Stranger Things Season 4 Should Kill Off Steve Harrington
Stranger Things has firmly established that it's willing (and eager) to kill characters that viewers have connected with, but will Steve Harrington die in Stranger Things season 4 volume 2? Given the fact that Stranger Things season 4 is the longest, largest-scale, and highest-stakes season yet, it seems especially likely that a core cast member's death will happen at some point. When it comes to the question of who, several factors make Steve a strong candidate.
Stranger Things season 1 saw the death of minor characters like Barb (which prompted the “Justice for Barb” discussion on social media) and the apparent demise of Dr. Brenner. Stranger Things season 2 decided that Bob Newby wasn’t going to make it, and season 3 said goodbye to Billy and surprised viewers with Jim Hopper's fake death. Stranger Things knows how to create a connection between viewers and the characters they are planning to get rid of.
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With Stranger Things season 4 volume 1 already out, it seems less a question of whether a main character will die and more a question of who it will be. The higher stakes, scarier horror elements, and heightened drama of the already released episodes all strongly suggest that casualties are possible. Is Steve Harrington going to die in Stranger Things season 4 volume 2? While it's impossible to know for certain, this death (if done well) would actually work wonders for both the series and the character.
Steve Harrington began as the stereotypical arrogant jock, who went as far as to break Jonathan’s camera after Jonathan took photos of Nancy and Steve. Steve wasn’t anyone’s favorite during half of Stranger Things season 1, but the
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