Here’s Who Actually Dies in the Bloody Finale of ‘Beauty in Black’ Season 3

Tyler Perry’s ‘Beauty in Black’ just delivered its most violent season yet, and fans are scrambling to figure out exactly who survived the carnage. Season 3 arrived on Netflix on August 27, five months after Season 2, Part 2 landed on the streamer, picking up right where that finale left off with the Bellarie family’s fortunes hanging on decisions made in a single boardroom.

By the time the credits roll on the finale, one major character is confirmed dead, several more are left clinging to life, and the door is wide open for even more bloodshed once season four arrives. Here is a full breakdown of who dies, who survives, and who is still in danger heading into the next chapter.

‘Beauty in Black’ Season 3 Deaths Confirmed So Far

The one death the show does not leave ambiguous belongs to Sylvie. Jules, consumed by grief over his son Glen, escapes custody and tracks down Sylvie, who has returned to live with her abusive mother and ultimately decides to tell the police what she knows. He reaches her before she can go to authorities.

When Sylvie finally tells Jules what happened, he responds with shocking brutality by shooting her dead, marking the first step in a quest for revenge that has only just begun. It is a gut punch of a moment, made worse by the fact that Sylvie’s only crime was knowing the truth about how Glen actually died.

That truth, it turns out, is what sends Jules on his rampage in the first place. Through Sylvie, Jules discovers that Rain was the person who killed Glen, and he has secretly been working behind the scenes with Gina, using her criminal connections to orchestrate much of the chaos surrounding Rain. Sylvie’s death is the spark that lights the fuse for everything that follows.

The “Make It Rain” Shooting Leaves Kimmie and Mallory’s Fates Unknown

The season’s bloodiest sequence takes place at ‘Make It Rain,’ the strip club formerly known as Delinda’s Dolls and Dudes. In the final episode, the club comes under attack by a deadly shooting planned by Jules, with a pair of gunmen arriving to begin a killing spree, and while a number of club patrons are killed during the attack, Kimmie and Mallory’s fates are left unclear.

The show deliberately withholds confirmation either way. Both Kimmie and Mallory are shot in the club firing, but the show does not reveal if they die, leaving their fate completely open. That ambiguity matters because both women have spent the season clawing their way into serious power within the Bellarie empire.

Kimmie starts the series as an outsider but has since become Horace’s wife and a top boss at Beauty in Black, meaning she has plenty of power but also plenty of enemies, and while she was not the one who pushed Glen, she did help hide the truth, which is reason enough for Jules to target her. Mallory’s arc has shifted too, moving from someone obsessed with her own status to a woman genuinely fighting alongside Kimmie for survival.

There is reason for optimism about both characters returning. Season 3 was originally supposed to be the final chapter, but Netflix reversed that decision in July, confirming season four is on the way, and comments from the cast after release suggest the door remains wide open for both women to come back. Taylor Polidore Williams has even told Netflix’s Tudum she wants to see Kimmie and Mallory’s bond deepen in future episodes, which would require both of them to survive the attack.

Jules and Gina’s Revenge Plot Turns Him Into the New Villain

While the Make It Rain shooting dominates the finale, it is really the culmination of Jules’ entire arc for the season. After spending much of the season behind bars and consumed by the death of his son Glen, Jules returns with a vengeance, stepping out as the hidden boss behind Gina, the coolheaded collector who first surfaced in Season 2.

The reveal recontextualizes a lot of what viewers assumed was random criminal activity throughout the season. The Season 3 finale doesn’t just end with one of the show’s bloodiest cliffhangers yet, it also reveals who may be emerging as the show’s next big bad. Jules is no longer just a grieving father, he is now positioned as the central antagonist heading into season four.

His targets do not stop at Rain and Sylvie either. According to reporting on the finale, Jules is fully coming after Alex as well, suggesting his revenge campaign is far from finished even after the club shooting. That leaves nearly every major player in the Bellarie orbit with a target on their back.

Norman, Horace, and Roy Also Face Near Death Experiences

The Jules storyline is not the only source of chaos in the finale. In the aftermath of the season’s mounting drama, Norman is shot by Mallory, which leaves him half dead. The two had been building toward a confrontation for episodes, with Norman discovering Mallory was behind the hit and run that killed his wife Ina.

Things get even messier from there. In a bizarre turn of events, Norman and Horace end up shooting each other afterward, landing both of them in the hospital alongside Roy. It is a chaotic domino effect that mirrors the season’s overall theme of the Bellarie family being unable to stop turning on itself.

Charles’ storyline nearly ends in tragedy too. After Olivia is caught, she threatens to expose Charles for murder unless he repays her loan, and with no other options, he decides to take his own life, though Varney rescues him and promises to help, a promise he keeps. It is one of the few genuinely hopeful notes in an otherwise brutal finale.

Roy, meanwhile, does not escape unscathed either, with multiple outlets noting he overdoses during the season’s escalating fallout, adding yet another character whose survival remains up in the air as season four approaches.

With Netflix already confirming a fourth season, ‘Beauty in Black’ fans are left counting bodies and holding their breath over Kimmie and Mallory in equal measure. Who do you think actually survived the Make It Rain shooting, and is Jules really the villain this family deserves heading into season four?