{"id":24128,"date":"2025-12-29T19:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24128"},"modified":"2025-12-29T19:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:39:47","slug":"theres-not-going-to-be-a-red-wedding-situation-stranger-things-creators-insist-season-5-wont-do-a-game-of-thrones-as-fans-wonder-who-will-die-in-the-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24128","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;There&#8217;s Not Going to Be a Red Wedding Situation&#8217; \u2014 Stranger Things Creators Insist Season 5 Won&#8217;t Do a Game of Thrones as Fans Wonder Who Will Die in the Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Stranger Things is nearly over, with the Season 5 finale set to bring an end to the long-running Netflix show and finally confirm the fate of its much-loved characters.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Who will die by the time the show is done and dusted has been the big Stranger Things question for years now. There are many theories, which we\u2019ll briefly run through below.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em><strong>Warning!<\/strong><\/em><em> Spoilers for Stranger Things Season 5 follow:<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Steve, played by Joe Keery, often comes up in conversations about potential Stranger Things character deaths. But there are also concerns for Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), who some believe will end up sacrificing herself to destroy Vecna, thus allowing the rest of the Stranger Things crew to survive, and Jim Hopper (David Harbour), who has already revealed himself to be on something of a suicide mission this season.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Meanwhile, some believe Will (Noah Schnapp) will bite the dust, using his new power to finally bring Vecna\u2019s tyranny to an end but killing himself in the process. But according to IGN&#8217;s poll on the matter, below, Jonathan Byers, played by Charlie Heaton, is the most popular pick for Season 5 death, with 22.4% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\">\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Who Will Die In Stranger Things Season 5?<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"After nearly a decade and four blockbuster seasons, as well as a Broadway play, the Netflix hit series Stranger Things is closing the book on the Upside Down with Season 5. So let's break down every major member of the show\u2019s main cast and give our best educated guess as to who will kick the bucket in the final episodes, from least likely to most likely!\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We won\u2019t know until the series finale airs at 5pm PT on New Year\u2019s Eve, of course, but recent comments from the Duffer Brothers have hinted that fans shouldn\u2019t expect a bloodbath when it comes to character deaths. That is to say, Stranger Things is not like Game of Thrones, and there\u2019s no Red Wedding equivalent scene.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For the uninitiated, the Red Wedding is perhaps the most famous moment in the entire Game of Thrones saga. It sees much-loved characters, many of whom had been central to the story up to that point, murdered in graphic detail, shocking readers and viewers alike.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Duffer insisted the series finale shouldn\u2019t be compared to Game of Thrones, and jokingly singled out Steve as the most discussed character when it comes to being killed off.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cIt\u2019s not Game of Thrones. We\u2019re not in Westeros,\u201d he said. \u201cI love Game of Thrones, but it\u2019s just a very different type of show than that. There\u2019s not going to be a Red Wedding situation. I think some things happen in the finale that are very surprising, but we\u2019re not trying to shock or upset anyone. I hope by the time people get to the end of the finale that it just feels like there\u2019s something inevitable about what happens, and that it doesn\u2019t feel painful but feels satisfying. We\u2019ll see. But as for Steve\u2019s fate. I don\u2019t know. I can\u2019t say. It would be the next logical step. He keeps getting beaten up more and more. The only way we could take it further is death. (Laughs.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Stranger Things Season 5 finale, Episode 8, is called The Rightside Up, and has an official runtime of 2 hours 8 minutes. It will be screened in theaters nationwide at the same time it is shown on Netflix. Ross Duffer has told fans <u>they should only see it in theaters if they\u2019re cool with crying in a crowded room<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;The finale. Theaters. New Year\u2019s Eve,&#8221; Duffer wrote in a social media post alongside a photo of the drawing Lucas and Max used to ask each other on a date in Season 4. &#8220;This is something my brother and I have dreamed about for years. If you don\u2019t mind crying in front of strangers, GO. And if you\u2019re in LA\u2026 maybe we\u2019ll see you there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Check out our Stranger Things: Season 5, Vol. 2 spoiler review for more.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/theres-not-going-to-be-a-red-wedding-situation-stranger-things-creators-insist-season-5-wont-do-a-game-of-thrones-as-fans-wonder-who-will-die-in-the-finale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stranger Things is nearly over, with the Season 5 finale set to bring an end to the long-running Netflix show and finally confirm the fate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6610,8727,1251,2737,258,14597,819,668,7874,4861,1341,637,1437],"class_list":["post-24128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-creators","tag-die","tag-fans","tag-finale","tag-game","tag-insist","tag-red","tag-season","tag-situation","tag-stranger","tag-thrones","tag-wedding","tag-wont","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}