Stranger Things’ Darkest Death Was Nearly Twice as Horrifying

Bob Newby was introduced in Season 2 of Stranger Things as Joyce Byers’ kindhearted, though somewhat awkward, boyfriend. While he remained unaware of the supernatural dangers facing Will and the town for much of the season, viewers quickly liked him for being a genuinely good person who cared deeply for Joyce and her sons. This made his death in the episode “Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer” – where he was tragically killed by demodogs – particularly upsetting. The scene was so graphic that the show’s creators, the Duffer brothers, shared in an interview with Time Magazine that even their mother thought it was too intense. Interestingly, they also revealed that Bob’s original fate in earlier drafts of the script was even more gruesome.








