Stranger Things 4's Major Character Death Avoids The Show's Worst Problem
WARNING! This post contains SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 4!
Eddie Munson’s fate in Stranger Things’ season 4 finale avoided the show’s problem of making its big deaths the products of unlucky circumstances. While Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) quickly became one of the most beloved characters of Stranger Things, the show unsurprisingly repeated its trend of killing off new characters in the same season that they were introduced. However, Eddie’s ending was remarkably different from the major fatalities in previous seasons in regard to how the Upside Down’s monsters killed him, which makes his tragic fate the most compelling character death yet.
Stranger Things season 4 continued to avoid killing off any of its core characters from the Hawkins crew but still featured a few notable death twists. After he was originally believed to have perished in Stranger Things’ season 1 finale, Dr. Martin Brenner finally met his end in Stranger Things season 4. The character was gunned down by the military while trying to escape the Nina Project Lab with Eleven, who refused to forgive him as he drew his last breath. After using high school bully Jason Carver as a major antagonist, Stranger Things’ season 4 finale saw him die a gruesome death as he was split in half by the Upside Down’s gates opening in Hawkins. Meanwhile, Max Mayfield briefly dies from Vecna’s tortures before Eleven uses her powers to resurrect her, though Max is still left blind, comatose, and with broken limbs. The biggest death of all was that of Eddie Munson, who sacrificed himself in the Upside Down to save Dustin and the town of Hawkins.
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