1) Darlene is such a poorly drawn character. Constantly used to escalate with no setup or transition. Shooting the driver was barely rational, poorly set up, and the explanation ridiculous. But much worse was her spouting off about Wendy lying about Ben's drug use. She had no insight into Ben, nor did she have any legitimate motivation for mentioning it to Ruth. It was an efficient technique for bringing it front of mind to Ruth, but there were many other ways that would have had some emotional truth. This had none.
2) Wendy's characterization is also poorly done. She seems to constantly be used simply as an anatagonist to Marty without much explanation of her own motivations. She's another jumping conflict machine.
Disappointing.
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