‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Finale: Everything That Happened — and Who Survived

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Warning: Major spoilers from Stranger Things 4 below.As we learned from Max Mayfield, death is not so permanent in the Stranger Things universe. During of the series’ long-anticipated fourth season, we saw ’s character seemingly die only to later learn that she is still technically alive—though it wasn't originally intended to be that way. Well, now that the precedent has been set, another actor behind a character killed off this season has a theory about how his character could come back for the fifth and final installment of the show.Matthew Modine, who plays Dr.

If there’s any character on “Stranger Things” who could defy death, it’s Dr. Brenner.

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has revealed his character Will Byers is gay.After previously addressing fan speculation around Will’s sexuality and saying it was “up to the audience’s interpretation”, Schnapp has since confirmed rumours.“It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends? Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing,” the actor told Variety.“Now it’s 100 per cent clear that he is gay and he does love Mike [Finn Wolfhard]. But before, it was a slow arc.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story includes discussion of major plot developments in Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” currently streaming on Netflix.One of the many thrills embedded in “Stranger Things” has been watching each of the young cast literally grow into young adults before our eyes.

broke Netflix on Friday when the release of its final two episodes caused a website crash and record-high Nielsen streaming numbers. Atop the nail-biting mystery and heart-wrenching reveals, the newest installment of Netflix's hit show was also filled with new chapters of more than one iconic romance.

EXCLUSIVE, SPOILERS ABOUND! If you haven’t watched the final two episodes that wrap Season Four of Stranger Things on Netflix, you won’t want to read further until you’ve done so. The battle between Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) claimed a few beloved characters, wrecked the town of Hawkins, Indiana, and nearly crashed Netflix servers when the final two installments — nearly four hours worth — premiered Thurdsday at midnight. In a wide ranging chat, Stranger Things creators Matt & Ross Duffer break down the seismic bombshell storytelling reveals that concluded the season. They also hint at where they’ll take viewers and their cast in the fifth and final season of the groundbreaking series, as they try to stick the landing on the finale of a show that in its way is as groundbreaking as Game of Thrones, True Detective and The Sopranos, all of which are as much touchstones to the possibilities of storytelling in the streaming age as are the ’80s horror film influences that crackle through the episodes.

Stranger Things star Sadie Sink has opened up about the “heartbreaking” ending to season four.In the two-and-a-half-hour-long finale, Sink’s character Max Mayfield was gruesomely mangled by the mind-stalking Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), leaving her broken body in the hands of long-time love interest Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin).“It really is just so sad,” Sink told Entertainment Weekly. “When you’re putting yourself in that moment and then you’re with someone like Caleb, who I’ve known since I was very little, sometimes things can feel very real on that set.

Stranger Things has wrapped up its fourth season following the release of the final two episodes over the weekend.The anticipated finale saw the main characters attempt to take down Vecna from various locations, though many fans feared for their favourite characters beforehand given creators the Duffer Brothers had teased a “body count” (via Variety).In the end, alongside various background characters, there were only three major character deaths across the two episodes – Dr Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine), Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) and Jason Carver (Mason Dye).Brenner meets his demise in the penultimate episode after trapping Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in the lab after she tries to leave to save her friends in Hawkins. He believes that she needs to regain her strength to face Vecna.However, the desert lab is ambushed by Lt.

Note: Spoilers ahead. The two supersized episodes that capped off Season 4 (now streaming on Netflix) should have been divided into shorter segments.

Leading up to the anticipated premiere of “Stranger Things” season 4, the cast of the Netflix series teased to ET that all of the characters were in serious “danger” — and by the end of volume 1 it became increasingly clear that someone may not survive remaining the massive, action-packed chapters of volume 2.

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 4 of Stranger Things.

season 4, the cast of the Netflix series teased to ET that all of the characters were in serious “danger” — and by the end of volume 1 it became increasingly clear that someone may not survive remaining the massive, action-packed chapters of volume 2. “There are characters who are in real, real danger,” said Natalia Dyer (Nancy). “Like, we haven’t been in as high stakes or potential danger before.

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4 VOLUME 2!

Even knowing that the final two episodes of “Stranger Things 4” would be downright epic in length, there was a sense that the Duffer Brothers had bitten off a bit more than they could chew this year, sending their characters on separate arcs that made this chapter feel more bloated than the previous three.

Stranger Things star Winona Ryder has been keeping an eye on the Netflix show’s historical accuracy.According to her co-star David Harbour, the actress has had a direct impact on the show’s script, alerting showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer about any ’80s-related inconsistencies she finds.“She’d tell them, ‘This song actually came out in ’85, and you have it in ’83,’” Harbour told Harper’s Bazaar.“She knew all of these minute, tiny details they didn’t even know, and they had to change things in the script based on that… It’s just kind of epic how wild her mind is and how it goes to all these different corners.”In the same interview, Ryder revealed some of the guidance she shared with the young cast members of Stranger Things, having been a child star herself in the ’80s.“I want the kids to understand, this does not happen,” she said. “This is really unusual.

Amber Dowling After falling to the second spot on Variety’s Trending TV chart last week, “Stranger Things” was back up top for the week of June 20 to 26. The show climbed 10% week-over-week in terms of overall engagement as fans gear up for the drop of Season 4’s last two episodes on July 1.Stranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown and Matthew Modine have a friendship even Vecna can’t destroy https://t.co/7kkgx7RAxd pic.twitter.com/dxaBZKLtY5— Netflix (@netflix) June 23, 2022Plenty of that conversation was driven by a new trailer Netflix released to promote the two-part finale, as fans speculated which of their favorite characters might not live through the upcoming events.

This was not how my interview piece with Millie Bobby Brown was supposed to go. Not that Ms.

season 4 is here. And it promises to deliver a satisfying -- if not deadly -- end to the biggest, most watched installment of the Netflix original series from the Duffer Brothers. With Vecna showing no signs of slowing down, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) struggling to regain her powers and the gang split between Hawkins, Indiana and California, things are not looking good as our favorite high school heroes prepare for the battle of their lives. And based on comments from the cast, notably Joseph Quinn, who joined this season with the breakout role as Eddie Munson, not everyone will make it out alive.