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Netflix has launched a new German comedy-thriller, Murder Mindfully, on October 31, 2024, which is both funny and gripping and makes for a great Halloween viewing experience. Based on the bestselling book of the same name by Karsten Dusse, the show’s premise is quite unique. It follows Björn (Tom Schilling), a defense attorney, who unexpectedly turns to murder while trying to find a work-life balance through mindfulness classes.
The eight-episode series is full of both funny and dark elements, as it shows Björn’s character gradually developing various coping mechanisms, including murder, and getting away with it. In addition to Tom Schilling, the series also stars Emily Cox, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Michael Ihnow, and more. Martina Plura, Max Zähle, and Boris Kunz directed the series. With all the high-profile murders that Björn commits that ultimately turn him into a mafia mastermind, let’s now explore the ending of Murder Mindfully and see if he gets caught for his actions.
Does Björn get away with the murders at the end of Murder Mindfully?
Björn, a mafia lawyer, plays a professional in Murder Mindfully who finds it extremely difficult to balance his personal and professional life. His client, mafia leader Dragan, keeps him extremely busy and he finds it difficult to find time for his wife and daughter, which hurts his family life. Seeing him struggling, his wife suggests that he take a mindfulness course. Although he is skeptical at first, he eventually accepts the idea and signs up for the course. For example, Björn turns into an assassin who kills Dragan, but he does so consciously and with the motivation behind his actions. Since the mindfulness course taught him that his wife and son are the most important thing to him and that he should not pay attention to other aspects of life that take him away from them, he decided to kill his client because his job kept him constantly away from his family.
He keeps his cool even when he is interrogated by the police and has to lie, as well as when he is interrogated by another mafia boss. His new mental life gives him the ease of a psychopath when he has to deal with terrible situations like disposing of a corpse. The best part is that Björn gets away with the murders of not one, but two mafia bosses, Dragan and Boris. He is later seen running both rival gangs with the help of the mafia bosses' severed thumbs, which he keeps hidden in a safe box. Even with two murders, Police Inspector Nicole has not been able to find any concrete evidence directly linking him to those crimes.
How did Björn become a murderer in Murder Mindfully?
Björn has turned into a murderer somewhat as a side effect of his mindfulness classes. It all started because one weekend that Björn was supposed to spend with his daughter Emily, he received a call from Dragan, who asked him to meet him immediately. Björn doesn't like the idea of having to work while he's with his daughter or of Emily meeting Dragan.
However, having no choice, he goes to the meeting with Dragan and hides him in the trunk of his car to take him with him. However, once they reach the lake house where Emily and Björn are supposed to spend a quiet and peaceful evening, Björn decides not to take Dragan out of the trunk of his car. He remembers that in the mindfulness class, he was taught to be present and that, to be fully present with Emily, he had to leave Dragan there. The mafia boss dies of course in the trunk from suffocation. This is how Björn commits his first murder, all while maintaining great awareness.
Björn also kills Boris in Murder Mindfully?
While Björn doesn’t exactly turn into a psychopathic killer, he does end up killing another person. Since Boris was pressuring Björn to arrange a meeting with Dragan, Björn comes up with an elaborate plan to get rid of this problem: by tricking Boris into believing that the police have evidence against him, he advises Boris to hide and offers to take him to Dragan.
Boris, knowing nothing of Björn’s plans, agrees and, as he did with Dragan, Björn lets Boris into his trunk while he drives. Although Killing Carefully doesn’t show exactly how Boris is killed, it can be assumed that Björn killed Boris in the same way as Dragan, by suffocating him in the trunk of his car. With the police still unaware of Dragan’s murder and unable to find anything against Björn, the latter mentally directs the two rival gangs, literally keeping them under the control of their leader. Murder Mindfully is available to stream on Netflix.
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