Agent Connie Frazier, portrayed by Catherine Dyer, was a recurring antagonist in the first season of Stranger Things. Frazier was a government agent tasked with protecting the secrets of Hawkins Lab, working alongside Dr. Martin Brenner. She was ultimately killed by Eleven.
History
1983
Connie and various other agents accompanied Brenner as he attempted to re-capture the escaped test subject Eleven. The girl had found shelter at Hawkins' local diner; Benny, the diner owner, was caring for her. Benny had called Social Services to pick Eleven up, but the lab had intercepted the call. Agent Frazier greeted Benny, pretending that she was a social worker, but moments later, she decided to shoot and kill Benny. Brenner and the other agents then entered the diner, but Eleven fled. Benny's death was made to look like a suicide.
Next morning, Connie and her colleague informed Brenner of a police call they listened into the previous night. The three listened back to a tape recording of the phone call, in which Joyce Byers informed the Hawkins PD secretary, Florence, about her son's disapperance.
Seeking to learn Eleven's location, Connie visited Scott Clarke at his residence, hoping to find out which pupils operated Hawkins Middle School's ham radio, following the tip-off of her undercover colleague. While there, she told Clarke about a fictitious Indiana AV Club program, complete with a falsified flier. When asked if he knew anyone who'd want to participate, Clarke told her about Mike, Lucas, and Dustin.
That afternoon, Brenner, Connie and the agents travelled to the Wheeler house in Hawkins Power and Light vans to retrieve Eleven; however, Eleven and the boys fled the house and narrowly escaped on bike, with Eleven psychically flipping one of the lab's vans in the process. Brenner, Connie and the other agents then interviewed Mike's parents, Ted and Karen, and scoured the house for information that could help them find Eleven. Connie questioned Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler about Eleven, but Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler were unaware that Mike had been hiding a girl in the house.
Later that day, Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper were caught sneaking onto the lab’s premises. Connie and other agents tortured Hopper, but after Hopper agreed to reveal Eleven's location, Brenner, Frazier and the agents went to Hawkins Middle. Although Agent Frazier and various other agents cornered Eleven and her friends, Eleven used her powers to crush her brain and melt it out of her nose and eyes, killing her almost instantly.
Legacy
After a new threat to Hawkins materialized in 1986, military commander Lt. Col. Jack Sullivan visited the home of former Hawkins Lab director Dr. Sam Owens to question him about Eleven’s whereabouts. While explaining his theory that Eleven was behind Hawkins's string of mysterious deaths, he showed Owens a post-mortem image of Connie Frazier.
Personality
Connie was a ruthless and capable government operative, more than willing to execute those who got in her way. She did not hesitate to threaten innocent children while armed with her handgun. She was determined to protect Hawkins Lab's secrets, carrying out Dr. Brenner's dirty work with brutal proficiency.
Connie was a valuable agent, not just for her ability with a gun, but also for her versatility. When needed, Connie could deceive a person of interest by taking on a false persona. By adopting a sickly-sweet demeanor and false identity, she could precisely manipulate her targets and make them act in whatever way she deemed necessary. Connie masqueraded as a social worker, and later, the organiser of a fictitious Indiana AV Club program, to get Benny Hammond and Scott Clarke to do what she wanted. However, Frazier's communication style was much colder when interviewing Ted and Karen Wheeler, since she was not pretending to be anything other than a government agent.
Appearance
Connie had blonde hair with dark roots. She was of average height and had light green eyes.
Relationships
- Martin Brenner † - Colleague and/or employer
- Lead Agent - Co-worker
- Mike Wheeler - Enemy
- Eleven - Enemy/killer
- Dustin Henderson - Enemy
- Lucas Sinclair - Enemy
Gallery
Season 1
Stranger Things: SIX
Appearances
| Season One appearances | |||
| The Vanishing of Will Byers | The Weirdo on Maple Street | ||
| The Monster | The Bathtub | The Upside Down | |
| Season Four appearances | |||
| The Monster and the Superhero* | |||
Comics
| SIX appearances | |||
| Issue 1 | Issue 4 | ||
Trivia
- Prior to the filming of the first season, Connie was only set to appear in two episodes. However, after being impressed by Catherine Dyer's performance, the Duffer Brothers decided to extend the character's role for an additional three episodes.[2]
- Eleven kills two agents in "The Vanishing of Will Byers", and eventually kills Connie in "The Upside Down". It can be inferred that Eleven may have killed Connie instead, in Vanishing's initial draft/outline.
- Connie’s first name might be a tongue-in-cheek reference to her ‘con artist’-esque demeanor and behavior.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The official teleplay for "The Vanishing of Will Byers" describes Connie as in her 40s.
- ↑ "Interview with Catherine Dyer, Agent Connie Frazier, in Stranger Things"
