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Stranger Things 3: Fans Want Justice For Alexei 'Smirnoff'


There is little doubt that Stranger Things Season 3 gave the world a somehow satisfactory ending that could keep people talking for several months. However, there's one thing that fans believe the series got absolutely wrong: Alexei 'Smirnoff' deserved so much better than what he got.

In Stranger Things 3, Jim Hopper and Joyce Byers come across a Russian scientist named Alexei who Hopper immediately nicknames 'Smirnoff'. Although he is working for the bad guys, Alexei is clearly a pure soul who simply wants to get his job done. Oh, and enjoy some truly American things like cherry Slurpees, Burger King burgers, Woody Woodpecker cartoons, and playing games at the fair.

Unfortunately, his connection to Murray Bauman and all the information he has shared made him a target for the Russian hitman Grigori. Just as things were working out for well for Alexei, he is shot right in front of Murray.

It's a painful death and some Stranger Things fans are simply not having any of it and so the hashtag #AlexeiDeservedBetter was born.

Alexei's demise is just one of many pointless deaths in the Netflix series. Remember Benny from the first season? He only wanted to help Eleven by calling social services. In addition to that, there's Bob Newby, who tried to make Joyce and her kids happy.

We'll certainly mourn for Alexei, the new Barb of Stranger Things 3. Hopefully, no one will have to suffer such depressing fate in the next season.

You can see more of Alexei (stop Episode 7 right after he wins the Woody Woodpecker toy if you don't want to go through the heartbreak) in Stranger Things 3, which is still streaming on Netflix.

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