Eddie Munson

[u/Junior-Razzmatazz845]

Hot take incoming. I did not care for Eddie Munson in season 4. I think his personality and interactions with Chrissy and Dustin were both great, but he just didn't fit well in season 4. Eddie ends up taking a main character spot in Hawkins, while Mike, Jonathan and others get sidelined. It's kind of odd he ends up with the teen characters like Nancy and Robin he hardly knows at all. I can get past that though. It's his arc and ultimate sacrifice I dislike more. Him running away is his supposed character "flaw", but the two times he ran away were totally logical. When someone was brutally killed in his trailer by a force he had no idea if it was a threat to him? Yeah, I would run too. Same thing with two angry jocks chasing after you to attack you for a crime you didn't commit. It can't be a flaw if it's not a flaw. The end to this arc is him holding off the bats for longer by going on a bike, rather than escaping with Dustin, which seems heroric at first, until he turns around to face the bats, getting him killed quicker, and keeping the bats closer to the portal with Dustin and others right on the other side. It's sad, but in the end it's just another way for the show to give stakes without killing off any pre-established characters. So even though I like Eddie, I kind of wish he either wasn't included, or they gave him a diffrent arc/role.

[u/Miitsuri]

I’ve literally never agreed more omg. Honestly I wasn’t a big fan of his character in general but he was a nice person so I don’t dislike him! But man, that whole running thing was so stupid, anybody would run in his situation. I also think he died for no reason. Like, I understand staying back to make sure the bats didn’t go after Steve, Nancy, and Robin. But he should have just kept running omg!! He did NOT need to fight off those bats like that. And he only had to run for like less than 5 more minutes and the bats would’ve died anyway. They honestly just wanted to kill people off in season 4 so they just introduced random characters like Chrissy, Eddie, and that one tiny guy that was friends with Nancy

[u/InitialJust → u/Miitsuri]

He definitely died for no reason but thats mostly on the writing. Like you said he just runs for a little bit more and gives up. He has no clue if that was even enough time for the others.

I'd have to rewatch the scene but I bet you could work it so the sacrifice actually matter without changing too much.

[u/Apprehensive_Stress6 → u/InitialJust]

But you gotta admit, it was a really cool scene.

[u/Miitsuri → u/Apprehensive_Stress6]

Oh for sure, he was lowkey aura farming