Over the years, Netflix’s sci-fi series Stranger Things has handled many tragic and difficult storylines, including significant deaths. Creators, the Duffer Brothers, have revealed why no one dies in Volume 1 and why.

Matt and Ross Duffer spoke to Variety regarding everything revealed in Volume 1, including why they chose not to kill any characters during the beginning of season 5. Two characters who fans were sure had met their end were Ted (Joe Chrest) and Karen Wheeler (Cara Buono), the parents of Mike, Nancy, and Holly Wheeler. Ross Duffer revealed:

Once we decided we knew we wanted to do the Will power stuff this season, we knew that that’s how we had to end Volume 1. So there’s the low point of all the kids being taken, but the high point of Will has these powers. That

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