Stranger Things: Is Suzie To Blame For Billy's Death?

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Should Suzie be blamed for Billy's death in Stranger Things?While Billy Hargrove (Dacre Montgomery) is technically killed by the Mind Flayer when he attempts to stop the monster from attacking Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) during the season 3 finale of Netflix’s Stranger Things, there is a compelling case that Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo) is actually to blame for his death. In the wake of the third season, fans uncovered that the brief scene in which Suzie — Dustin’s (Gaten Matarazzo) girlfriend whom he met at science camp — is introduced causes delays to their mission to close the gate to the parallel dimension the Upside Down, which may have cost Billy his life.

During the Stranger Things season 3 episode “The Battle of Starcourt,” Hopper (David Harbour) and Joyce (Winona Ryder) attempt to close the gate by shutting off the machine drilling into the Upside Down, but first they must access the safe containing the keys to the portal drill. When Murray Bauman (Brett Gelman) provides them with the incorrect code for Planck’s constant (the code to the safe), Dustin contacts Suzie over the radio transmitter to ask her for the number. While Dustin stresses that he needs the number in order to save the world, Suzie understandably doesn’t grasp the true magnitude of the situation, and decides to hold the number hostage until Dustin sings the song “The Never Ending Story."

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Suzie and Dustin’s duet may have held up Hopper and Joyce’s proceedings and effectively forced Billy’s sacrifice to be necessary to save Eleven, Max (Sadie Sink), and her friends. However, many other extraneous events occurred during the season that could’ve attributed to Billy’s