Beyond the Gates: Who Dies This Week – Grayson, Lia or Major Twist?

Beyond the Gates official spoilers confirm that somebody dies. So, we’re going to talk about who’s pushing up daisies by the end of May sweeps. Grayson Perez (Jordie Vilasuso) is a top choice for who’s going to meet his maker, but he’s also a very obvious choice.

So, maybe it’s not him. I want to talk about who is at life and death risk because of the climax of the red market ring storyline this week.

Jacob Hawthorne is at The Warehouse on Beyond the Gates

So, I am fully expecting the death to happen at the warehouse where the plasma ring does its drops. And we know that Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) is there that night as part of the undercover sting operations. Other cops are outside lurking and Dr. Lia Whitmore (Cecelia Specht) is going to confront him knowing that he’s bad guy Ren Tolliver’s (Donny Carrington) pickup man.

So Dr. Lia Whitmore must get some sort of suspicious feeling because she insists that Jacob take off his hat and says, “Look at me.” And he’s got no choice since Ren’s right there and Jacob’s in deep in this operation and he’s in danger. So he pulls off his hat as she demanded and Dr. Lia Whitmore is stunned to see it is Chief Elon Hawthorne’s (Malachi Malik) son right there in the middle of the criminal ring that she is overseeing.

Jacob Expected to Survive

So, Dr. Whitmore may panic and order that Ren takes Jacob out. Shoot him on the spot before he brings all the cops in the DMV down on their heads. But honestly, even if Ren starts popping off shots, I don’t expect them to kill off Jacob. He is a Dupree by marriage and he and Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne (Arielle Prepetit) have a whole lot of storyline potential ahead.

Jacob is a possible death option simply because he’s at the warehouse when gunfire breaks out. But I think that he definitely will survive. However, when Elon calls shots fired and they rush in, there could be someone taking pot shots at Jacob. He might even take a bullet, but I think he’ll live.

Dr. Lia Whitmore Is A Monster on BTG

So, next, let’s talk about the wicked witch of the DMV, somebody who can tell Dana “Leslie” Thomas (Trisha Mann-Grant), “Hold my beer,” when it comes to being bad, and that is Dr. Lia Whitmore, chief of staff at Garland Memorial. She is rotten. And she constantly threatens Grayson. She has made threats to harm Ashley Morgan (Jen Jacob). We have seen Dr. Whitmore leverage the fact that Grayson is caring for his poor sick mom against him.

Bottom line is that Dr. Whitmore is a monster and she did not care that Grayson was stabbed. She thought he had it coming. Plus, I honestly suspect that Randy Parker (Maurice P. Kerry) might have handed Lynette Wise (Dominique Madison) over to Dr. Lia Whitmore to get payback for draining her retirement account. So, Dr. Whitmore might have drained Lynette of all her plasma and just tossed her corpse out.

Beyond the Gates: Joey Armstrong in Deep

Plus, it also looks like Joey Armstrong (Jon Lindstrom) is neck deep in this plasma ring. He may be the big boss Impaler. And Dr. Whitmore is just doing the day-to-day operation of the red market ring. And of course, Joey just figured out the cops are nosing around and he’s got Randy keeping an eye on things. So, I could see Joey having a minion nearby waiting with a rifle to take out Dr. Whitmore if the cops get too close. Because I’m sure Joey realizes that Dr. Whitmore would probably throw him under the bus and cut a deal with the cops to minimize her own prison time if she’s caught.

And I don’t think Joey would let that happen. So, I do think Dr. Lia Whitmore would be the best character for Beyond the Gates to kill off this week because she is an irredeemable monster. Getting your 401k cleaned out by scammer Lynette does not justify Whitmore’s awful murderous ways, even if she was cleaned out and is broke.

Grayson Seems Certain His Life Is at Risk

But now, let’s talk about Grayson, because he seems certain that his life is at risk. That’s why he gave all those documents to Ashley this week and scared the starch out of her. We know that Grayson wanted some peace of mind that if Dr. Lia Whitmore has him killed or he winds up dead by mischance, then at least somebody will be there for his sick mom.

Jordie Vilasuso was brought in as a recurring player in January. So, Grayson might have had an expiration date all along.

We know he’s also at the warehouse. We know Dr. Lia Whitmore has threatened him repeatedly. Of course, Ren is also at the warehouse and he stabbed Grayson before, so he’s totally capable of killing him.

And if you remember, Grayson told Derek Baldwin (Ben Gavin) that if he didn’t take the plasma he stole from the clinic that his and Ashley’s lives are at risk. And that’s, I think, the only reason why Derek let Grayson go. So, yeah, he may die. But I’m also wondering if he might just wind up arrested and testifying against everybody. So, there’s a chance Grayson may yet live.

Derek Baldwin Could Be Caught in the Crossfire

And that brings us to Derek Baldwin as another possible death suspect. In an after the episode clip this week, there was this just quick little scene that hints that Derek might follow Grayson. There’s a split-second shot of Derek peeking through some slats. So, he might be worried about Ashley. And also Derek may want to know the fate of the plasma that Grayson stole from the clinic that he runs.

So, maybe Derek is lurking and watching. And if he does follow Grayson, he could be spotted. I mean, it’s not like Derek’s got ninja sneaking skills, right? Or it could be that when Elon yells, “Shots fired and the cops join the fray and rush in.” We could see Derek caught in the crossfire as some kind of collateral damage in the shootout with the criminals.

Actor Ben Gavin was originally hired at Beyond the Gates on contract, but he was dropped to recurring status in early 2026. And Beyond the Gates spoilers for later this week have Ashley and Naomi shell shocked. That hints at it being Jacob, Grayson, or Derek who dies or that some combination of them might be injured in all of this.

Beyond the Gates: Grayson May Survive

That same day, spoilers say that Marcel Malone (Darryl W. Handy) grills a perp. So, clearly somebody with knowledge of the ring survives. Maybe Grayson. There’s a little end of the show clip where it looks like he was up at the police station. It was just a fleeting little thing, but you know, they could be grilling Dr. Whitmore or even Ren.

By the end of the week, Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnee Duplaix) is asked to reach out to a distraught colleague according to Beyond the Gates spoilers. And since she works with Ashley, I’m leaning towards it being one of the men in her life, either Grayson or Derek, who most likely finds their life cut short by a bullet.

Now, of course, it could be dirt bag Ren that dies, but nobody would be distraught if he kicked it. So, he doesn’t really fit the spoilers. And of course, Beyond the Gates could pull a bait and switch and kill off a rando who just works for Dr. Lia Whitmore. But since the character death happens on the last day of May sweeps on Wednesday, I do expect it to be a named character, somebody that we know.

Beyond the Gates: Who’s Time is Up?

Nobody would be distraught if Dr. Whitmore died, but I would like to see her gone. If she’s not going to be in a grave, though, life in prison works for me. Based on the spoilers, I’m leaning towards Derek or Grayson being the one that we lose. And of course, Smitty Smith’s (Mike Manning) been part of this, too.

But he is safely at Cotillion with the Duprees watching his daughter Samantha Richardson (Najah Jackson) make her debut and Joey’s not dying because he is in the spoilers for later this week and he’s having to answer to Vanessa McBride (Lauren Buglioli) and then also to Elon. So even though Joey seems to have a hand in the red market ring, I don’t think he’s going to go down.

Now, Grayson obviously is the most obvious choice to die, but I personally feel like sweet, nice Derek dying would deliver a bigger emotional punch. So, we’ll see. But one more day and then somebody’s dead.