Over at the r/StrangerThings subreddit, u/NineSeventyy posted a meme: next to a picture of a dying Eddie is sad Wojak (via Know Your Meme), while next to a pic of Eddie's grieving uncle Wayne (Joel Stoffer) is Withered Wojak (also via Know Your Meme). "I'm not the only one right?" asked the post. And no, they aren't the only one. Plenty of posters are saddened to lose Eddie, and moved by Wayne's grief. But layered in with that is a good amount of dissatisfaction.
"Honestly? To ME, it's the cheapest death ever," wrote u/AgreeableInterview71. "I'm disappointed at how the other characters brushed his Billy-like cliché death off as well." Others were expecting more time to be spent saying goodbye to Eddie. Indeed, more than one user lamented the fact that the series never shows Steve (Joe Keery), Nancy (Natalia Dyer), or Robin (Maya Hawke) learning of their friend's death after the battle with Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower). Instead, Dustin and Wayne seem to be the only ones to acknowledge him in the final episode's denouement. Still, others felt that the Duffer Brothers had written themselves into a corner and were looking for a way out.
Funnily enough, even Quinn himself might have been a bit miffed by his character's sudden departure. Speaking with The Guardian, he joked, "I'll be furious if they don't bring me back [laughs]. I'd love to, if they'll have me." Then again, that interview was published before the season's second volume came out, so Quinn was likely just trying to throw us off the scent. Sadly, the Duffer Brothers confirmed in an interview with Josh Horowitz that Eddie Munson's death is as permanent as a TV death can be.
