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Watts is probably alive. They didn't even have an ambiguous death scene like with other villains. Question is what did Ironwood do to him. I have a feeling Tyrian is gonna escape due to whatever fight breaks out after Ironwood's order. End result is probably that Watts will get out of whatever situation he was left in and the villains will all get away with Salem when all is said and done.

One reason he should be alive is that we are still missing a crucial part of his backstory. Both Hazel and Tyrian's backstories revealed the fate of their counterparts in their allusions. Each member of WTCH has some counterpart who is crucial in determining the character's fate. We learned what happened to Tyrian's frog and what happened to Hazel's Gretel. However, there is still nothing about Watts' Sherlock.

Among all the villains, Tyrian is the only one potentially expendable right now as it is not like there is much more to build on with his story. He is just a deranged serial killer who worships Salem. Watts, of course, isn't especially useful from this point forward, but his story is not quite told in its entirety. Plus, we really need to know what he was looking for on Amity and I imagine that will become important.