Hang On, Did Stranger Things' Other Characters Just Forget About Eddie?
Warning: contains SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 4, volume 2.
After what happened to Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) in the Stranger Things season 4 finale, the fact that other characters aren't grieving over him seems almost like they forgot about him entirely. Of course, that isn't necessarily the case given how active of a role he played in the Vecna attack plan. In Stranger Things season 4, episode 9, «Piggyback,» Eddie and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) are tasked with luring the Demobats away from the Creel House in the Upside Down for Robin (Maya Hawke), Nancy (Natalia Dyer), and Steve (Joe Keery) to enter. When the Demobats overtake Eddie's trailer in the Upside Down, he sacrifices himself by distracting them. Dustin is the only character present during his death, and he's later shown telling Eddie's uncle Wayne (Joel Stoffer) about how brave Eddie had been in his final moments.
As heartwrenching as it was, many Stranger Things hints pointed at Eddie Munson's death before the finale. For one, it would have been nearly impossible to clear Eddie's name after Hawkins became almost immovably convinced that he was the one behind Vecna's murders. Secondly, Eddie's character arc geared him up for an inevitable sacrifice — or, for the very least, a heroic act. He begins as a character who unashamedly states that "there is no shame in running," which eventually leads him to do just that after Chrissy Cunningham's (Grace Van Dien) death. By the Stranger Things season 4 finale, Eddie consciously decides to stop running away from the Demobats and fight them. Eddie's death is poetic, if predictable.
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