Neil's abuse towards Billy turned him into a childhood bully, and he is seen in his memories beating up other kids and presumably began to extend to the abuse of Max.

Neil eventually married Susan Mayfield, the mother of Max Mayfield, who was introduced to Billy as his 'new sister' which he did not like. His mother abandoned him sometime later when he was about ten years old, due to Neil's abusive behavior. He has fond memories of her standing on the beach watching him surf. Billy had a strong passion for surfing as a kid, and his mother was very supportive of him. His father was physically abusive to him and his mother. The following year, his death had a major effect on Max who removed herself from her friends, and was eventually targeted by a new force from the Upside Down due to her trauma.īilly is the son of Neil Hargrove and an unnamed mother. His death was covered up by the government, as part of the Starcourt Mall's fire. In his final words, he apologized to Max. Deciding to make a change, Billy physically held back the Flayer, who killed him by stabbing him in the chest. Unlike the rest of the Flayed, he was never integrated into the Spider Monster's body and was granted a degree of superhuman ability while acting under the Mind Flayer's command.ĭuring the moment in which Billy dragged Eleven toward the Mind Flayer and was about to give her up to it, she was able to reach his humanity by reminding Billy of the boy he was: the boy that existed before his mother's departure, which left him to be raised by his abusive father, eventually turning him into the bully he became. Eventually, he came under the possession of the Mind Flayer, who used him as a vessel and as a tool to gather the civilians of Hawkins, to create a larger physical vessel to host the Mind Flayer the Spider Monster. He got a job as a lifeguard at the Hawkins Community Pool alongside Heather Holloway, and flirted with Karen Wheeler. He was the older step-brother of Max Mayfield, who he often mistreated, among others. There, he attended Hawkins High School until his demise. Raised in California, Billy moved to Hawkins, Indiana in 1984, after his mother left him and his father married a woman named Susan Hargrove. 29* | 34* * = flashback/hallucination/archival footage William 'Billy' Hargrove, portrayed by Dacre Montgomery, was a main character and antagonist in Stranger Things, being introduced in the second season.

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