If it wasn’t for Susie’s damn begging and singing maybe they would still be alive

Billy had only just woke up, and tragically sacrificed himself to save a girl he didn’t even know. He may have been a dick, but his true character was made in this one scene.

Every villain had a sad story to tell. Billy was the perfect example for this...

1:35 That scream gives me chills. He's basically saying "you may kill me but you will never control my mind again!"

Just like the joker said in the dark knight: “In their last moments, people show you who they really are” - as did billy in his final moments. 😔

In his final moments he sacrificed himself for a girl he barely knew. He was so broken and this scene really shows how human he was and how he just needed to be loved.

Can we just talk about the sheer strength of Billy? Because at that point Billy was free from the mind flayers control and was using his human strength to hold off a 50 foot monster what a badass RIP.

They call him a traitor But he save the village -Eddie They call him a villain But he was a broken hero -Billy

If your name begins with a "B" on this show, you're dead. Benny: Dead, Barb: Dead, Bob: Dead, Billy: Dead.

Billy: gets stabbed 7 times in the stomach, lungs, kidneys, etc Max:................. Billy :gets stabbed in the heart Max:BILLYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

Billy was by far my favorite character in the end of season 3. He was such a tragic character. Him and his mother were abused by his father and his mother wasnt in the picture anymore. All he wanted was to be loved and understood.

No one talking about how he was pushing back a freaking 50ft monster and winning for a second

Stranger Things: *gets us to hate billy for the whole series* Also Stranger Things: *gets us to love billy then kill him after 15 seconds of finally understanding his troubles*

Billy was the Vegeta of this show. Amazing performance from Dacre. Hope his career explodes from this point on.

Billy never deserved to die, he was just a broken hero...

I always loved billy, even before this moment, i knew he was broken and i could relate to him a lot as someone with a broken home growing up, his death hurt me so much

What gets me the most is how much progress his character made in just a moment and i legit cried because of this scene

Do you know why Billy could hold off the Mindflayer for so long? BECAUSE HE PLANTED HIS GOD DAMN FEET!

I cried so much when this happened. This part shows the human part of Billy that I have been waiting to see, and now I love him 1000x more.

Honestly 1:43 made me cry because even tho billy treated max like shit she still screamed "BILLY!!" it was the most heart breaking scene ☹️😞

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain Billy became a villain, but ultimately died a hero

The scene when Mike and Lucas want to quickly end a D&D campaign, Mike says: "I'll use my torch to set fire to the chambers, sacrificing ourselves, killing the jujus, and saving the Khuisar". Two heroes who sacrificed themselves in order to beat the evil monsters and save the world. This is exactly what happened.

How a character went from being the most hated to the most loved in less than a minute.

I like how this is labeled “billys sacrifice” not just death. He was my fav in season three

surprisingly Billy's death was the first time i cried watching stranger things.

Main deaths of each season S1: Barb S2: Bob S3: Billy. All start with B

Billy is so brave!😢 He even screamed like he was gonna get a power.

Billy standing up to the mind flayer in the beginning ready to protect eleven at all costs is so badass

Max's freaking scream is what made me break down sobbing

When Max screamed “BILLY!” After he died. Even though he treated her like garbage since they’d first met, she still couldn’t bear to see him die

I didn’t cry when billy died, but when Max screamed “billy!” My heart shattered and I literally started bawling

My girlfriend cried watching this. Whole season 2 she hated billys guts, wishing he died. Whole season 3 she was so afraid and scared of him, I had to watch out for billy in the evening. But during this scene, she cried. Genuinely. Made me realize how good season 3 actually was.

"in the last moments, people show you who they really are." -Joker.

Billy was the only character in the entire show who single handedly kept the Mind Flayer's mouth pushed back with his bare hands and physical strength. Even Eleven couldn't do it easily.

I'm probably not the only one, but I was not expecting Billy to end up saving Eleven and her friends in the end. Despite how badly he'd treated everyone prior to this and becoming an abuser like his father, there was still some good left in him and he ended up redeeming himself.

Billy’s scream was powerful, he stood up to something stronger than him and his own father Good on you Billy, RIP

i love how billy just screams in the mind flayer’s face, he finally gains the courage to stand up to something stronger than him

Dacre Montgomery definitely deserves an Emmy for his outstanding performance 👌👌

Let’s admit it, we cried during this scene

Billy, just as Doc Ock, "I won't die a monster"; nothing but respect for him and his redemption...

This is why Sadie is such an underrated actor. You can just see the pure fear, pain, and disbelief in her face after realizing what Billy's doing.

Billy dying was a wake up call for many. We hated his guts because of his abusing ways. Then we realized that he was a broken individual who lost the one thing that brought happiness. Now, instead of a redeeming storyline, we got a redeeming final moment

This was Vecna before anyone knew, inside the show and out. I'm speechless.

Billy’s sacrifice will never be forgotten

its amazing how in the end billy wasn’t afraid of anything and stared death in the eyes and yelled back at it taking all the pain and saying its still not enough to put him down. R.I.P. Billy

Billy’s scream of defiance in the face of death embodies his whole character

Just the moment Billy gets his mind back he takes one look at the mind flare and eleven and he knows exactly what’s going on and what he needs to do. The acting is just amazing.

Years later this scene still makes me cry my gosh

Billy's scream in the end proofs, that he don't afraid him anymore...

It’s not “Billy’s Death” It’s “Billy’s Redemption”

Someone finally shows him love/compassion since his mom left and when his dad used to abuse him he was much smaller than his dad just like how now he's much smaller than the mind flayer but he has so much anger towards his dad and love for his mom his true nature is finally revealed and redeemed himself. This scene got me teary eyed. Also the actor that played him did a phenomenal job.

Rip Billy and hopper their sacrifice is just heartbreaking how much they made for their character is sad until their final moments

This was the saddest part in the whole show

Can’t Joyce Byers get a break

Just rewatching this scene still makes me cry.

This still leaves me crying after two years. 🥺🥺🥺

Billy didn’t deserve this, he deserved someone who cares about him

The way Billy screams in defiance in the face of assured death, knowing this is it the end of the road, is just chilling. No fear in his eyes only Malice and defiance for this creature that dared to control him and use him to carry out atrocities.

This scene always brings chills to me

I get chills every time I see this. Hated him at first, but loved him this scene.

Never thought I'd be balling my eyes out over of Billy's death.

I really wanted to see Steve and Billy fight side by side, at least in one scene. The two badasses !!!

Billy may have been an asshole but he sacrificed his life for eleven which he didn't even know which made me cry more then I was already😭

I love when Billy said "No" to it. Powerful!

Ok ok when i saw this scene it literally jerked and forced tears out of meh eyeballz to just Max’s reaction tho poor billy he never meant to be mean he just had a rough life :(

We all know we didn’t like billy.. but when this scene came on and he sacrificed himself for el it all made us have a least 1 tear in our eyes..

This scene made me cry. The amount of pain billy went through is unreal, the scene where he died made me very upset, but also kinda happy, while billy was an amazing character, at least he was free from all of the pain the spider monster was giving him

Billy Started off as an asshole, Ended as a hero. Hopper Started off as just a single ordinary sheriff, Edit: he's alive apparently, jeez. I want to replace this with Bob the stepdad. Perfection.

I don’t think billy ever would have ever forgiven himself for the things he did. His character did the last thing he could to make right his wrongs. A beautiful last act of selflessness.

billy would've been such a great asset in season 4

NOOO not billy he was my favorite character

I hadn't sobbed so hard in a long time. The sheer, simple beauty of an alienated son remembering the life-breathing beauty of his mother's love, and how that love then provided the power and courage to sacrifice himself for a greater cause ... simply beautiful.

His final war cry gave me chills.

I sobbed so much in this scene.

Love how she acts surprised when the final blow hits as if it didn’t just rip into his torso the first time

I’ve thought about Billy’s death and I think it has a lot of symbolism towards the relationship he had with his father. His father always controlled him just like the mindflayer and when he was young he couldn’t defend his mom from his abusive father. So in a lot of ways this was his opportunity to defend somebody good like his mother. Especially because Eleven gave billy memories of his mother he might not have had anymore. Billy stood up to the mindflayer like he never could his dad before and I think it’s great. I wonder if the Duffer brothers meant to write it like that or if I’m reaching a bit ? 😀 PS: There is a scene in season 2 when Billy is fighting Steve and he says “Nobody tells me what to do!”. Which supports my theory even more, he didn’t want anyone or anything telling him what to do. Including his father OR the mindflayer. 😂

It doesn’t show, but as Billy’s dying and Max quickly runs towards him, he says he’s sorry before he eventually dies. What I think is unique about his last words, however, is the obvious and underlying apology hidden within it. His apology shows his regret over what he had done over the course of the season as well as how he treated Max and the other kids in the past. His whole character which was made familiar had changed in those final moments of his passing. Billy was introduced as a cocky, bossy, flashy, womanizing douchebag throughout season 2 and it had seemed like his character would just continue to remain that way. Then comes season 3 which showcases Billy for what he actually is: a boy who never felt any fatherly affection who also lost his mother who abandoned him. Witnessing the backstory and the inner vulnerability of Billy is what makes truly makes his character stand out from the cliche jerk in movies and shows. His sacrifice to save Eleven and share his last moments with his little sister is what makes Billy’s character arc complete. He went from being a arrogant teen from California to becoming the host and tool of the Mind Flayer, leading multiple people to also become mindless killers, to finally overcoming the monster that possessed him and become the unlikely savior of Eleven. He died knowing his final action was heroic and one he did on his own free will. RIP Billy.

Oh that scream... as if to say that "no one tells me what to do" like he said to Steve... chilling.

"Seven feet.. you told her, the wave was seven feet." "You ran to her, on the beach.. there was seagulls.." "She wore a hat, with a blue ribbon. A long dress, with a blue and red flower. Yellow sandals, covered in sand." She was pretty, she was really pretty. And you, you were happy.

Goddamn I felt bad for Billy. All cuz he happened to be driving past that steel mill that night.

the little nod after el says “she was really pretty” gets me so bad every time😭

Billy’s such a tragic character. Saw his mom abused by his father and Billy became the very thing he hated (his father). When Eleven reminded him of who he truly was, a protector, he instantly changed. Beautiful writing. Rip Billy

This was such an intense, powerful episode. I’ll never forget how the duffers outdid themselves season 3. The actors especially.

anyone: you can’t just become the best character if you’ve done a lot of of shitty things! billy: *observe*

I wish it was Billy’s doppelgänger who dies and the real billy was still alive in the upside down

Honestly if Suzie just told them Planck's constant without singing both Billy and Hoper would be alive

He finally got the courage, to stand up for himself! 👏🏾

Imagine seeing your big brother die like this poor max

I'm so glad they had a Billy cameo in season 4. Hands down my most relatable and favorite character. Wish he could've stuck around. Character development would've been out of this world.

Lloré con esta escena. Tal vez Billy no fue una buena persona pero en el fondo siento que sí lo era. No justifico sus malas acciones, pero si el hubiese crecido en un entorno mucho mejor y con un padre amoroso, no terminaría de esa manera. Antes de que el muera, se escucha un "lo siento" y por eso pienso que en el fondo no quería ser una mala persona, era alguien que necesitaba ayuda :/.

We all know Billy and Max were never really close but deep down they all really cared for each other. My heart shattered when she screamed Billy's name this goes to show you only appreciate stuff when it's gone.

When I saw Billy standing up to that thing, I was like that is a warrior right there!

Did anyone else cry with billy and hopper’s death and then realised that Eleven didn’t have a family anymore 😔😭😔😭

Billy died like a badass. Also that OST man... Such atmosphere.

Billy wasn't a good person but when it came down to it that little bit of him that was truly good came through

When max screams billy it always gives me goose bumps

1:33 that was a nice shot looked really cool

Mad respect for his decision he’s one of the toughest in the show

I hated him in season 2, but of course when we got to know his past I felt sorry for him and I began to really like his character. But then Vecna decided to kill him off. I sighed as he fell to the floor. But I froze and tears filled my eyes as the sad music came on and I looked into Hopper's eyes. He will always be my favorite character, but Billy is up there too.

I could tell right from his first appearance on season 2 that they would do much more with this guy’s character. RIP