Big Sky started off with a bang, as two young teenage girls were kidnapped by a trucker in rural Montana. From then on, the show has unraveled plenty of intense storylines, from twisted family dynamics to fighting for justice, and introduced various characters along the way. Some of these characters are memorable for their horrifying acts and frightening personalities, and others stand out for putting up a fight and doing everything they can to bring justice to others.

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Leads Jenny and Cassie work hard to find the bad guys and put them away, while the criminals, like Ronald and Scarlet, keep evading capture and wreak havoc in the world. Big Sky features many dynamics between families, friends and enemies, and the plots certainly make their characters unique and unforgettable.

Scarlet Leyendecker

Scarlet looking shocked in Big Sky

Audiences initially thought Scarlet was in danger by being with Ronald, whom she knew as Arthur. As it turns out, however, Scarlet has a dark side and past of her own. Having killed before, Scarlet was more concerned with the police finding a body in her sister Mary's basement than she was with Mary's disappearance. Scarlet is manipulative, selfish, and calculating; she revealed to Ronald that she knew who he really was, and even placed her daughter in danger just by being in his presence.

Still, Scarlet helped him escape prison by contacting someone she found in Ronald's drive, and they killed him once they were reunited so they could go back to retrieve Scarlet's young daughter. If anything, they're certainly perfect for one another, especially as they embark on their lives as fugitives, like Bonnie and Clyde.

Helen Pergman

Helen sitting on a couch looking worried in Big Sky

Ronald's mother is a complicated person. She's very overbearing, constantly telling her son how much she disapproves of him and his life choices, especially the fact that he has chosen a career as a long-haul trucker. Her constant criticisms frequently get to Ronald, and she doesn't quite know when to stop.

Their relationship isn't healthy; one minute, she'll let him sleep in bed with her, and the next, she'll take it as he loses it on her and treats her terribly. The two were toxic for each other, all the way up until her own son murdered her. Helen was beginning to wonder about Ronald being behind the kidnappings; it's a surprise she didn't reach that conclusion sooner. In any case, Helen's appearance was brief in the series, but memorable given her actions.

Rick Legarski

Rick glaring to his right in Big Sky

As a state trooper, Rick's job is literally to protect and serve, but he did anything but that. He was terrible to his wife, and he partnered with trucker Ronald Pergman to kidnap and traffic young women. He brutally murdered Cody Hoyt, and hid the evidence.

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He was cheery, but incredibly creepy as well. It's no wonder why Cassie and Jenny were suspicious of him. He even planned to kill his wife, after he'd already murdered Cody and an innocent fisherman. He's manipulative and deceitful; even with the evidence stacked against him, he pretended not to remember a thing after Cassie had shot him and he'd woken up in the hospital.

Merrilee Legarski

Merrilee looking at someone in front of her in Big Sky

Merrilee was in a bad situation from the very beginning, as she was in an unhappy marriage, and Rick was unwilling to do anything to change that, dismissing her feelings as menopause. She narrowly avoided being killed herself when Rick entered their bedroom one evening with a hammer.

Poor Merrilee eventually found out the truth about what Rick had been up to, and even became involved in a twisted relationship with his accomplice Ronald. Although she had no idea who he was, she later told Ronald she couldn't be with him. She'd been through a lot, and she wound up killing Rick, knowing he was lying about not remembering what he'd done. She was a brave woman in a series of horrible circumstances, and she paid for it with her life when she committed murder.

Cheyenne Kleinsasser

Cheyenne Kleinsasser smiling in Big Sky

Like Merrilee, Cheyenne was in a bad family situation. Horst Kleinsasser was definitely not the best Big Sky father, given how brutal he was to his wife and children. Her brothers weren't much better; Cheyenne is obviously closest with her mother, and stands by her.

Cheyenne has learned how to play games to get by in her family, although this usually means she treads on dangerous territory. She's direct and badass, and she gave Jenny clues along the way, helping where she could in Jenny's and Cassie's investigation.

Ronald Pergman

Ronald glaring at something behind him with blood on his head in Big Sky

Ronald is an incredibly evil man that definitely struggles to contain his anger. He kidnapped and trafficked several young women alongside Rick Legarski. Ronald has nearly been caught various times, but he still remains free. He's a memorable villain, having made decisions that most would find too risky, like hanging out with Legarski's wife Merrilee.

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His relationship with his mother was entirely dysfunctional, and it wasn't surprising that he eventually killed her, considering the resentment towards her that was obviously there. His and his mother's close but dysfunctional relationship is similar to that of Norman Bates and his mother and his mother. Ronald is scary, and he's only getting worse and worse as the series progresses, making audiences wonder what it will take for him to finally be caught and for justice to be brought to his victims.

Grace Sullivan

Grace clenching her fists in a hospital hallway in Big Sky

Like Scooby-Doo's Velma Dinkley, Grace is incredibly smart and brave, especially for her young age. She was the one begging her elder sister Danielle to back off on the road rage when she passed Ronald's truck; had Danielle listened to her sister, the two would've been spared the mental and physical traumas they endured.

Grace is the one that kept it together and struggled through the pain after she was seriously hurt when Rick shot two arrows into her leg. She never stopped fighting; always coming up with ways to escape. Even afterwards, she was willing to help in any way she could, and she was certainly wise beyond her years.

Jenny Hoyt

Jenny looking ahead in Big Sky

A former cop, Jenny is skilled, observant, and dedicated to finding the truth and justice for all. She never gives up, utilizes whatever resources she has, and even overcomes her personal issues with Cassie (who had slept with Jenny's husband, Cody, while they were separated) so they can work together to find two missing teenage girls.

From there, their case spirals into more chaos and mayhem, but Jenny never backs down from a fight, even after she finds out she's lost her husband to one of the criminals on the case she and Cassie were working. She does her best to balance her personal and professional life, and she's most definitely badass.

Jerrie Kennedy

Jerrie with a hand on her hip in Big Sky

Jerrie grew up with parents that didn't understand her, and was having a hard time paving her way into the world as a singer. On top of that, she was one of the girls that Ronald kidnapped and held captive. Even after she and the other girls were freed, she was still understandably haunted and traumatized, and she even saw Ronald in person afterwards, when he dropped in on her at a karaoke bar.

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Instead of hiding, Jerrie decided to help Cassie and Jenny stop him, joining their team and giving them any and all information that she had, given she'd been the only one to see his truck in the daylight. Though not a cop or private investigator by trade, Jerrie proved how brave and smart she was following her awful ordeal.

Cassie Dewell

Cassie looking ahead in Big Sky

Cassie has been through a lot in her life, having already lost her husband and raising a young son by herself. She is a private investigator, and immediately delves into the case of the two missing teenage girls, as her partner Cody Hoyt disappears while looking for them.

Cassie is relentless, brave, and bold, and though everyone sees only the good in Rick Legarski, Cassie knows right away that something is off. She was even the one to save the kidnapped girls, as she found them, shot Rick, and freed them. She and Jenny make great partners because neither gives up, and both are strong, badass and intelligent women on Big Sky.

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