Did Steve die in the Stranger Things series…
Steve can let his hair down.
Ever since “Stranger Things” first premiered in 2016, Steve “The Hair” Harrington has develop into a fan-favorite character.
He went from being a in style child jerk who was relationship Nancy (Natalia Dyer) in Season 1, to the beloved babysitter of the children, Robin’s (Maya Hawke’s) best good friend, and big-hearted goofball.
Maya Hawke, Joe Keery and Gaten Matarazzo in “Stranger Things.” ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection
Joe Keery as Steve Harrington and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in “Stranger Things” Season 5. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2025
Fans have gotten behind the sentiment, “if Steve dies, we’ll riot.”
There’s even a Twitter account with that identify.
Now that “Stranger Things” is over, as the Season 5 finale is now streaming, the most important query is, did Steve die?
Spoilers below for the “Stranger Things” series finale
Series creators the Duffer brothers are clearly conscious that Steve is beloved by followers, because they toyed with everybody in the supersized two-hour series finale. Called “Rightside Up,” it’s the eighth episode of Season 5 — and the ultimate episode of the show.
During an expedition to the sinister Upside Down dimension, Steve ends up almost falling off a tall tower and plummeting to his death. He dangles from one hand, with a big drop below, and his hand slips as the scene cuts to black and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) yells, “Steve!”
But then, after the scene fades back in, it’s revealed that Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) grabbed Steve’s hand and pulled him back up.
Joe Keery and Joseph Quinn in “Stranger Things” Season 4. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
A relieved Dustin hugs Steve and says, “S–t, I thought you were toast.”
Later, Steve says to Jonathan, “I thought I was a goner, back there, I owe you one.” Jonathan replies, “Just because I don’t like you, doesn’t mean I want you dead.”
Steve doesn’t end up with Nancy, as he acknowledges that he needs a household, while she is “independent.”
At the end of the series, Steve is a children’ baseball coach/intercourse ed trainer. He and Dustin are still associates, as he’s shown visiting Dustin at faculty. Steve, Robin, Nancy, and Jonathan end up far-flung in different places, but plan to meet up once a month in Philadelphia.
Steve is also relationship around, as his associates tease him about which woman is “the one,” and throw out a number of names of his obvious current girlfriends: Julie, Dawn, Margaret.
Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in “Stranger Things” Season 5. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2025
In November, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer told Entertainment Weekly that they almost killed Steve back in Season 1.
“That was close,” Matt said. “We just fell in love with Joe Keery, but had we not liked Joe Keery, Steve would’ve been gone.”
The show has axed a lot of aspect characters, such as Bob (Sean Astin), Billy (Dacre Montgomery) and Eddie (Joseph Quinn), but it’s been conservative about killing members of the main group.
Gaten Matarazzo and Joe Keery as Dustin and Steve in “Stranger Things” Season 5. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
Maya Hawke as Robin and Joe Keery as Steve in “Stranger Things.” ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
Maya Hawke, Joe Kerry, Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton in “Stranger Things” Season 5. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
Matt famous that in the past, they’ve been held back from major character death because. “you have to talk about the repercussions.”
He added, “This is a total hypothetical: You kill Mike. It just makes the show rather depressing and bleak, and it becomes entirely about that. Even these more supporting characters like Eddie or Bob or Barb, of course, have really long-lasting repercussions on our characters.”
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