Summary
- Fans anticipate the final season of Stranger Things in 2025 with curiosity about Eleven’s fate.
- Redditors argue that Eleven’s survival until the end of the show is essential for her character arc.
- Eleven, with her complex character arc, deserves a happy ending and a chance to explore life beyond Hawkins.
The spotlight has been on Millie Bobby Brown’s beloved character Eleven ever since Stranger Things premiered on Netflix in July 2016. Eleven escapes from the terrifying and gruesome Hawkins Lab and finds herself in the seemingly sleepy small town of Hawkins, Indiana. Once she meets The Party, her life changes… for better and for worse. Although she has to fight evil figures like Vecna (Jamie Campbell Brown) and save her new friends from dire outcomes, Eleven would still likely admit that she’s happier now than she was before.
Now that The Duffer Brothers shared that Stranger Things season 5 will premiere in 2025, fans can breathe a big sigh of relief and look forward to the highly anticipated series finale. But what could happen to Eleven when the show comes back for its fifth and last season? Could Eleven actually die?
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Why Eleven Shouldn’t Die In Stranger Things Season 5
Redditor @Specialist_Jaguar815 shared that they hope that Eleven survives until the end of Stranger Things season 5 for two main reasons: because it’s expected and because it would undermine Eleven’s character arc. The fan wrote:
“If she were to die, the ending would feel SO cliche and predictable. Almost everyone thinks that El will die.”
The fan continued:
“El’s whole arc is around her struggle to fit into society and her fear/association of being a monster, alike to 001. If her story were to end in a death, even though it’d be a heroic sacrifice, it would undermine the message her character holds. Her death would support the idea that she’s too different to coexist with the world, which just ruins her journey towards accepting herself.”
Eleven has one of the most intriguing and well-done character arcs on a recent TV series. When fans first meet her, she’s lost and scared and looking for a safe place to land in Hawkins. Eleven has a mysterious family background and finds a kind soul in Jim Hopper (David Harbour), who becomes a father figure. She deserves the chance to live a happy life away from Hawkins and the evil, dark Upside Down. She has suffered enough, and it would be too harsh to end her life before it has truly begun.
Eleven is a rebel at times, but she’s also kind and vulnerable. She sometimes has trouble understanding why people act the way that they do since she spent so much time in an evil lab, and she doesn’t trust others easily. If Eleven died in Stranger Things season 5, it would also be a terrible idea since there are so many other paths that she could take. Eleven could go away to college, backpack around Europe, or take a trip with Hopper when the show ends. Fans want to see her thrive and have fun, not lose her life at the hands of Vecna.
There’s also the fact that Eleven’s death would be too upsetting and tragic, as several fans pointed out in the same Reddit thread. While fans wonder about the fates of several Stranger Things characters, people are the most worried about Eleven. After all, since she has powers, she’s the one who is going to battle Vecna the most. No matter what happens in the Stranger Things season 5 finale, it’s hard to believe that the Duffer Brothers want an unbearably sad ending.
What Did Millie Bobby Brown Say About Playing Eleven On Stranger Things?
Millie Bobby Brown has been playing Eleven since Stranger Things season 1 premiered in 2016, and she has definitely gotten to know her beloved character well.
In a 2022 interview with Goldderby.com, Brown commented on the tough times that Eleven experienced in the fourth season of the hit show. By the dramatic Stranger Things season 4 finale, Eleven and Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) are in a better place, but now they’re facing an even bigger threat than the distance that was between them: Vecna. Brown told the publication:
“This is maybe the most honest Eleven has been in the whole show. She really is explaining her true emotions and she’s trying to have this boy understand her.”
In a 2016 interview with Indiewire.com, Brown said the Duffer Brothers cited E.T. as inspiration for how she should portray Eleven. Brown said, “I thought that was very interesting, and Matt and Ross were like, ‘Basically you’re going to be an alien.” Although Brown said she’s “ready” to see the end of Stranger Things, fans are definitely still attached to this epic story, and they can’t wait to finally get answers to everything they’re wondering about.
Stranger Things
- Release Date
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April 5, 2013
- Runtime
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77 minutes
- Director
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Eleanor Burke
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