Ruth Langmore's death proved she was a beautiful expendable loyalist

Ruth Langmore’s death proved that she was expendable to the Byrdes. As in Marty’s words to Wendy, when she says, “What if this is too much to bear?” he replied, “It won’t be.” and did nothing to save her.

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The Byrdes Could Do Nothing!

Some might argue that Byrdes could have done nothing to save her. She killed Javi, and the cartel would have eventually found that out sooner or later. Ruth had signed her death warrant the day she killed him.

Wendy and Marty had warned her about the consequences once she killed Javi. But Ruth was obsessed with killing him.

They hid the deaths of Javi and Nelson from Camila and Omar, respectively. They did their best to protect Ruth.

Byrdes could never jeopardize their freedom. After all, they had sacrificed; saving Ruth would have spoiled everything. Killing Camila would have hurt their last deal with Camila and the FBI. It was not worth taking the risk.

What could have been done?

The question is, would Marty have done the same had Ruth been his daughter? Had she been Charlotte? No. The Byrdes would have killed Camila instead and wouldn’t have thought about the FBI, the cartel, or the deal.

The cops had killed Omar, and if Byrdes had killed Camila and her associates at the party, the FBI wouldn’t have any issues allowing Marty to run the cartel. But Byrdes didn’t want to take any further risk.

On the other hand, Ruth had sacrificed her whole family for Byrdes. Especially Marty. Surprisingly, Wendy seemed more concerned about her than Marty in the last episode.

The possible reason was that Ruth brought her children back to her, and she gained Wendy’s trust and respect.

Ruth’s anger towards Javi

Ruth’s anger and hatred towards Javi were genuine. Javi was a self-centered, egoistic fool who always pulled the trigger at the very first opportunity. Omar had even slapped him in front of all his subordinates.

The only reason he killed Wyatt was that he was sitting next to Darlene.

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Conclusion

The killing of Ruth had been the second saddest death in Ozark, and Ben’s is the most. Though she was going through a lot of mental trauma due to her cousin Wyatt’s death, she was still strong.

Ruth Langmore was a beautiful character played brilliantly by Julia Garner. Her death and Byrdes’s freedom ended this incredible show.