Warning: This story contains spoilers of season 4 Stranger Things.
Is this it? Stranger Things season 4 may have more episodes coming in part 2 — but fans are already worried about the fates of their favorite characters.
During part one, Nancy Wheeler’s (Natalia Dyer) life ended up in danger when her attempt to escape the Upside Down put her face to face with Vecna. As the rest of her friends waited for her return, Nancy ended up accessing the newest villain’s memories and discovered that he was actually Henry Creel (Jamie Campbell Bower) before becoming the monster.
Eleven (also in other parts of the season) is available.Millie Bobby Brown) was also struggling to gain back her powers under Dr. Brenner’s (Matthew Modine) watchful eye. The first part of Season 4 ended with Eleven finding out the truth about the Hawkins Lab massacre — only to still have to return to Indiana to save her friends.
Ahead of the show’s return, several cast members admitted that they have considered how their onscreen stories would come to an end. “I would like Murray to live. I wish he does. Of course, I am worried — it is very anxiety inducing because we are going against some very evil forces here,” Brett GelmanOnly told Us WeeklyIn May 2022. “So, you never know what is going to happen. He might bite the dust, or he might not.”
Murray is still safe in Russia (for now), but Patrick, a newcomer to the country, is not.Myles TruittHis arc ended in a much more horrific way. According to Truitt, he wasn’t as concerned when he found out that Patrick would become one of Vecna’s victims.
“I wasn’t worried about anything. Once I realized that I had gotten 6 episodes out of 9, I was happy to go in any situation. I am grateful,” he told Useat the time. “If I die, then I die. If I come home, then I return. Regardless I am here.”
The opportunity to work on such a memorable show was worth it for the actor. “I was looking forward to being observant. Taking in the different sets, how they are structured and then referencing that to what I see on camera,” he explained to UseHis first days on set. “It is a whole different experience and a whole different perspective. Then you have a different level of respect for what you do.”
OG cast members had a different view about saying goodbye to their costars. Brown and Noah SchnappThey once joked that the show should kill people off to make more space.
“We’re all afraid of one of us dying,” Brown told The Wrap in May 2022, before adding, “You need to start killing people off. The Duffer Brothers are sensitive sallies who don’t want to kill anybody off. We must have the mindset of Game of Thrones. Kill me! They tried to kill me! David [Harbour] off and they brought him back!”
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