'Ozark' Showrunner Confirms [Spoiler] Really Died in Season 3

One of the deaths in Ozark season three happened off-screen, which led a lot of fans to wonder if the character is really alive or not.

SPOILER ALERT – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know what happened!

Tom Pelphrey‘s character Ben, who was the troubled brother of Wendy, was murdered off-screen near the end of the third season. So, is he still alive?

“I love the fact that people love [Ben] enough to come up with that theory,” showrunner Chris Mundy said during a virtual PaleyFest panel (via TVLine). “I wish it were true. But it ain’t true.”

We have some good news and some bad news for the fans of Ozark in regards to the upcoming fourth season of the show.