After Helen's shocking season 3 exit, fans have taken to Reddit to debate the character's merits. Suprisingly, one such thread even dared to ask "Does everyone hate Helen?" Likely to the surprise of the initial poster, the candid responses quickly revealed the character to be well-loved among Ozark fandom.
The first response even found one user declaring love not just for Helen, but also the actor who played her, Janet McTeer, "Definitely liked her. She was an interesting character played by a great actress." More love soon followed for both, with RyanVandelay proclaiming "I thought everyone liked Helen's character. That actress did an amazing job." RyanVandelay then goes on to note Helen's bloody exit was well-earned, stating: "She got what she deserved though." RyanVandelay wasn't alone in that logic either, with manaleaking adding "I like her but it's not like I was rooting for her lol."
Still another Ozark fan, with the username hi-look-there, lamented the fact that we didn't get quite enough of Helen's personal story before her demise: "I liked her. Would've actually liked to see them expand on her backstory more, like how she got into the cartel etc."
In the end, it seems what Ozark fans liked most about Helen was her stature as a strong, fiercely intelligent woman unafraid to do what needed to be done for her boss, with rregalado92 noting "I loved her from the very first moment she was introduced. I always make it a point to never underestimate the authority and knowledge of women, and she let you know from they very beginning she was not someone to be f—-d with."
Unfortunately, the mighty Helen Pierce did meet her match in season 3 of Ozark. And as the final season approaches, her absence may well leave an unfillable void in the series' dour landscape.
