If Stranger Things Finally Kills Off A Main Character In Season 5, I'm Pretty Sure It Will Be One Of These 3

Given Stranger Things's track record, it's safe to say that not everyone will make it out of season 5 alive, and if any main character is going to die, I believe three are more likely than the others. In the first four seasons of the Netflix sci-fi horror series, the writers never killed off a true protagonist. Billy was the only one who came close since Dacre Montgomery was credited as a main cast member in seasons 2 and 3. However, the majority of his time on Stranger Things was as a villain (even though he died a hero).

Stranger Things season 5 will feature eight episodes — "Chapter One: The Crawl," "The Vanishing of [TBA]," "The Turnbow Trap," "Sorcerer," "Shock Jock," "Escape from Camazotz," "The Bridge," and "The Rightside Up" (per Tudum by Netflix).

Meanwhile, Barb was gone before viewers could get attached to her character in Stranger Things season 1, and Bob and Eddie were only around for one season each. The Duffer Brothers almost killed off Hopper during the season 3 finale. However, season 4 revealed that he survived and was trapped in a Russian prison. No one from the Party (Eleven, Mike, Lucas, Dustin, Max, and Will) has died, and neither have the main teenagers (Nancy, Jonathan, Steve, and Robin) or the central adults (Joyce, Hopper, and Murray). So, one or more of them will likely meet their doom in season 5.

3 Steve Harrington

Played By: Joe Keery

Let me preface this by saying that Joe Keery's Steve Harrington is one of the last Stranger Things main characters I want to die, and I think most viewers agree with me. However, it might just be the fan-favorite character's time to go. Many clues suggest that Steve will meet his demise in Stranger Things season 5 — with the fact that the Duffer Brothers originally planned on killing him in season 1 as the most compelling of all.

Stranger Things 5 Main Cast	Role
Millie Bobby Brown	Eleven/Jane Hopper
Finn Wolfhard	Mike Wheeler
Noah Schnapp	Will Byers
Caleb McLaughlin	Lucas Sinclair
Gaten Matarazzo	Dustin Henderson
Sadie Sink	Max Mayfield
David Harbour	Jim Hopper
Winona Ryder	Joyce Byers
Joe Keery	Steve Harrington
Maya Hawke	Robin Buckley
Natalia Dyer	Nancy Wheeler
Charlie Heaton	Jonathan Byers
Priah Ferguson	Erica Sinclair
Bret Gelman	Murray Bauman

Steve has had one of the best character development arcs in Stranger Things. He has come a long way since the pilot episode, and perhaps the producers believe that the only way to close out his story is with a hero's sacrifice. Plus, Steve is one of the most beloved figures in the Netflix sci-fi horror series. If any death is going to have a significant effect on the audience, it will be Steve's. Stranger Things season 5 also needs to resolve the Steve/Nancy/Jonathan love triangle, and Steve's death certainly accomplishes that.

2 Murray Bauman

Played By: Brett Gelman

Based on the first four seasons of Stranger Things, Brett Gelman's Murray Bauman is toast. If one adult is to die in season 5, it's going to be Murray, whose complex supporting/main role falls in line with the Netflix show's past deaths (e.g., Bob, Eddie, Billy, etc.). It would be quite surprising if the writers targeted David Harbour's Hopper again after the season 3 finale's fakeout. And I just can't imagine a world where Winona Ryder's Joyce Byers doesn't survive the last season of Stranger Things. Unfortunately for Gelman, that leaves his character, Murray.

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No offense to Murray, but his death would be considered safe compared to the other Stranger Things season 5 main characters. His role is mostly comedic relief, and the only profound moment I can remember featuring Murray was when Alexei died in season 3. So, Murray wouldn't be missed too much, which might be why the Duffer Brothers will want to kill him in the final season of Stranger Things, to raise the stakes but not upset the audience too much (before doing so with Steve's possible death).

1 Eleven

Played By: Millie Bobby Brown

Millie Bobby Brown's Eleven is undoubtedly the face of Stranger Things, which doesn't bode well for her survival chances in season 5. Eleven, aka Jane Hopper, has almost died several times throughout the Netflix sci-fi horror series. There are only so many times a character can cheat death, and Eleven is running on many lives.

It would be rather poetic if the show concluded with Eleven sacrificing herself for her loved ones.

The Stranger Things series finale will likely feature a final showdown between Eleven and Vecna, seeing that she is the only one strong enough to defeat him, and the fight could easily result in her death. It would be rather poetic if the show concluded with Eleven sacrificing herself for her loved ones. She has done so without losing her life time and time again throughout the series, and maybe Eleven won't be so lucky to survive by the end of Stranger Things season 5.