I’m a little conflicted about Eddie’s death. Like, a lot of people are definitely looking to the bright side about it saying “oh, at least he can be with Chrissy now” and that’s totally understandable and very sweet. But what irks me about the whole thing is despite EVERYTHING, he’s still looked at like the bad guy by Hawkins, and the one responsible for all the murders that’ve happened. And I think it’s such a huge parallel between him and Billy’s death back in season 3, and how in some ways it was actually worse.
I say that because we find out in Max’s letter for sure that she couldn’t exactly tell people why Billy died, and how. He died saving Eleven’s life from the Mind Flayer, and Max and Mike’s lives as well since they were directly behind them.
But for Eddie, who could’ve easily escaped right behind Dustin and stayed safe, decided to sacrifice himself rather... meaninglessly. There really was no significance to his death, and despite telling Dustin that he didn’t run away, in all reality he still did. He ran away from having to figure out a way to clear his name in Hawkins against the murders he was initially accused of, and having to continue to fight against whatever upcoming battles sure to occur after the events of season 4.
What also sucks is the fact this character had so much depth, and even an epic guitar scene, but was killed off almost immediately. Of course not as quickly as Chrissy. But for a character the Duffer Brothers had us convinced would be apart of the story for a lot longer than he was (at least another season), I just... didn’t see the point. Dustin certainly didn’t deserve that heartbreak, and as far as we know, there may not even be a funeral held for Eddie because again, he’s still looked at as some crazed satanic cult leader responsible for murders prior to the “earthquake”. His ending wasn’t heroic at all. It was still pretty cowardly, and very unnecessary.
I’m also convinced that even if he did make it through the portal back into his trailer, and the bats started flying back to Creel’s murder house, there still would’ve been enough time for Steve, Nancy and Robin to light Vecna up and “kill” him just the same. They would’ve dropped before they even made it back thanks to Joyce, Hop and Murray. So to me, Eddie’s death was not only kinda stupid, but it displayed a little laziness from the Duffer Brothers. Overall, it was sorta disappointing.
But so far we’ve seen they do everything for a reason. I’m interested to see where they’ll go with this, and what they’ll end up doing with Eddie’s death and whether or not Joe will be making a return to reprise the role. And if they do, praying they don’t pull a Billy with all the replayed scenes and Vecna illusions.
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