Physical information Unnamed motherMax Mayfield (stepsister)Neil Hargrove (father)Susan Hargrove (stepmother) “The Case of the Missing Lifeguard” Stranger Things. Portrayed by A year later, in 1985, Lucas helped his friends confirm whether Billy was possessed by the Mind Flayer by trapping him in a sauna. So before you cast your final judgment on Billy, let’s try to make sense of everything that happened to him in Stranger Things season 3. All this time, we’ve been building it. It … Billy also had a particular interest in Karen as well, and while flirting with her, he invited her to join him for "private swimming lessons" in an attempt to seduce her. Status In the tape, which was made in the style of a short film, Montgomery danced to ‘80s music wearing only a g-string, leather jacket, and "crazy glasses." Mike also makes it clear that it won’t be enough to burn the Mind Flayer out of Billy like they did with Will in season 2. Heather was Billy's co-worker at the Hawkins Community Pool. Detalhes da 4ª temporada de Stranger Things começam a aparecer. Family After his father and step-mother left, a few tears escape his eyes, showing the abuse Billy endured at the hands of his father deeply affected him. After diving into Billy’s mind, El finds herself inside one of Billy’s best childhood memories — showing off his surfing skills to his mom on a beach in California — in a scene that gives off major Inception vibes. Billy would often treat Max in a controlling, domineering fashion. A fight ensued after he rounded on Lucas, and Billy and Steve started to beat each other. Height She knows about me. That night, Billy attended Tina's Halloween party and impressed many Hawkins teenagers by winning a drinking contest; a contest that Steve Harrington, a very popular student at their school, had up until then claimed the title of. Billy gained inhuman abilities after becoming one of the Mind Flayer's Flayed. Once they get him inside, it seemed at first like it was the real Billy begging Max for help and insisting that the bad things he had done weren’t his fault. This memory and love for his mother, made Billy sacrifice himself to the Mind Flayer and apologize to Max for abusing her as he died. His father’s abuse is visibly distressing for him, and is likely the source of his violent behavior as he abused him and his mother. Max tried to stand up for herself, but Billy tightly gripped her arm and reinstated his command. He proudly exclaimed "that wave was at least 7 feet!". But as the heat rises, the Mind Flayer becomes fully activated and forces Billy to smash through the sauna’s glass window with a shard of tile and try to stab Max. As a child of the 1980s I am totally obsessed with Stranger Things on Netflix. Neil is abusive towards Billy, both physically and verbally threatening him. Karen initially agreed to meet up with him, however on the night of their "date", as she was leaving, Karen sees her husband Ted Wheeler and daughter Holly in his arms sleeping together on the couch, and changed her mind about having an affair and jeopardizing her family's stability. Billy was unaware of this, and while in the car on his way to go meet her, rehearsed his date with her to himself. Billy then reminded Max of what happened when she lied, possibly breaking her skateboard as punishment. July 4, 1985 Stranger Things Billy feitas especialmente para você. After further spying on Billy, hearing his strange behavior somewhat matched Will's when he was possessed the previous, the crew (consisting of Max, El, Mike, Will, and Lucas), decided to test and see if Billy was indeed possessed by the Mind Flayer. However, in 1985 when Eleven enters his mind to find out the location of the Mind Flayer it is seen that, when younger, he was a friendly and happy child when his mother was around and only became violent after his mother left when she divorced his father, starting to reflect the abuse his father dealt out onto him from a young age. On the way home, Billy noted that Max seemed to enjoy their new town despite her denial of this. Max, having had enough, drugged Billy with the syringe taken from the lab (probably containing sodium thiopental) and made Billy promise to leave her and her friends alone.[1]. The Duffer Brothers wanted to introduce Billy into the series because "it was important to [them] to have a human villain in there that could disrupt the lives of our characters. Residence Billy then attacks and subdues her, takes her to the steel mill and presents her to the Mind Flayer for possession. Max and Billy are step-siblings, sharing a complicated history and difficult relationship. But season 3 turned out to be a little more complicated for the Hawkins hunk. Hittman was as little-known heavy metal band from New York who were active from 1984 to 1994. Billy replied he didn't really know where she went before stating that he didn't acknowledge Max as his family. You let us in. Ironically, his misguided attempts at protection are violent, cold, unkind, and very much like his father's actions. He then fled back to the steel mill, where Heather tended to his wounds and acknowledged the small army of "flayed" people that they had accrued. El walked towards the massive storm raging in the distance, where she witnessed Billy's memories of his whole childhood being abused by Neil and later taking on the traits of his father by bullying others. The second song that Billy plays in his car during Stranger Things is Metal Sport by Hittman. Billy also does not like when people refer to Max as his sister, which amplifies his contempt for her. Stranger Things: Halloween Sounds From the Upside Down, Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down, Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town. It is then that fellow lifeguard Heather (Francesca Reale) comes to check on him, and Billy — despite managing to leave Karen unharmed earlier in the episode — is no longer able to resist the Mind Flayer’s hold on him. Appears in episodes After it died, Max ran to Billy, who only had the strength to say "I'm sorry" before dying. He was eventually possessed by The Mind Flayer, which used his body to kidnap various residents of Hawkins in order to build The Spider Monster. When they noticed the missing ignition cable as they tried to leave for Murray's Warehouse, Billy, sitting in his car, revved the engine while watching them, forcing them to retreat into the mall. When confronted by Billy at the Byers House, Billy attacked Lucas for being with Max, but Lucas fought back by kicking him in the groin. “Yes, but not us,” Heather ominously responds before the camera pans out to reveal the basement is now full of flayed Hawkins citizens. Billy catches up with the trio in a back hallway and knocks Mike and Max out before hoisting El over his shoulder and carrying her back out to the food court to feed to the Mind Flayer monster. Occupation Stranger Things season 3 photos have arrived, Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year for 2020? Even though El closed the gate to the Upside Down in season 2, the part of the Mind Flayer that had attached itself to Will is apparently still kicking around Hawkins. All Rights Reserved. Blue It Was in Canada, Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know now on politics, health and more, © 2020 TIME USA, LLC. Mike urged her to come back, but when she tried to return, she found herself in the room alone, and not in the real dimension. Billy quickly gained Tommy H. as a friend and lackey. After a dramatic and heartbreaking end to Stranger Things 3, everyone's wondering if Billy, our least favorite character who had a remarkable character redemption at the very last second, is coming back for the fourth season. Billy then threatened to run over Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, and Lucas Sinclair as they were cycling home. [3] The Duffers encouraged actor Dacre Montgomery to look to Jack Nicholson's work for inspiration for the role, in particular, his portrayal of Jack Torrance in the 1980 film The Shining. So when Billy is waiting for the group outside of Starcourt Mall, after cutting Nancy’s ignition cable, they have no choice but to retreat back inside. Meet New 'Stranger Things' Star Dacre Montgomery | IMDb EXCLUSIVE, http://www.eonline.com/news/889828/stranger-things-season-2-it-s-time-to-talk-about-those-mullets-eleven-s-hair, 'Stranger Things': Meet the 3 New Characters Joining Season 2, Stranger Things adds new cast members for season 2, 'Power Rangers': Dacre Montgomery on "Potential" Sequel and His Naked Audition for 'Stranger Things', https://strangerthings.fandom.com/wiki/Billy_Hargrove?oldid=57975, "Am I dreaming or is that you, Harrington? He portrays himself as charming, irresistible, and the new King of Hawkins High with a 'devil may care' attitude. One day, when Billy was waiting to pick Max up outside the middle school, he witnessed an argument between Max and Lucas Sinclair, which left Max visibly upset. All that work, all that pain, all of it for you. His father and step-mother arrived home later that night as he was preparing to leave on a date. After being reminded of his mother and her beauty by Eleven, Billy cried, showing deep down he still loved his mother. Then, as Lucas fought the Mind Flayer with fireworks, Billy felt the Mind Flayer's pain. When his father and step-mother found Max gone from the house, his father angrily questioned Billy where his step-sister had gone. Billy Hargrove The Mind Flayer in Billy's body spoke to El about his plan to kill her, her friends, and then everyone. And now it’s time. It remains to be seen if Billy cares about Tommy in any capacity. El and Max (Sadie Sink) quickly set off on a mission to figure out what’s going on. Stranger Things até então é o principal trabalho do ator que brilha como Dustin na série. But when the emergency operator picks up, flashbacks of what the Mind Flayer had just done to him keep him silent.