Stranger Things 4 Continued Its Biggest Death Trend (With A Twist)
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 4.
Not only did Stranger Things season 4 bring all of the horror and heart expected from the Netflix hit, but it also continued the show's biggest trend regarding death–with a twist. Stranger Things season 4, volume 1 exposed Eleven’s forgotten memories from her time in Hawkins Lab and subsequently, the true identity of Vecna. While volume 1 addressed many questions and theories from the first three seasons, there was one strange commonality among characters that have previously been killed off that it brought back in a slightly different way.
That one common denominator is that characters whose names start with a «B» always seem to die. In Stranger Things season 1, diner owner Benny Hammond was murdered after providing refuge to Eleven following her escape from Hawkins Lab. Barb Holland also died in Stranger Thingsthat season after being dragged to the Upside Down by a Demogorgon. Stranger Things season 2 also tragically killed off Joyce’s boyfriend, Bob Newby, in a Demodog attack. In Stranger Things season 3, Bruce Lowe, a Hawkins Post journalist possessed by the Mind Flayer, was killed by Nancy. Lastly, in season 3’s finale, Max’s step-brother Billy Hargrove was killed, sacrificing himself to save Eleven from the Mind Flayer that had possessed him for most of the season.
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Since every other season had a “B”-named character die, it felt certain this would recur in Stranger Things season 4. And it did– except Stranger Things season 4 put a twist on this old pattern as none of Vecna's victims' first names started with “B.” Instead, their last names did. Taking the dramatic death of Fred Benson in Stranger
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