Money Heist Why Berlin Was Killed Off In Part 2 (& Why He Returned)

Money Heist: Why Berlin Was Killed Off In Part 2 (& Why He Returned)

Money Heist’s “captain” Berlin was a fan-favorite before being killed off at the end of season 2. Here’s why the character died – and why he returned.

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Money Heist Why Berlin Was Killed Off In Part 2 (& Why He Returned)

Money Heist’s fan-favorite heist captain Berlin died at the end of season 2, but thanks to the show’s love of flashbacks he has continued to feature regularly throughout the Bank of Spain heist. Played by Pedro Alonso, Berlin (whose real name is Andrés de Fonollosa) spent much of the first two seasons of Money Heist being as more of a villain than a protagonist – though admittedly the lines are already blurred in a show where the “heroes” are a gang of bank robbers.

The Professor, the mastermind of the Royal Mint heist, had strict rules against harming any of the hostages. But Berlin, who was appointed as the leader of the crew inside the building, didn’t take long at all to break the Professor’s rule by ordering the death of a hostage, Mónica Gaztambide, after she was caught hiding a phone. Berlin also pushed Tokyo out of the building and into the hands of the police, carried on a coercive sexual relationship with another hostage, Ariadna, and repeatedly expressed overtly misogynistic views. But despite the many terrible things he said and did, Berlin was also extremely charismatic and Alonso had an electric screen presence.

Money Heist showrunner Álex Pina has indicated that he was under pressure to cut Berlin from the show. In the making-of documentary Money Heist: The Phenomenon, Pina recalled, “Someone said to me: ‘This character doesn’t fit with the times. You should take him out of the series.'” Pina refused, however, arguing that the character’s psychopathy helped to keep things interesting. Instead, the decision to kill off Berlin was most likely born out of a belief that there would only ever be one heist, and that if the show wasn’t going to return then its silver-tongued antihero might as well go out in a blaze of glory.

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When Money Heist originally aired on Spanish television (as La Casa de Papel), it was a flop. Speaking to Drama Quarterly, Pina said that from the start “the TV channel wasn’t convinced,” and that the two-part structure of the Royal Mint heist was due to financial limitations. “That’s how it was viable,” Pina said. “It was created in five months. We started writing and each week we delivered the script. Production was a race against the clock.” Money Heist first began airing in May 2017, and filming on part 2 didn’t conclude until August 2017, which meant that even as the writers were scrambling to put together scripts, the ratings were tanking. The series order was cut from 18-21 episodes to just 15. At the time, Money Heist looked like it was doomed to be a one-season wonder.

After Berlin died in a hail of bullets, however, Netflix acquired exclusive global streaming rights to Money Heist and the show became a surprise international sensation. Within a few months of being added to Netflix’s library it was the most-watched non-English language series in the streaming service’s history. Money Heist was renewed for parts 3 and 4, and Pina signed an overall deal with Netflix that included other projects (White Lines, his latest show, released this year).

Fortunately, Money Heist’s structure already had a built-in way of getting around Berlin’s rather final death: flashbacks. When the rest of the crew returned to rob the Bank of Spain in Money Heist season 3, Berlin was also brought back via flashbacks to the planning of the heist. The show introduced an old criminal associate of Berlin’s, Palermo, to play a similarly antagonistic role within the crew, and gradually revealed the details of Berlin and Palermo’s history. Whether you love him, hate him, or love to hate him, Berlin will return for the final chapter of the Bank of Spain heist in Money Heist season 5.

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