Netflix 'Stranger Things' Season 5 Theories: Will Paul Reiser's Dr Owens return?

With Eleven taking on Vecna and the Mindflayer in the fifth and final season, there's a window of opportunity for the good doctor to return
Paul Reiser as Dr Samuel Owens in 'Stranger Things' Season 4 (Netflix)
Paul Reiser as Dr Samuel Owens in 'Stranger Things' Season 4 (Netflix)

Contains spoilers from 'Stranger Things' Season 4

Paul Reiser has been making headlines for the last month. First, he reprised his role as Dr Owens in 'Stranger Things' Season 4. He then made another pivotal appearance in the ongoing 'The Boys' Season 3 as The Legend. However, his fate is left uncertain following the events of the Volume 2 finale. While he was last shown to be alive after General Sullivan attacked the top-secret facility, his character was cut out rather abruptly.

Safe to say that he had survived, while the show focused on the death of his colleague and one of the key antagonists from Season1, Dr Brenner (Matthew Modine). In his attempt to save Eleven from the attack on the lab, he gets out of the secret only to be shot to death. However, there is a poignant moment between the two where he says he was proud of his daughter. He knew he was a bad father to Vecna (then Henry/001), but he did, by his own logic, be a better person to Eleven, despite his rather villainy nature. He dies a mad scientist giving Matthew Modine's character a fitting farewell. 

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Stranger Things' Season 5: Will Paul Reiser's Dr Owens return?

There is every possibility for the good doctor to return considering he knows more about Eleven's (Millie Bobby Brown) abilities after Dr Brenner. But there is also that chance that he might be locked away for good by Sullivan after the attack kills all the scientists. The series may have deliberately put Owens in the shadows. 'Stranger Things' has resurrected characters in the past, namely Brenner and Jim Hopper's David Harbor. So, it's not entirely surprising if Owens pops up with all that's happened in Season 4's massive finale.

With Eleven taking on Vecna and the Mindflayer in the fifth and final season, Hawkins's heroes will need all the support they can get, and that leaves the window for his potential return. For now, fans want to see more of The Legend as 'The Boys' Season 3 concludes on July 8 and will be keen to see more of the iconic character in the already confirmed Season 4.

'Stranger Things' Season 4 is streaming on Netflix.

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