Stranger Things Creator Explains Why [SPOILER] Was Doomed From The Start
[The following contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4]
Stranger Things creator addresses a big season 4 death, explaining that the character in question was doomed from the start. Stranger Things season 4 proved to be the most brutal and intense installment of the show to date. And that was particularly true in the recently-released final episode, which saw one fan favorite character meeting a tragic demise.
The latest character added to the roll call of Stranger Things’ honored dead, Eddie Munson, was of course introduced in season 4 and quickly became beloved by fans. Portrayed by Joseph Quinn, the metalhead and D&D fan Eddie seemed like a potential antagonist early on, but later showed himself to be a true friend to the Hawkins kids, particularly his fellow D&D fanatic Dustin. Sadly Eddie’s involvement in the kids’ plans to take down season 4’s big bad Vecna, and release himself from Vecna’s curse, led to Eddie sacrificing himself for the greater good: but not before the headbanger got to stage the greatest heavy metal concert in history, shredding on guitar with his rendition of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” while helping Dustin battle swarming bat creatures from the Upside Down.
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Stranger Things has of course featured such stunning and tragic developments before, most notably the demise of Sean Astin’s Bob Newby in season 2. But in fact fans shouldn’t have been so shocked by the death of Eddie as his fate was in the cards right from the very beginning according to Stranger Things creator Ross Duffer. Addressing what happened to both Max and Eddie in the finale, Duffer said (via Collider):
«Both her and Eddie, from the get-go,
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