SPOILERS for Stranger Things 2
Stranger Things Season 1 took us by storm, but perhaps nothing was so shocking and omnipresent as the Cult of Barb. Nancy's (Natalia Dyer) best friend (Shannon Purser) gets snatched up by the demogorgon early on, and her disappearance was treated with maybe 10 percent of the concern or vigilant search ethic as Will's (Noah Schnapp).
In Season 2, Barb is gone but not forgotten; while that does vindicate viewers who insist she deserved better, it's also depressing as hell.
Despite the whimsical soundtrack in the early scenes and the carefree aesthetic of the '80s, every character in Stranger Things 2 is dealing with some kind of PTSD. For Nancy, that's less about fighting a demogorgon and more about the realization that she wasn't a good friend to Barb — dead or alive. The last thing she said to her alleged best friend was to get a ride home, this after a party where Nancy chugged beer and eventually slept with Steve, bringing Barb mainly as an excuse to show that she was still a good kid. Read more...
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