For a full two minutes of screen time, there is . Rio tries CPR. The Professor stares in silence. Fans on social media erupted with “RIP Denver” posts.

But then—a cough. A gasp. He’s alive.

His relationship with Stockholm is the heart of the show. Their romance—born from a hostage situation—grows into a genuine partnership, and eventually, they have a child, Cincinnati. Killing Denver would have destroyed the "happy ending" narrative that the writers crafted for the couple, providing a necessary emotional counterweight to the tragic deaths of characters like Tokyo and Nairobi.

He is one of the few original members of the first heist to make it to the end alive, alongside The Professor, Raquel (Lisbon), and Stockholm.