Your "Protect Steve" Campaign Will Mean Nothing In Stranger Things 5

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While Stranger Things fans have optimistically started a “Protect Steve” campaign ahead of season 5's production, there is a good chance that these well-meaning initiatives will do nothing to prevent the likely death of Joe Keery’s fan-favorite character. After two seasons of only minor characters and newcomers being killed off, Stranger Things 4 made death matter again. The long-awaited outing killed off cast members ranging from beloved newcomer Eddie Munson to Chrissy, to Fred, to the villainous Jason, to even Matthew Modine’s Dr. Brenner, proved thatStranger Things can and will still shock viewers who expect the Netflix hit to pull its punches.

That said, despite killing at least one series veteran,Stranger Things season 4 still didn’t make any choices that would rock the boat too much. As beloved as Eddie Munson was, he was still a season 4 newcomer, meaning Stranger Things fans didn’t have long to get attached to the new hero. Similarly, the likable Fred and Chrissy were both one-episode wonders which meant that their deaths, while still sad, didn’t pack a massive emotional punch.

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Even Jason’s gruesome death came at the end of his Stranger Things season 4 Satanic Panic subplot, a frustrating storyline that made his eventual demise as inevitable as it was gory. To really surprise viewers in Stranger Things season 5, the Netflix series would need to start killing off some beloved, heroic central characters who have been around since the beginning of the show. However, these characters must also be standalone figures whose absence would not derail the final season. Joyce, Jonathan, Eleven, and Will couldn’t die without deeply