I'm new to this forum so I hope I'm posting in the right place. I don't see an active speculation thread and I've had a theory since around episode 5 that I want to share. Actually a theory that my sister and I came up with together, which is important to acknowledge. Our theory -- Vargas, or one of his men killed Ennis. A desperate addict trying to steal something for his PO would never have killed him by gluing his mouth and nose closed. That is a vicious personal way to kill someone. We think Vargas is Ennis brother and that Ennis was his initial target motivated by revenge. We think that Vargas wrote the sci-fi novels, either by himself or better yet, co-wrote them with his brother who took both credit for them and the advance that he lost. As disgusting as Vargas is he is well read and articulate and seems more like a writer than Ennis. We took clues for this theory from early episodes. Vargas talked about Cain and Able only being the most famous of many estranged brothers in the bible. In the LA episode the waitress when talking to Gloria tells her that Ennis wasn't good either. Maybe the M in VM is for Mosely.
By our theory Emmit only got caught up with Vargas because of some mistake on Vargas's part, maybe thought they were Ennis's sons. Or maybe he just wanted a cover to kill Ennis and make it look like Ennis was killed by mistaken identity.
I can't wait for next week to see how it all ends.
