‘Stranger Things’ Creators Defend Not Killing Characters Like ‘Game of Thrones’: Hawkins Is Not Westeros
Zack Sharf SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched Episodes 8 and 9 of “Stranger Things 4,” now streaming on Netflix.It seemed for a moment ahead of the launch of “Stranger Things 4” Vol. 2 that the long-running Netflix series might finally pull a “Game of Thrones” and kill off several main characters. Co-creator Ross Duffer told Variety that viewers should be “concerned about the characters” going into the final two episodes of the fourth season, while cast member Joesph Quinn described the season finale as absolute “carnage.”As fans who have watched the final two episodes of “Stranger Things 4” now know, a bloodbath it was not.