Stranger Things Season 4: Every Character Still Missing From The Trailers
Here are all the major characters absent from Stranger Things' trailers, and what we know of their whereabouts in season 4. The Stranger Things cast are promising big things from Netflix's upcoming fourth season of 1980s throwback madness, but precisely what delights the Duffer brothers have in store remains my Stranger Things season 4's promo material has featured a Russian setting, a return to Hawkinstery.' lab, and a short trailer teasing exciting new characters and developments. Even so, it's still impossible to discern what paranormal threat the (now visibly older) gang is facing.
Stranger Things' latest promo piece dropped during Netflix's recent TUDUM event. In an extended version of the Creel House shots from season 4's earlier trailer, Lucas, Dustin, Steve, Robin, Nancy and Max enter Creel's abandoned abode, skulking around for clues. The only thing missing is a talking Great Dane. In the attic, an ornate grandfather clock cracks and unleashes the familiar aura of Stranger Things' Upside Down, confirming a connection between the Creel case and the Hawkins' portal. In a 1950s flashback, the Creel family arrive at their new home, only for the father (a younger version of Robert Englund's Victor, most likely) to brutally murder the others.
Curiously, the Stranger Things TUDUM footage leaves many of the show's usual suspects unaccounted for. Some of these have been glimpsed in previous promos, while others haven't been present at all. These are the characters conspicuous by their absence from the Creel House investigation, and where they could be.
Will Byers
Noah Schnapp's Will Byers hasn't appeared (explicitly, at least) in any of the Stranger Things season 4 marketing material thus far. Like Eleven, he moved out of Hawkins following season 3's events, which accounts for his absence at Creel House alongside old pals Lucas and Dustin. The trailer released back in August did depict a shadowy figure with their back to the camera watching a car burn by the roadside. Judging from the outline and hair, the character could certainly be Will, but that's as much as we've seen of Schnapp in Stranger Things season 4 promos.
Will's continued absence exacerbates a problem many viewers cited with Stranger Things season 3 - sidelining Will. After being the "weird Upside Down kid" throughout seasons 1 and 2, Will wasn't properly developed as the main protagonist, remaining a passenger in the story he started by going missing in the very first episode. All indications suggest Stranger Things won't be any kinder to Will in season 4.
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