{"id":234197,"date":"2026-04-13T03:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/how-did-dtf-st-louis-kill-off-david-harbours-floyd-cause-of-death-revealed-in-series-finale\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T03:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:45:21","slug":"how-did-dtf-st-louis-kill-off-david-harbours-floyd-cause-of-death-revealed-in-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/how-did-dtf-st-louis-kill-off-david-harbours-floyd-cause-of-death-revealed-in-series-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did \u2018DTF St. Louis\u2019 Kill Off David Harbour\u2019s Floyd? Cause of Death Revealed in Series Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

DTF St. Louis<\/em> finally revealed<\/a> what led to David Harbour<\/strong>\u2018s character Floyd\u2019s mysterious death.<\/p>\n

During the Sunday, April 12, finale, Floyd died by suicide after rejection from Carol (Linda Cardellini<\/strong>), Tiger Tiger (Chris Perfetti<\/strong>) and Clark (Jason Bateman<\/strong>). Floyd\u2019s stepson Richard (Arlan Ruf<\/strong>), who was the reason for his Peyronie\u2019s disease, ultimately watched Floyd put medication in his Bloody Mary can before signing \u201cI love you\u201d ahead of his death.<\/p>\n

Showrunner Steve Conrad<\/strong> broke down the thought process to ending, telling TV Insider<\/em><\/a>, \u201cWell, if you think about the many times that Floyd had been kind of assessed and then rejected, there were multiple, but the one connection that was sound was Richard, that despite the failure of the therapy working and the multiple attempts to try to reach Richard, Floyd had found a way that summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conrad wanted to offer an emotional conclusion.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you had asked him if anything good had happened that summer, he would have said something great had happened, like Richard and found each other flailing, trying to find some way to turn the volume down on all the other sources of pain for Floyd,\u201d he continued. It ended up consequently having him create events that Richard was exposed to accidentally, and this full measure of Floyd that a child shouldn\u2019t have because he\u2019s too young, it happened, and it probably wouldn\u2019t have happened if there wasn\u2019t that kind of recklessness that summer, so Floyd felt responsible for Richard being there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He concluded: \u201cHe felt like that if he were a better man, this boy wouldn\u2019t be out there trying to figure out what it is he\u2019s watching, even though what he\u2019s watching is harmless and very human and ultimately understandable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>

\n Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini and David Harbour in DTF St. Louis.<\/span> HBO Max<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Conrad also explained if Floyd<\/a> would have always ended up in the same place, saying, \u201cI think that\u2019s a real keen observation because we started, one could have flipped the first scene for Floyd. \u2026 You can see in the last shot of Floyd in that therapy session, with the way David performed it \u2026 You\u2019re not far away from that feeling. It\u2019s only three months away, and it can\u2019t show up for the first time there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The screenwriter noted he knew<\/a> \u201cwhat Floyd\u2019s fate might have been.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\n\t\"\"
\n\t\"\"<\/p>\n