed.]]



** She has this reaction when [[spoiler: Ben tells Erin about Helen's double life, and realized he needed to be killed.]]



* TheStoic: He doesn't really show emotion.



* OutOfCharacterAlert: He notices Wendy's strange behavior, and then uncovers the truth and is horrified.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Despite having violent mood swings, he's probably the closest thing the show has for having the moral highroad. Even Wendy [[spoiler: is distraught when he's killed, stating that he didn't deserve it.]]
* VagueAge: It's not stated how old he is, but no one questions his [[spoiler: intimate relationship with 19 year old Ruth.]]



* LadySwearsALot: Swears like a fucking sailor.

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* LadySwearsALot: Swears like Like a fucking sailor.sailor.
* LikeASonToMe: It's clear that the Byrde's took her in as their own.
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** He also tends to be protective of Ruth, as he tries to remind everyone that she's "untouchable". Though, how well this works out is debatable.

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** He also tends to be quite protective of Ruth, as he tries to remind everyone that she's "untouchable". Though, how well this works out is debatable.



* CallingParentsByTheirFirstName: She does this to Mark and Wendy after they moved to Missouri. Wendy even stated that she began to hate the sound of her own name when Charlotte used it.

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* CallingParentsByTheirFirstName: CallingParentsByTheirName: She does this to Mark and Wendy after they first moved to Missouri. Wendy even stated that she began to hate the sound of her own name when Charlotte used it.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She loses her virginity with an older guy she just met, and she tries to run away back to Chicago.

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She loses her virginity with an older guy she just met, and she tries to run away back to Chicago. She also starts to smoke weed and drink when stressed.
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* ScreamDiscretionShot: When she gets [[spoiler: waterboarded, we see Cade and Marty sitting outside. They can't do anything to help and have to hear her screams.]]
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** She's also ''very'' protective of Ruth.
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* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: When he's kidnapped by Navarro and taken to Mexico.]]


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* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler: When Mason kidnaps her.]]
* TheChessmaster: She ''tries'' so hard to be this.


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When [[spoiler: Navarro ruins the horse farm deal, and reminds Wendy that she's just a puppet and not an actual partner. She breaks down crying after he ruined what she thought was a legitimate business.]]


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* BigSisterInstinct: She has this for Jonah.
** She also tries to take Erin, Helen's daughter under her wing and tries to shield her from the truth of their families doings.


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* MoralityPet: Seems to be one to Marty and Wendy, oddly enough.
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** He also tends to be protective of Ruth, as he tries to remind everyone that she's "untouchable". Though, how well this works out is debatable.
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* IJustWantBeNormal: She longs to go back to their regular lives with no threat of one of the biggest drug cartel's over their heads. It's pretty understandable.

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* IJustWantBeNormal: IJustWantToBeNormal: She longs to go back to their regular lives with no threat of one of the biggest drug cartel's over their heads. It's pretty understandable.

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* IJustWannaBeNormal: She longs to go back to their regular lives with no threat of one of the biggest drug cartel's over their heads. It's pretty understandable.

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* IJustWannaBeNormal: IJustWantBeNormal: She longs to go back to their regular lives with no threat of one of the biggest drug cartel's over their heads. It's pretty understandable.


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* TheStoner: Turns into this to cope with the stress of everything.


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* OddFriendship: Formed one with Buddy.
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* BecomingTheMask: Quickly adapts to her new life as a criminal.


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* ManipulativeBitch: It's one of her defining traits.


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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Marty and Wendy view her as this, despite the fact that she ''does'' make several good points about their life of crime.


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* IJustWannaBeNormal: She longs to go back to their regular lives with no threat of one of the biggest drug cartel's over their heads. It's pretty understandable.


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* WhiteSheep: While the other family members seem to quickly adjust to their new lives, she desperately wants out to have a normal life.


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* HeroricBSOD: Suffers from one during season 2 after [[spoiler: the death of his dad and uncle, then is TurnedUpToEleven once he finds out that Ruth was responsible for it.]]
* WhiteSheep: Seems to be this of the Langmore's as they constantly say he's the one who's going to get out and break the "Langmore Curse".
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* YourCheatingHeart: She cheated on Marty with Gus.
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[[Sue]][[folder:Sue]]
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* MamaWolf: Is ''very'' protective of her children.

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* MamaWolf: MamaBear: Is ''very'' protective of her children.


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[[Sue]]
!!Sue
->'''Portrayed By:'''

Marty and Wendy's therapist.
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* TheSmurfettePrincipal: She's the only female Langmore.

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* TheSmurfettePrincipal: TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female Langmore.

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* DrivenToMadness: After learning of the Snell's dealings with his church, he loses faith in God and becomes more unstable.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: He views Marty as "The Devil" after Grace's death, and their fallout over the deal with the Snell's.
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* TheSmurfettePrincipal: She's the only female Langmore.


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* NumericalThemeNaming: Aptly named ''Three''.
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* SympatheticMurderer: She rigged the dock that killed her uncles. [[EveryoneHasStandards: She broke down crying when she talked to Marty about it.]]

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* SympatheticMurderer: She rigged the dock that killed her uncles. [[EveryoneHasStandards: She broke down crying when she talked to Marty about it.]]
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* PassionateSportsGirl: She's an avid

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* PassionateSportsGirl: She's an avid swimmer and longs to be back on the swim team.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Oh boyy, where do we start? He managed to get a gun, watched videos of gruesome cartel shootings, ''and'' brought dead animals home to watch them decompose in their yard.

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Oh boyy, where do we start? He managed to get a gun, watched videos of gruesome cartel shootings, ''and'' brought dead animals home to watch them decompose in their yard. Charlotte laments that he should just stick to porn.

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* MamaWolf: Is ''very'' protective of her children.



* CallingParentsByTheirFirstNames: She does this to Mark and Wendy after they moved to Missouri. Wendy even stated that she began to hate the sound of her own name when Charlotte used it.

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* CallingParentsByTheirFirstNames: CallingParentsByTheirFirstName: She does this to Mark and Wendy after they moved to Missouri. Wendy even stated that she began to hate the sound of her own name when Charlotte used it.
* PassionateSportsGirl: She's an avid


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* BigLittleBrother: He eventually grows taller than Charlotte.


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* BigSisterInstinct: She has this for Wyatt and Three, going so far to become their legal guardian.


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She can barely hold it together when she admitted to Marty that she killed her uncles.
* SympatheticMurderer: She rigged the dock that killed her uncles. [[EveryoneHasStandards: She broke down crying when she talked to Marty about it.]]


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* BigBrotherInstinct: In this case he's two years younger than Ruth and loves her dearly. That is until he learned what she did.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He's horrified after learning what Ruth did to the dock.


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* ArmorClosetedGay: He can barely handle the thought that he slept with Agent Petty.
* WouldHitAGirl: He slaps Ruth in a heated argument.
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* OddFriendship: Forms one with Ruth.
* PapaWolf: ''Don't'' threaten his kids. He'll do anything to keep them safe.
* StraightMan: So much so that in the first episode, it's what keeps him alive in Del's killing spree.


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* YourCheatingHeart: She cheated on Marty with Gus.


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* AgeAppropriateAngst: She's 15, and rightfully pissed about her life being uprooted by Marty's business.
* CallingParentsByTheirFirstNames: She does this to Mark and Wendy after they moved to Missouri. Wendy even stated that she began to hate the sound of her own name when Charlotte used it.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She loses her virginity with an older guy she just met, and she tries to run away back to Chicago.


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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Oh boyy, where do we start? He managed to get a gun, watched videos of gruesome cartel shootings, ''and'' brought dead animals home to watch them decompose in their yard.
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An elderly man.
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An elderly man.
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man living with the Byrdes.
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* {{Troll}}: When [[spoiler:Petty forces a wire on her, she deliberately irritates him by forcing him to listen to her fuck some guy (who she insists on calling Marty) and striking two horseshoes together to hurt his ears.]]

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!!Ezekiel "Zeke" Snell

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!!Ezekiel "Zeke" Snell"Zeke"



Mason's son and then Darlene's adopted son.

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Mason's son and then [[spoiler:then Darlene's adopted son.son]].
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[[folder:Buddy]]
!!James "Buddy" Small
->'''Portrayed By:'''

An elderly man.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Alongside his claim of killing Jimmy Hoffa, he is good friends with Frank Cosgrove and did work with the Teamsters.
* CoolOldGuy: A sympathetic ear and a reliable if not too versatile ally.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Calls Obama a Muslim (presumably jokingly) and when holding Garcia at gunpoint, tells him to shut his "tamale hole". Still one of the more upstanding characters on the show.
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* BerserkButton: Sexually harassing or threatening her tends to get her violent.
* HairTriggerTemper: Easily pissed off.

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* DepravedHomosexual: Downplayed. While he is extremely creepy and does use his sexuality to [[spoiler:seduce Russ Langmore, which he brags about on multiple occasions,]] he is mostly on the side of good.
* HeroAntagonist: Albeit a very dark AntiHero, willing to threaten and blackmail.



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* AintTooProudToBeg: When [[spoiler:Agent Petty drags her into the woods and threatens to shoot her]], she drops her cocky demeanour and begs for her life.



->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CharlieTahan

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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CharlieTahan
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Wendy's brother. After getting fired from his job as a substitute teacher, Ben moves in with the Byrdes.

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Wendy's brother. After getting fired from his job as a substitute teacher, Ben moves in with the Byrdes.Byrdes in Season 3.



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* LadySwearsALot: Swears like a fucking sailor.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: She desperately craves her father's approval.



!!!The Snell Family

[[folder:Jacob]]
!!Jacob Snell
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterMullan

An established local heroin producer.

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!!!The Snell Family

[[folder:Jacob]]
!!Jacob Snell
[[folder:Three]]
!!Three Langmore
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterMullan

An established local heroin producer.
By:'''

Russ's younger son and Ruth's cousin.



[[folder:Darlene]]
!!Darlene Snell
->'''Portrayed By:''' Lisa Emery

Jacob's wife and partner in the heroin business.
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* AxCrazy: She's desperately unhinged and chooses violence as a first option pretty much every time, regardless of the resulting impact.

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[[folder:Darlene]]
!!Darlene Snell
[[folder:Russ]]
!!Russ Langmore
->'''Portrayed By:''' Lisa Emery

Jacob's wife
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Ruth's uncle, Wyatt
and partner in the heroin business.
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* AxCrazy: She's desperately unhinged and chooses violence as a first option pretty much every time, regardless of the resulting impact.
Three's father.



!!!Federal Bureau of Investigation

[[folder:Petty]]
!!Agent Roy Petty
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JasonButlerHarner

An FBI agent investigating Marty.

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!!!Federal Bureau of Investigation

[[folder:Petty]]
!!Agent Roy Petty
[[folder:Boyd]]
!!Boyd Langmore
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JasonButlerHarner

An FBI agent investigating Marty.
By:'''

Ruth, Wyatt and Three's uncle, Russ's brother.



[[folder:Maya]]
!!Maya Miller
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jessica Frances Dukes

An FBI forensic accountant investigating the Byrdes' casino business.

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[[folder:Maya]]
!!Maya Miller
[[folder:Cade]]
!!Cade Langmore
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jessica Frances Dukes

An FBI forensic accountant investigating the Byrdes' casino business.
By:'''

Ruth's father, Wyatt and Three's uncle, Russ and Boyd's brother.



!!!Navarro Drug Cartel

[[folder:Del Rio]]
!!Camino Del Rio
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EsaiMorales

A lieutenant for Mexico's Navarro drug cartel.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Darlene shoots him in the head with a shotgun.]]
* TheHeavy: He would be the BigBad for Season 1 since he's the danger that pushes Marty into the Ozarks in the first place, but in the grand scheme of things he's merely a lieutenant for Navarro.
* TheSociopath: Del Rio is cold-blooded to the very core, and thinks nothing of murdering enemy, bystander or ally if it benefits him.

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!!!Navarro Drug Cartel

[[folder:Del Rio]]
!!Camino Del Rio
!!!The Snell Family

[[folder:Jacob]]
!!Jacob Snell
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EsaiMorales

A lieutenant for Mexico's Navarro drug cartel.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Darlene shoots him in the head with a shotgun.]]
* TheHeavy: He would be the BigBad for Season 1 since he's the danger that pushes Marty into the Ozarks in the first place, but in the grand scheme of things he's merely a lieutenant for Navarro.
* TheSociopath: Del Rio is cold-blooded to the very core, and thinks nothing of murdering enemy, bystander or ally if it benefits him.
Creator/PeterMullan

An established local heroin producer.



[[folder:Helen]]
!!Helen Pierce
->'''Portrayed By:''' Janet [=McTeer=]

A Chicago-based attorney who represents the cartel.

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[[folder:Helen]]
!!Helen Pierce
[[folder:Darlene]]
!!Darlene Snell
->'''Portrayed By:''' Janet [=McTeer=]

A Chicago-based attorney who represents
Lisa Emery

Jacob's wife and partner in
the cartel.heroin business.
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* AxCrazy: She's desperately unhinged and chooses violence as a first option pretty much every time, regardless of the resulting impact.


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!!!Federal Bureau of Investigation

[[folder:Petty]]
!!Agent Roy Petty
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JasonButlerHarner

An FBI agent investigating Marty.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maya]]
!!Maya Miller
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jessica Frances Dukes

An FBI forensic accountant investigating the Byrdes' casino business.
[[/folder]]

!!!Navarro Drug Cartel

[[folder:Del Rio]]
!!Camino Del Rio
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EsaiMorales

A lieutenant for Mexico's Navarro drug cartel.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Darlene shoots him in the head with a shotgun.]]
* TheHeavy: He would be the BigBad for Season 1 since he's the danger that pushes Marty into the Ozarks in the first place, but in the grand scheme of things he's merely a lieutenant for Navarro.
* TheSociopath: Del Rio is cold-blooded to the very core, and thinks nothing of murdering enemy, bystander or ally if it benefits him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Helen]]
!!Helen Pierce
->'''Portrayed By:''' Janet [=McTeer=]

A Chicago-based attorney who represents the cartel.
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[[folder: Mason]]
!!Mason Young
->'''Portrayed By:'''

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[[folder:Zeke]]
!!Ezekiel "Zeke" Snell
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CharlieTahan

Mason's son and then Darlene's adopted son.
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Julia Garner

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->'''Portrayed By:''' Julia Garner
Creator/JuliaGarner



->'''Portrayed By:''' Charlie Tahan

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->'''Portrayed By:''' Charlie Tahan
Creator/CharlieTahan



->'''Portrayed By:''' Jordana Spiro

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->'''Portrayed By:''' Jordana Spiro
Creator/JordanaSpiro
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Esai Morales

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->'''Portrayed By:''' Esai Morales
Creator/EsaiMorales
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Jason Butler Harner

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->'''Portrayed By:''' Jason Butler Harner
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* AxCrazy: She's desperately unhinged and chooses violence as a first option pretty much every time, regardless of the resulting impact.


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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Darlene shoots him in the head with a shotgun.]]
* TheHeavy: He would be the BigBad for Season 1 since he's the danger that pushes Marty into the Ozarks in the first place, but in the grand scheme of things he's merely a lieutenant for Navarro.
* TheSociopath: Del Rio is cold-blooded to the very core, and thinks nothing of murdering enemy, bystander or ally if it benefits him.
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!Main Characters

!!!The Byrde-Davis Family

[[folder:Marty]]
!!Martin "Marty" Byrde
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JasonBateman

The husband of Wendy Byrde and father of Charlotte and Jonah Byrde. He was a self-employed financial advisor based in Chicago in 2007, when he and his business partner began to launder money for a Mexican drug cartel.
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[[folder:Wendy]]
!!Wendy Byrde
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LauraLinney

The wife of Marty Byrde and the mother of Charlotte and Jonah Byrde. She was a public relations operative for political campaigns; she becomes an advance person and stager for a local realtor, and then a lobbyist for Marty's proposal to construct a casino.
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[[folder:Charlotte]]
!!Charlotte Byrde
->'''Portrayed By:''' Sofia Hublitz

The daughter of Marty and Wendy Byrde, and older sister to Jonah Byrde. She regularly expresses her dissatisfaction with the family's decision to move to the Ozarks.
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[[folder:Jonah]]
!!Jonah Byrde
->'''Portrayed By:''' Skylar Gaertner

The son of Marty and Wendy Byrde.
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[[folder:Ben]]
!!Ben Davis
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TomPelphrey

Wendy's brother. After getting fired from his job as a substitute teacher, Ben moves in with the Byrdes.
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!!!The Langmore Family

[[folder:Ruth]]
!!Ruth Langmore
->'''Portrayed By:''' Julia Garner

A young woman who is part of a local criminal family. While initially intending to use and betray Marty, she soon becomes business partners with him and ends up forming a genuine friendship with him. Ruth has a difficult relationship with her father, Cade, who is shown to be a criminal and often abuses and mistreats her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wyatt]]
!!Wyatt Langmore
->'''Portrayed By:''' Charlie Tahan

Russ's elder son and Ruth's cousin.
[[/folder]]

!!!The Snell Family

[[folder:Jacob]]
!!Jacob Snell
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterMullan

An established local heroin producer.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Darlene]]
!!Darlene Snell
->'''Portrayed By:''' Lisa Emery

Jacob's wife and partner in the heroin business.
[[/folder]]

!!!Federal Bureau of Investigation

[[folder:Petty]]
!!Agent Roy Petty
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jason Butler Harner

An FBI agent investigating Marty.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maya]]
!!Maya Miller
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jessica Frances Dukes

An FBI forensic accountant investigating the Byrdes' casino business.
[[/folder]]

!!!Navarro Drug Cartel

[[folder:Del Rio]]
!!Camino Del Rio
->'''Portrayed By:''' Esai Morales

A lieutenant for Mexico's Navarro drug cartel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Helen]]
!!Helen Pierce
->'''Portrayed By:''' Janet [=McTeer=]

A Chicago-based attorney who represents the cartel.
[[/folder]]

!!!Other Characters

[[folder:Rachel]]
!!Rachel Garrison
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jordana Spiro

The owner of the Blue Cat hotel and bar and Marty's reluctant business partner.
[[/folder]]

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