YES!!! I MEAN, I KNOW THEY DID MORE THAN KISSING good for them but fr it'd be the climax for me its rlly better than showing the part when they climax, yknow😭 WHERE'S THE KISSSSSS
When he said, over the phone: “You’d rather be a drunk than be with me,” I realized then he’d fallen in love with her. Which is something she didn’t think he was capable of. Perhaps, if she had, things would’ve been different. Either way-these two together were magic.
Thing is... people think he's a narcissist because he's an extravert. While It's true that all narcissists are extraverts, not all extraverts are narcissists. But people subconsciously think those two traits correlate, which is sad because they only do that implicitly. I know that, because I'm an hyperextravert and people often call me arrogant and obnoxious, until they get to know me better.
But why do I like her and Townes?? :((((((( I know people have speculated that he is gay but I am so glad they ended the series with Townes and Beth together I think it was absolutely perfect.
@@aurielove9177 I liked Beth and Townes relationship, too. Very complex and emotional. In the end, his desire for them to be friends was sweet. I believe he’s the only man she loved (which does not change even if he is, indeed, gay).
i like to think that if and when she found her way back in the states, she’d call him again. his helping organize and pay for the phone session with all of them was a way to show he still loves her and she was excited to hear from him because she loves him back.
Benny is the only man in that show who could keep up with Beth and called her out on her behavior. They matched intellectually. I think she will end up with him in the end:) He also took really good care of her!
I mean, the others tried to call her out on her behaviour. But they didn't have the guts to stick to it and weren't equal to her in a way that allowed her to truly respect them
I loved how Benny was the only romantic-interest character that was as headstrong as her. That phone call (where he told her off for getting drunk instead of going to NY) was when she realized Benny’s not a nice pushover like Beltic, and she can’t be selfish with Benny like she was with Beltic. Also, Beltic and Townes didn’t challenge her as much as Benny.
Beltic did challenge her flat out face to face, but Beth didn't care enough to take it to heart, but he did call her out on her addiction, albeit in a more caring manner than Benny did
Honestly Benny & Beth needed more screen time together. The only episode that they do have a lot of screen time together would be episode six. Even so they sort of showed they dynamic between the two. Benny is there to help her out while Beth pushes him further. They both make each other succeed.
I’m not gonna lie, when I saw Benny at the first time I laughed at this little baby-faced mustache dude. But here I am now, shipping these two pretty hardly and thinking that he’s hot as hell. What a wonderful actor this man is
The actor who played Benny did a really good job with the accent. It turns out that he is really British. The one that Beth fought at the end in the Kentucky tournament was also British.
They had such good chemistry!!! I want a season 2 and I want more scenes with them! Also, have you noticed that they look so similar?!? Basically their own version just in the opposite sex.
@@temtech9730 I thought the same thing!!! It’s crazy to think he’s in his 30s lol and I’d like to think that he’s one of the lost boys in Neverland that never grew up 😂
besides being an amazing and outstanding master piece, the queen’s gambit did the world a favor by showing us thomas brodie-sangster and anya taylor-joy together and their out of this world chemistry. they need to be together on screen again.
@Александра Шелехова I agree that emily in paris was really light and funny however i found all the cast except the chef’s girlfriend to be quite toxic? Like they were all just testing my patience all throughout the episodes and emily on the other hand somehow just wanted to shove down her ideas into everyone and that just spiraled down to her being unliked by everyone else no matter how she tries
@@thifanny7298 i think because ppl aren't talking about it enough compared to emily in paris though i personally saw that the talk about emily in paris was mainly negative
the moment that i absolutely loved was when she was in moscow and it was the night before her big match against borgov and he called her up and there were like 4 other people there all figuring out a way she could win. that was the moment i went "I KNEW HE WASN'T DONE WITH HER." i genuinely screamed i was so happy
my whole existence was really sad when I realized beth's never really going to accept a man in her life like mOM WHY I WANT BENNY AND BETH TOGETHER WHY *dissolves into sadness*
In the book, they really did end up together i think, with beth admitting she also misses benny more than anyone else. There's no other reason it shouldn't happen if the ending went beyond the last scene.
@@m_vrysnn85 whoa okay yeah that would REALLY make sense. It would really be good to read the book, don't you think so? Can't find any free pdf floating on the internet though :(
@@continented same i actually don't know where to read the novel if it's available online, idk i'd just feel so satisfied to see them like official OFFICIAL either in the book or series
Just finished binge watching this show in like two days after starting it out of boredom and not expecting to get into it much... the characters and the relationships are so realistic, people coming in and out of each other's lives, all the people that helped her whether in big or small ways, and love that the show and characters weren't just fixated on her being a woman, there was no major sexism in the show, if you were good enough then you were good enough regardless. Benny was my favorite, definitely a narcissist, but he got her out of her head and helped her out so much and was an actual bond for her when she had no one else really. I love that this was a show about strength and independence, but I also kinda hope Beth went back to New York after haha.
Seeing Beth Harmon demolish her opponents is like that scene in the Wonder Woman movie where WW charges across no-man's land. AJT is an amazing actress.
After IT, when Beth says: "This is how it's supposed to feel like". I really felt that. Also, Beth fell for Benny way before he did. When she was at his place, she constantly stared at him in amazement
I just watched this 2 days ago and the nostalgia is killing me. Man, reality now sucks so bad compared to this. The fact that this is fiction saddens me. What's the point of living when you can't have this :(
I like to think that one day they finally realized what they meant to each other. They never had kids. They traveled the world together this time instead of alone. They stayed primarily in the New York apartment, a chess board always out on the table, always in play. Later on the games would last for days, just because they could. They gave one another understanding and challenge, both things that neither could live without. I like to think that they stayed that way, happily, for a long, long time.
they are literally perfect for each other. he helps her with her addiction while pushing her further with her game, and she's an ego check for him and brings him down to earth. no one can convince me she didn't go back to new york with him after russia
I’d just imagine that Beth & Benny got back “together” and lived happily ever after 🥺 hoping Netflix would make one last episode of these two being together
I like to think they rekindled their romance and ended up together when she returned from Russia. Townes said he wants to be friends (he’s gay but got confused when he met Beth) and Beltik, while super sweet, isn’t assertive enough nor an intellectual match for her who will help her be a better person. Benny is the only one who managed to motivated her to try sobriety and really challenged her to improve her skills all the while keeping up with her. Plus she enjoyed having sex with him the most lol.
I'm so obsessed with them😭 in a good way tho and if you're still not a shipper, how can you not be after seeing beth smile so wide when benny (and the team) called her?
I literally started watching the season today cause a friend recommended and just finished the episode where she strokes his hair and he says forget it. I love where this is going 😅😁😁
Good guess, the answer is at 0:34 of this video. Benny was born in 1940 which makes him 7-8 years older than Beth. He is exactly 27 years old when the personal relationship with Beth begins. Beth is 20 at this time.
I just loved them everytime they were on screen together. So much chemistry - I feel like they had an equal match of intellect and genuine care for eachother. I prefer them together than her and the reporter guy (without even mentioning the age gap) just bc I feel like they had more time for a relationship to develop. Benny barely knew her for more than a few days and was so perceptive of just about everything about her and she was equally as interested in him. A beautiful love story. Waiting for the fanfiction so feel free to post the ao3 links
they were both like a jolt to each other's senses. It's like they looked at each other and instantly perceived that they were the real deal. Nobody else really mattered. The reporter thing coming back in the end really threw me off.
On why they didn't properly get together in the show: I think she believed Cleo when she said Benny loved himself more than anyone else, and Benny never did anything to convince her otherwise. After they slept together he had nothing to say to her, and even after Paris when he asked her to come to New York, he wasn't specific about what he wanted. He kept asking her to come to him, but if he was worried about her or wanted her, what was stopping him from going to her? The closest he ever got to admitting he liked her was saying he missed her, aside from those words he said afterwards when he got angry at her ('you'd rather be a drunk than be with me') for somehow not reading his mind or not being in the best place to be what he wanted her to be (which isn't really a fair position to put her in). At the end of the day I still ship the hell out of these two, but I'm not mad about the arc in this season, even though I wish we could have seen more of the two of them actually together. Their chemistry was insane and their actions made sense. Benny had no practice admitting vulnerability, and Beth brought out all of the vulnerability in him. Vice versa - she was much the same, and she needed to be able to stand on her own two feet to approach him as a true equal in the future. In the end, the power dynamic balanced out. I think it's the type of plot that I find most satisfying.
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"Do you still like my hair?"
I SCREAMED
Same!
Me tooo
Me too me too
same???
ME TOOOO
the chemistry between these two was something I was NOT prepared for...
YUP. you can cut the air...
YEEEEEESSSSSS
It's just actors with hyphenated last-names
same
The couple that I didn't know that I needed.
omg same
periodtttttt
Cant agree moreee
The "Do you still like my hair" has a different fandom tbh
HAHAHAH YES LMAO
LMAOOA
SO TRUE💀
Haha yes
yassss
casting thomas brodie-sangster and anya taylor-joy in the same show was the best decision
666th like from me...
I'm still screaming
Couldn't agree more ❤❤
@@1999yasin yay
For real. Its the pairing i never knew i needed
I'm still mad they didn't show a kiss scene
Was looking for this comment
the one thing i was waiting for
YES!!! I MEAN, I KNOW THEY DID MORE THAN KISSING
good for them but fr it'd be the climax for me its rlly better than showing the part when they climax, yknow😭
WHERE'S THE KISSSSSS
The fact that there’s chemistry, despite that? Is great writing
the fact that we got a BELTIK kiss scene but not a Benny one??? fuming loool
When he said, over the phone: “You’d rather be a drunk than be with me,” I realized then he’d fallen in love with her.
Which is something she didn’t think he was capable of. Perhaps, if she had, things would’ve been different.
Either way-these two together were magic.
Thing is... people think he's a narcissist because he's an extravert. While It's true that all narcissists are extraverts, not all extraverts are narcissists. But people subconsciously think those two traits correlate, which is sad because they only do that implicitly. I know that, because I'm an hyperextravert and people often call me arrogant and obnoxious, until they get to know me better.
Tf? He did not fall in love with her.
But why do I like her and Townes?? :((((((( I know people have speculated that he is gay but I am so glad they ended the series with Townes and Beth together I think it was absolutely perfect.
@@aurielove9177 I liked Beth and Townes relationship, too.
Very complex and emotional. In the end, his desire for them to be friends was sweet. I believe he’s the only man she loved (which does not change even if he is, indeed, gay).
i like to think that if and when she found her way back in the states, she’d call him again. his helping organize and pay for the phone session with all of them was a way to show he still loves her and she was excited to hear from him because she loves him back.
I love how you can see the way Benny slowly falls in love with her and how much he’s trying to deny it.
LEGIT
Benny is the only man in that show who could keep up with Beth and called her out on her behavior. They matched intellectually. I think she will end up with him in the end:) He also took really good care of her!
They end togheter at the book
@@BlastUZ Really?
@@asheilysantes4326 yes
I mean, the others tried to call her out on her behaviour. But they didn't have the guts to stick to it and weren't equal to her in a way that allowed her to truly respect them
@@BlastUZ wait what, like they gt married, or they just date? what happened to townes?
I loved how Benny was the only romantic-interest character that was as headstrong as her. That phone call (where he told her off for getting drunk instead of going to NY) was when she realized Benny’s not a nice pushover like Beltic, and she can’t be selfish with Benny like she was with Beltic.
Also, Beltic and Townes didn’t challenge her as much as Benny.
EXACTLY
YEEEEEESSS
Beltic did challenge her flat out face to face, but Beth didn't care enough to take it to heart, but he did call her out on her addiction, albeit in a more caring manner than Benny did
THIS.
Yes. They didnt.
Honestly Benny & Beth needed more screen time together. The only episode that they do have a lot of screen time together would be episode six. Even so they sort of showed they dynamic between the two. Benny is there to help her out while Beth pushes him further. They both make each other succeed.
TM well I saw that the people creating this wanted to stay completely true to the book. So Benny probably didn’t show up much until 3/4 of the book.
i really want them to make a spin-off of benny and beths relationship my life would be complete
Best part of the show was when he finally took his hat off, omg the hair he had hid under it my god this guy could be a model if he didnt play chess.
I mean, he is played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster 👀
He could do both. Magnus Carlsen (the current world champion) did some modeling in the past :)
"I like your hair"
"Uh huh sure you do"
😂
that scene where benny held beth's arms and said "do you still like my hair?" almost took the living shit outta me
I MEAN I GOT BUTTERFLYS SO IDK ABOUT BETH AHAHAHAHAHAGAG 💀💀💀
same
I’m not gonna lie, when I saw Benny at the first time I laughed at this little baby-faced mustache dude. But here I am now, shipping these two pretty hardly and thinking that he’s hot as hell. What a wonderful actor this man is
he's the kind of guy that I wouldn't look twice at on the street but after watching him in this I am completely mesmerised
@@user-ed7et3pb4o SAME
He’s hot, I agree with that. He can pull off turtle neck, that’s more important. Hahahahha
exactly how i felt
I love how beth cares about Benny’s opinion that she doesn’t took the drink that the other girl is offering.
they really look so good together, i wish there would be another show with the two of them as main characters
Same
Sameee
YES
THEY NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN 😢😢
This show will remain one of the best shows of this decade imo.
Fr, I binged it
exactly
i know 😭
Easy. Nothing else even gets close to it.
The only good thing that came out of 2020
The actor who played Benny did a really good job with the accent. It turns out that he is really British. The one that Beth fought at the end in the Kentucky tournament was also British.
Yeh, Harry Beltik is Durley Dursley from Harry Potter.
Her accent tends to vary though
He was in nanny mcphee
He is Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones
@lo l She's latina
i ship them more than her and that reporter dude. they had way more chemistry!!
edit: somehow i missed that the reporter was gay...lol makes sense now
YESSS
well prob because reporter dude is wayy older lol
Well reporter dude was gay too lol
YEEESSS
ABSOLUTELY THEY NEEDED TO GET TOGETHER!! THEY SHARED SO MUCH MORE THAN THE OTHERS
" Do you still like my hair?" Stuck with me when I heard him say it the first time I had to replay it
They had such good chemistry!!! I want a season 2 and I want more scenes with them!
Also, have you noticed that they look so similar?!? Basically their own version just in the opposite sex.
Their personalities too
That's what I thought the first time I saw them.
Sadly I don’t think there will be a season 2 since it’s based off the book.
They both look unique to me
@@hue.main1 Can you send me a link of what book that is ? thank you
Benny had the body of a 8th grader and the face of a 30 year old cowboy. Ngl it really messed with my head🤣
lmao that's because the actor actually looks really young without the beard
Yeah, I was really weirded out by it. Lol. I even thought at first that he was actually pretending to be old to hangout with older chess masters. Lol.
Benny is really young looking so it threw me a bit how much older he was supposed to be 😅
@@temtech9730 I thought the same thing!!! It’s crazy to think he’s in his 30s lol and I’d like to think that he’s one of the lost boys in Neverland that never grew up 😂
@@temtech9730 😂😂😂 you killed me. I wish it was the case 😅
Shocked by how attracted I suddenly became to Thomas Brodie-Sangster
the hair scene has the same energy as pride and prejudice’s hand scene 😭
omg you're so right
ayyyy you speak my mind, both radiates the same subtle intimacy and I love it!
Am I the only one who fell deeply in love with Benny's character?! 😍😍😍
And Oh Gosh, that's the best ship ever, the only one I need
besides being an amazing and outstanding master piece, the queen’s gambit did the world a favor by showing us thomas brodie-sangster and anya taylor-joy together and their out of this world chemistry. they need to be together on screen again.
I'd like to think Beth goes back to meet Benny and they slowly fall in love deeper :,)
I actually made up this end in my mind, so that the ending would be even better. To me, that is what happened. PERIOD
Doesn't everybody? They're literally canon and nothing anyone says would make me change my mind😭
Why does everybody watch that stereotype and boring stuff like "Emily in Paris" and not a masterpiece like this?
@Александра Шелехова you said it right!
@Александра Шелехова I agree that emily in paris was really light and funny however i found all the cast except the chef’s girlfriend to be quite toxic? Like they were all just testing my patience all throughout the episodes and emily on the other hand somehow just wanted to shove down her ideas into everyone and that just spiraled down to her being unliked by everyone else no matter how she tries
well... this is/was number 1 on netflix so people ARE watching it. I don't know what would make think they aren't
@Александра Шелехова exactly!
@@thifanny7298 i think because ppl aren't talking about it enough compared to emily in paris though i personally saw that the talk about emily in paris was mainly negative
the moment that i absolutely loved was when she was in moscow and it was the night before her big match against borgov and he called her up and there were like 4 other people there all figuring out a way she could win. that was the moment i went "I KNEW HE WASN'T DONE WITH HER." i genuinely screamed i was so happy
my whole existence was really sad when I realized beth's never really going to accept a man in her life like mOM WHY I WANT BENNY AND BETH TOGETHER WHY *dissolves into sadness*
Asia Castro actually I think they end up together, it would make sense
honestly , i liked her with out a man in her life . But she would've been really great with Benny
In the book, they really did end up together i think, with beth admitting she also misses benny more than anyone else. There's no other reason it shouldn't happen if the ending went beyond the last scene.
@@m_vrysnn85 whoa okay yeah that would REALLY make sense. It would really be good to read the book, don't you think so? Can't find any free pdf floating on the internet though :(
@@continented same i actually don't know where to read the novel if it's available online, idk i'd just feel so satisfied to see them like official OFFICIAL either in the book or series
Just finished binge watching this show in like two days after starting it out of boredom and not expecting to get into it much... the characters and the relationships are so realistic, people coming in and out of each other's lives, all the people that helped her whether in big or small ways, and love that the show and characters weren't just fixated on her being a woman, there was no major sexism in the show, if you were good enough then you were good enough regardless. Benny was my favorite, definitely a narcissist, but he got her out of her head and helped her out so much and was an actual bond for her when she had no one else really. I love that this was a show about strength and independence, but I also kinda hope Beth went back to New York after haha.
The best relationship and ship in QG period
Seeing Beth Harmon demolish her opponents is like that scene in the Wonder Woman movie where WW charges across no-man's land. AJT is an amazing actress.
After IT, when Beth says: "This is how it's supposed to feel like". I really felt that.
Also, Beth fell for Benny way before he did. When she was at his place, she constantly stared at him in amazement
we need more beth and benny moments. they look cute together :(
they had the most chemistry in the show hands down
they are my entire life.
I'm so happy I decided to watch this serial, wish they made a second season...
This hits different when you know the actor that played Benny Watts voiced Ferb (from Phinneas and Ferb) lmao
You made me spit out my water. No way 😂
He was in Nanny McPhee too
he was also Newt from the Maze Runner series
I just watched this 2 days ago and the nostalgia is killing me. Man, reality now sucks so bad compared to this. The fact that this is fiction saddens me. What's the point of living when you can't have this :(
I like to think that one day they finally realized what they meant to each other. They never had kids. They traveled the world together this time instead of alone. They stayed primarily in the New York apartment, a chess board always out on the table, always in play. Later on the games would last for days, just because they could. They gave one another understanding and challenge, both things that neither could live without. I like to think that they stayed that way, happily, for a long, long time.
they have such great chemistry but i cant get over the fact that their faces are the exact same size. thomas brodie-sangster is so small
I love the way you can see that slowly and trying to deny it, Benny falls in love with Beth, the truth is that they deserve a story together
Benny totally fell for her in the end. I’ll just imagine in my head that they did end up together haha
i read the book and there were MORE moments of them especially when they were in new york 😭
Oh my i need to read the book!! 😩
Putting a filter on such a heavily filtered series just adds to the gorgeousness 😍
I didn't get into this show for the romance but their chemistry is so amazing. I never knew i needed them.
They are so sweet together ...same spirit and soul ! I miss them , i would love a season 2 just to see them together!
i didnt think they would be together in the beginning BUT IM IM LOVE WITH THEM
i love them so much it physically hurts
They both look so similar!!! Like the version of each other with a different gender.
yeah but somehow not in a creepy twin way? Like Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin freak me out. TBS and ATJ are so shippable
The moment I saw those two together? I'm like, omg, then I lost it when he asked "do you still like my hair?"
they are literally perfect for each other. he helps her with her addiction while pushing her further with her game, and she's an ego check for him and brings him down to earth. no one can convince me she didn't go back to new york with him after russia
I’d just imagine that Beth & Benny got back “together” and lived happily ever after 🥺 hoping Netflix would make one last episode of these two being together
everyone asking for a season two and i think they should jsut do an hour long ep of her after life and who she ended up with
i always come back here for serotonin
yeahh they mean everything to me
Thomas Brodie Sangster is the best actor I know. I love this series!!
He’s decent
Bruh...you must not now a lot of actors then
@@sorucha8249 And you hadn't had any brain cells for breakfast today, had ya?
"Do you still like my hair?" is the sentence that made me ship them
Their chemistry iss sooooooo addicting 😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭😭✨✨✨
bruh i was literally crying when they didnt end up together man
I like to think they rekindled their romance and ended up together when she returned from Russia. Townes said he wants to be friends (he’s gay but got confused when he met Beth) and Beltik, while super sweet, isn’t assertive enough nor an intellectual match for her who will help her be a better person. Benny is the only one who managed to motivated her to try sobriety and really challenged her to improve her skills all the while keeping up with her. Plus she enjoyed having sex with him the most lol.
One of the best shows by far
ahhh the chemistry between this two!!! rooted for townes at the beginning, but towards the end I saw how much benny cares for beth. gahhh
this show is so amazing
I LOVE THEM UGH
Their chemistry almost DESTROYED ME
I don’t know why but I keep finding myself watching these Benny and Beth edits and it only makes me sadder😭😭
this is just-
perfect.
Sheesh, been crushing on him since the Maze Runner ❤️
I hope there's more physical chemistry next season 🤧🤧
Still the best ship for me 🤧💕
They're actually so similar and just perfect for each other tbh. 🥰
3:30 there now you can spam this to your hearts content 👁️👄👁️
the part where you cut from her turning to them in the competition was really really brilliant, I love this
This whole show & this duo are the only good things that came out of 2020
When he’s smiles . I can’t even
I'm so obsessed with them😭 in a good way tho
and if you're still not a shipper, how can you not be after seeing beth smile so wide when benny (and the team) called her?
I LOVED THIS SHOW TOO MUCH ALSO THE MUSIC CHOICES WERE SO GOOD
one of the best shows I've watched since RBW ❤️ this has been my current hyperfixation, I'm in love with ATJ
"I miss you."
Ahhhh and how she just doesn’t reply to that 😭
They have an amazing chemistry. 😍😍😍
he was good for her, i think the only person in the show that didnt let her down
I literally started watching the season today cause a friend recommended and just finished the episode where she strokes his hair and he says forget it. I love where this is going 😅😁😁
They looked more like siblings than a couple but 😂 still great. Loved it.
was looking for your comment. can't get over that
casting director definitely has a type!
@@user-ed7et3pb4o you know how some castings have like physical requirements. At the queens gambit it was: big dark eyes, pale face 😂
As soon as this
Show came out I binged
I just finished the show and now I plan to rewatch it tomorrow 😭
U don’t understand I’m OBSESSED with them
Wow grace carter and queens gambit colliding??? Someone actually thought of this. Thanks
Thomas Brodie-Sangster making me simp for him again 🙄
ikr, will I ever be rid of this crush
Omg this is SUCHA good edit!!
I loved it . And still love it . Will always love it .
I NEED THIS SO BAD IM SOBBING
I’ve been coming here very often. This is the best fanmade video for Benny & Beth’s story 🥺
I loveedthis SO SO MUCH !
honestly I don't really ship them together romantically but I absolutely adore their relationship and this is amazing
A GREAT FILM, A GREAT ACTRESS.
Does anyone else how old is Benny supposed to be? I assume 27 or so ?
Good guess, the answer is at 0:34 of this video. Benny was born in 1940 which makes him 7-8 years older than Beth. He is exactly 27 years old when the personal relationship with Beth begins. Beth is 20 at this time.
I just loved them everytime they were on screen together. So much chemistry - I feel like they had an equal match of intellect and genuine care for eachother. I prefer them together than her and the reporter guy (without even mentioning the age gap) just bc I feel like they had more time for a relationship to develop. Benny barely knew her for more than a few days and was so perceptive of just about everything about her and she was equally as interested in him. A beautiful love story. Waiting for the fanfiction so feel free to post the ao3 links
they were both like a jolt to each other's senses. It's like they looked at each other and instantly perceived that they were the real deal. Nobody else really mattered. The reporter thing coming back in the end really threw me off.
The chemistry between this two!!
This show was amazing
On why they didn't properly get together in the show:
I think she believed Cleo when she said Benny loved himself more than anyone else, and Benny never did anything to convince her otherwise. After they slept together he had nothing to say to her, and even after Paris when he asked her to come to New York, he wasn't specific about what he wanted. He kept asking her to come to him, but if he was worried about her or wanted her, what was stopping him from going to her? The closest he ever got to admitting he liked her was saying he missed her, aside from those words he said afterwards when he got angry at her ('you'd rather be a drunk than be with me') for somehow not reading his mind or not being in the best place to be what he wanted her to be (which isn't really a fair position to put her in).
At the end of the day I still ship the hell out of these two, but I'm not mad about the arc in this season, even though I wish we could have seen more of the two of them actually together. Their chemistry was insane and their actions made sense. Benny had no practice admitting vulnerability, and Beth brought out all of the vulnerability in him. Vice versa - she was much the same, and she needed to be able to stand on her own two feet to approach him as a true equal in the future. In the end, the power dynamic balanced out. I think it's the type of plot that I find most satisfying.