Ozark [Netflix] (***SPOILERS***)

You never see him being assassinated.

You never see the body. You see a body wrapped up. (Ruth could have asked to see)

Marty Byrd's reaction is so ambivalent (even for him) and curious in relation to it (like he knows something important and is keeping it from Wendy).

Wyatt telling Ruth very specifically and pointedly to not believe everything she hears in relation to it (this a kind of message to the audience i'd say).

The emphasis given to Ben explaining he wants to get to Knoxville so he can "lay low".

But mostly Marty's reaction for me.

I dont see how this could feasibly be the case, the time lines do not add up and would be completely out of kilter with anything we have seen of Navarro. Marty would have to get to Navarro and somehow convince him to have Nelson not kill Ben, what reasons would he have for this, he had already agreed to give control of everything to Helen. Marty getting the FBI to go after the rival cartel leader happened after the whole Ben thing, yes? Unless Darlene was somehow able to get to Navarro and arrange something? Martys reaction is and always has been his reaction to everything. The only time I can recall him being anything other than measured was when he was being held captive and the heavy metal was blaring for a few hours.

I'd have to rewatch the last two episodes again but it would make no sense. The fact that Bens death or body were not shown for me was the right call, the death of a character often carries MORE weight when its not explicitly shown.

I will be absolutely sickened if he turns out not to be dead. It was some of the most powerful television I've ever watched, the entire arc of Ben and his powerhouse portrayal in episodes 8 and 9 would be pissed away and irreparably cheapened by having a convoluted plot around him not being dead.