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4 most common Stranger Things complaints that don’t matter (and 3 that do)

By Bryce Olin

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, and Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022
STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, and Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 /
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STRANGER THINGS. Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 /

Stranger Things kills the new fan-favorite of the season

This is another common criticism of Stranger Things. Each time the series introduces a beloved new character, they use that character as an emotional turning point of the season by killing off that character.

Why it matters: Fans can point to Bob (Sean Astin) in season 2, Alexei (Alec Utgoff) in season 3, and of course, Eddie (Joseph Quinn) in season 4. While I’m not opposed to killing off characters, at least two of these character deaths were a bit cheap the way they were handled. Bob getting eaten by Demogorgons when all he had to do is run out of the door was rough! And, it didn’t feel like it needed to happen. He could have sacrificed himself in another way. Same with Eddie! You can’t tell me that he actually needed to sacrifice himself. Although he probably didn’t know that the Vecna situation was going to be handled, they could have killed him off in a better way!

And, if the Duffers and the creative team wanted to keep Eddie around, he could have come up with another diversion or been saved at the last minute.

Ultimately, the way Stranger Things kills new characters makes the season less enjoyable for fans. I think we all saw what was going to happen with each of these characters before it actually happened, and that takes away some of that shock value.

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