--- title: Stranger Things: Barb Deserved Better and Starbucks Knows It description: Barb may have been killed way back in episode three of Stranger Things, but some fans will never forget the injustice of her untimely end. canonical: https://time.com/5139362/barb-deserved-better-stranger-things-starbucks/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-08T15:51:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:57:10.141Z og:title: Barb Deserved Better in Stranger Things Her Barista Knows It og:description: #JusticeForBarb og:url: https://time.com/5139362/barb-deserved-better-stranger-things-starbucks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf3a7897873240b/6988d58a096a9405c269ec03/170713_shannon-purser-stranger-things-barb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: Stranger-Things-Barb-Nancy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Barb Deserved Better in Stranger Things Her Barista Knows It twitter:description: #JusticeForBarb twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf3a7897873240b/6988d58a096a9405c269ec03/170713_shannon-purser-stranger-things-barb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Barb Deserved Better in _Stranger Things_ and Her Starbucks Barista Knows It > Sponsored content. 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In the summer of 2016, the hypnotic glowing red Stranger Things font lured fans into every new episode on Netflix like it was a chapter in their own personal paperback_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018 3:51 PM UTC In the summer of 2016, the hypnotic glowing red Stranger Things font lured fans into every new episode on Netflix like it was a chapter in their own personal paperback  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018 3:51 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for [_Stranger Things_](http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/david-harbour-antarctica). [Barb](http://time.com/4869957/stranger-things-season-2-barb-comic-con/) may have been killed by the [Demogorgon](http://time.com/4992079/stranger-things-season-2-questions/) way back in the third episode of [_Stranger Things’_](http://time.com/5058440/stranger-things-season-3-release-date-david-harbour/) first season, but there are some fans who will never forget the injustice of her untimely end. And Shannon Purser — who played the breakout fan-favorite on Netflix’s sci-fi juggernaut — knows that better than anyone. Despite the fact that her character was laid to rest with a proper funeral in the show’s season two finale, Purser is apparently still getting messages of support from viewers who believe she merited a different fate. The 20-year-old actor took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a photo of a Starbucks cup on which her barista had written a special message: “Barb deserved better.” “Thanks guys,” she captioned the shot, which has been liked nearly 94,000 times and retweeted more than 18,000 as of Thursday morning. However, this inscription quickly sparked a discussion over which _Stranger Things_ character fans should truly be mourning. “I thought this said ‘Bob deserved better’ and i was like yes even Shannon agrees but nope I guess Barb is still a thing ha,” [wrote](https://twitter.com/uhhwolfhard/status/961361296305377282) Twitter user @uhhwolfhard. Purser, for her part, seems to agree. “Bob DEFINITELY deserved better,” she replied. > [](https://twitter.com/shannonpurser/status/961359576674152448) > [](https://twitter.com/shannonpurser/status/961380415188512768) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:06] [ MUSIC ] [00:12] [ MUSIC ] [00:18] [ MUSIC ] [00:24] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5139362/barb-deserved-better-stranger-things-starbucks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5139362/barb-deserved-better-stranger-things-starbucks/"},"headline":"Barb Deserved Better in Stranger Things and Her Starbucks Barista Knows It","datePublished":"2018-02-08T15:51:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T08:57:10.141Z","description":"#JusticeForBarb","url":"https://time.com/5139362/barb-deserved-better-stranger-things-starbucks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","TV","Stranger Things"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf3a7897873240b/6988d58a096a9405c269ec03/170713_shannon-purser-stranger-things-barb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf3a7897873240b/6988d58a096a9405c269ec03/170713_shannon-purser-stranger-things-barb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Stranger-Things-Barb-Nancy","caption":"1","creditText":"Curtis Baker/Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5139362/barb-deserved-better-stranger-things-starbucks/","name":"Barb Deserved Better in Stranger Things and Her Starbucks Barista Knows It"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Stranger Things Opening Credits Could Have Looked Really Different","description":"In the summer of 2016, the hypnotic glowing red Stranger Things font lured fans into every new episode on Netflix like it was a chapter in their own personal paperback","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9kbPh5t1/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-24T20:45:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9kbPh5t1.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5139362/barb-deserved-better-stranger-things-starbucks/","duration":"PT1M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5139362/barb-deserved-better-stranger-things-starbucks/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```