Stranger Things actor Brett Gelman has been talking about his character Murray Bauman and the fact that he did not get a proper final scene in the show's conclusion. Gelman says the show did show Murray briefly, but he would have liked a little more screen time to close the chapter.
Not quite a goodbye
Gelman pointed out that the writers gave Murray a small appearance alongside Mr. Clarke, but they did not linger on the moment. He said they could have stayed on that shot for a few more seconds so viewers truly saw it, and he made that point with a half-serious shrug.
Where does Murray go from here?
The Duffer brothers have already hinted about Murray's fate by saying, quote, "I think Murray's doing his own weird stuff." Gelman expands on that idea with a more colorful picture of Murray's future.
Murray, the unlikely roaming fixer
Gelman imagines Murray turning into a kind of wandering problem-solver. In his version of events:
- Murray stays in America for a while, cleaning up the odd supernatural or suspicious case.
- Then he keeps going to Europe, to Asia, to the Middle East, to Africa, and to Australia.
- He visits small towns where something strange is happening and tries to fix it, sort of like a low-key superhero.
It is not an official plan, just Gelman having fun with the character's possibilities. For now, Murray's future remains open-ended, and fans can imagine him showing up in new places and new puzzles.
Final thoughts
So no spinoff has been announced, and Murray ended the series without a big send-off. But according to Gelman, you can picture him hopping from town to town, chasing mysteries and being the guy who cleans up the mess. That seems just right for a character who never quite fitted into one box.
