Why It's OK To Cheer That Stranger Things Finale Death
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 4, episode 9, «The Piggyback.»
Jason's death in the Stranger Things season 4 finale is a brutal moment, but one that audiences would be justified in celebrating. Jason Carver (Mason Dye) is the leader of a new group of antagonists in Stranger Things 4, the Hawkins High School basketball team who try to find and defeat Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn), believing him responsible for the death of Jason's girlfriend, Chrissy Cunningham (Grace Van Dien), among others. In a way, Jason ultimately gets what he wants as Eddie dies in Stranger Things 4's finale, but thankfully the villain also gets what he deserves too.
The two feature-length episodes of Stranger Things season 4, volume 2 delivered on the promise of character deaths. Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) died at the end of Stranger Things season 4, episode 8, «Papa,» with Dr. Sam Owens' (Paul Reiser) fate left up in the air, but not looking good. The finale delivered some even bigger deaths: technically speaking, May Mayfield (Sadie Sink) died, but was resurrected after a minute (though was left in a brain-dead coma), and there was, of course, the aforementioned death of Eddie too, who ultimately sacrificed himself to help his friends.
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Amid all the doom, gloom, and sad character deaths, though, was a killing that audiences could get behind. In what was basically a throwaway moment, Jason dies in the Stranger Things season 4 finale after Max's death is used by Vecna to open another gate between the Upside Down and Hawkins. Jason's Stranger Things 4 death is a result of him being cut in half by the gate opening; judging by the scream on his face, he feels
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