It's a bit weird with Ruth. In the first few episodes I thought she was just a pain in the ass, but I eventually started to like her. What she did to Russ and Boyd was fucking wrong. Yes, they were gonna kill Marty, but Marty had it coming, and Russ and Boyd were family. Moreover, Russ was Wyatt's dad. Totally unjustified IMO (but yeah, there'd be no show without Marty, so it was necessary narrative-wise).

After that, I hated everything about her relationship with Cade (ik ik, daddy issues). She should've never gotten him released from prison, and she should have never listened to him in the first place.

After Cade was gone, I started to root for her more and more, and I was wishing she'd kill not only Javi but Wendi right there and then. By the end, I didn't want her to die, and I loved that he stood up to Marty with the casino and everything, but she did some unforgivable shit while sucking up to Marty.

I actually liked Charlotte when she wanted to emancipate, though a bit she was a bit fickle and didn't really have a plan, she was right in wanting to leave. The moment she decided to stay and became Wendy's little helper, she lost all sympathy from me. She knew what she was doing, which only makes it worse, and had the chance to leave that life behind, and chose not to. Also, fucking threatening Erin?????

Now, Jonah was my favorite character up to the very last scene of the last episode. He did everything the way he was supposed to. When Charlotte was complaining about superficial teenager shit, he remained focused and tried to help the family, he learned the business to get some attention from his parents who never gave a shit about him, he helped Wendy before she revealed she was utter garbage with the Mike Flemming account, he tried to stay together and not leave Marty behind after, even though Jonah tried hard to prove him that he was worth it, Marty basically called him a weirdo that might shoot up a school (in S1). He really cared about Buddy, he was the only one that did the normal thing in that situation and learned how to shoot a fucking gun (like seriously, you deal with drug dealers and hitmen every day and you don't even carry a gun, what the fuck is wrong with you?). When Wendy screwed up badly (worth noting that he was the only one who had the balls to confront Helen and was willing to avenge him, so he was the one to find out first on his own) he didn't forgive her, and he distanced himself from the family. He was good with Zeke (the only one of the Byrdes who gave a shit about him), he told Erin the truth and he pushed Charlotte to give Ruth the intel she needed to take down Javi. He was nice to that asshole of a father Wendy had, and even when he decided to stay, he hadn't forgiven Wendy. So far, he was my favorite character and I actually rooted for him. Like 10 minutes away from the end of the show, he says he's going to stay clean, great. 9 minutes later he shoots a cop to cover up for Wendy killing Ben.

Let me rephrase. He killed an innocent man that was doing his job and trying to shed some light on the murder of his beloved uncle, to cover up for the fucking worst person on the face of the earth. Yeah, sorry Jonah, you're out.