Saving Hawkins from supernatural threats has always come at a high cost. So, every viewer was geared up to see how brutal Stranger Things Season 5 was going to be. The Duffer Brothers have also repeatedly said in interviews that the finale will be a masterpiece. We also knew that such television shows never say goodbye without giving us something to cry for. Since the final episode aired, the audience has been scrolling online to find out who dies at the end of Stranger Things. Here’s the answer you have been looking for.
Does Anyone Die in the Stranger Things Finale?
Yes, Stranger Things Season 5 Episode 8 doesn’t bid us goodbye without a killing, but it’s an unexpected death that you wouldn’t have feared, I believe. While fans were expecting that the series would certainly kill one of the major characters, it surprised us by taking a different route. The only one to meet her dark fate in the end was Kali, who never got to be a crucial part until this season.
After being influenced by Vecna, when Hopper pulls Eleven out of the bath, Max returns to the real world, while Kali and Eleven find themselves back at the Hawkins’ lab in the Upside Down. The Military soon ambushes them, but Eleven is nowhere to be found. They capture Hopper and Kali- Eleven is missing again.
Lieutenant Akers pressurizes Hopper to reveal Eleven’s location by taking Kali hostage. However, when Hopper denies, Akers shoots Kali on the left side. However, that was only a fluke, as Akers was trying to frighten Hopper rather than actually shoot Kali.
On the other side, Murray launches a bomb attack on the Hawkins lab, and that’s when Kali gets killed at the hands of Akers. By the time El and Hopper approach her, he has lost a lot of blood. Kali says that she knew that her story would end here, but in addition, she says to Eleven that she knows that her sister has a long way to go.
