Animal Kingdom Showrunner Explains Why Ellen Barkin's Smurf Didn't Even Appear in Series-Finale Flashbacks

Given how displeased Ellen Barkin had seemed to be to have been killed off Animal Kingdom in the TNT drama’s penultimate Season 4 episode, it wasn’t exactly a surprise that she didn’t return for Sunday’s series finale. What was a surprise, however, was that the show didn’t use any flashbacks of her version of Smurf, […]