‘Stranger Thingers’ Season 2 will bring “Justice For Barb”, according to creators
Those of you who are seeking #JusticeForBarb will be getting some sense of, uh, Justice for Barb.
Netflix’s Stranger Things is full of characters to love, and one of the biggest breakouts has been Shannon Purser‘s Barb. Spend a couple of minutes browsing the #StrangerThings hashtag on any social media site and you’ll find all kinds of tributes to the shy high schooler, from think pieces to fan art to specialty pizzas (really). While the internet has been fawning over Barb, though, the actual show’s treatment of her has been… somewhat less than loving.
But take heart, Barb fans: that will change in season two. Show creators Matt and Ross Duffer have taken note of the outpouring of Barb love among fans, and promised “justice for Barb” in the next run of episodes. Click through to read their Stranger Things Barb comments, but be warned there are MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for season one.
In the first season of Stranger Things, Barb was introduced as the bookish BFF of Nancy (Natalia Dyer). She disappears at the end of the second episode, and toward the end of the season, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) finds Barb’s body in the Upside Down. Barb is pretty obviously dead, but — Stranger Things being a sci-fi story — fans have nevertheless held out hope that she could return in some shape or fashion.
Alas, while speaking with IGN, Matt Duffer squashed hopes of Barb’s reappearance. “I can’t see it happening,” he said. However, he continued:
But Barb will not be forgotten. We’ll make sure there’s some justice for Barb. People get very frustrated, understandably, that the town doesn’t seem to be really dealing with Barb. That stuff is all happening. We’re just not spending any screen time on it.
It’s not like her parents are like ‘Oh Barb left. She died!’ Season One actually takes place over the course of six or seven days – it’s a really short period of time. So part of what we want to do with hypothetical Season 2 is to explore the repercussions of everything that happened.