Stranger Things season three ended with the apparent death of David Harbour's Hopper but a post-credits scene (which was a first for the Netflix series) saw the Russians feed some poor schmuck to another Demogorgon. However, before they pulled that prisoner from his cell, the soldiers were told "not the American" by a higher up.
Now, speculation is running rampant that Hopper somehow survived and has been captured by them and that would obviously make a great basis for the inevitable fourth season.
Recently , Harbour was asked if he thinks the beloved sheriff survived, and said:
"I mean, I have no idea! [Laughs] I have no idea! I mean that, of course, is my hope too. It seems pretty crazy though. You know, that machine went off and blew up and Hopper seemed to be trapped there. He did glance around a little bit, but he seemed to be trapped and the machine exploded."
"And then you cut to, what was it? It starts with a 'K' or something – some town in Russia, right? Where there’s some American and there's some other prisoner. I don't know, I mean it seems strange. I don't know how though." However, he did tell fans to wait and see what comes next.
"I mean, we should always hold onto hope. We should never let go of hope – but Barb is really dead."
It would be a real blow to the series to lose Hopper and if this post-credits scene was a complete misdirect, then fans will be very upset as it felt like a pretty deliberate hint that he somehow survived and could be rescued in a fourth instalment of the hit series.
What do you guys think?
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