Why ‘Money Heist’ Writers Regret Berlin’s Absence On The Series

Berlin sacrificed himself in season two of “Money Heist” to save his teammates.

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The Professor begged Berlin to leave the tunnel because it would be blown up, but he refused.

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Season four revealed that Berlin had a terminal illness with only three years of life expectancy.

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The show's writers confessed that they wouldn’t have killed off Berlin if they knew the show was going to last so long.

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The character had experienced too much carnage for the writers to bring him back from the dead.

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Alex Pina, the series creator, revealed that he didn’t want to kill off Berlin, but he was pressured to because of the character’s fiendish ways.

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Pina agreed that Berlin wasn’t a good man but felt like television was boring without such characters.

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Fan theories speculate that the Professor might die in the final installment.

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Pina said that the final part would focus mainly on the character’s emotional states.

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