But despite the on-set chill and chaos, Quinn and Matarazzo (whom Quinn calls “a darling”) found time for a “little bit” of a hug when they called cut. “It was a wonderful privilege to be able to do that scene with Gaten.” Well, that’s the nature of sacrifice, isn’t it? You know, sometimes, it’s unfair,” he says about Hawkins never learning the truth of Eddie’s innocence. “But we know. That’s all that matters.” Hawkins is nearly destroyed by Vecna’s 4 gates to the Upside Down expanding and meeting at the center of the town. The news is calling it an “earthquake.” A relief center is established and Dustin finds Eddie’s uncle putting up a missing person poster for Eddie.The news and the Hawkins townspeople still think Eddie is responsible for the earlier murders. However, Eddie is now presumed dead after the “earthquake.” Joseph Quinn and Gaten Matarazzo as Eddie and Dustin. (Netflix)

You didn’t run,” Dustin says through tears. Eddie tells Dustin that he’s going to have to “look after those little sheep” for him. Dustin doesn’t want Eddie to think like that. Eddie makes Dustin promise to look after his friends. Earlier, Eddie made Dustin promise to “never change.” He wants to make sure his protege listened to him. When Vecna is seemingly taken down, the Demobats die. Dustin rushes to Eddie’s side, and Eddie is gravely injured. “You’re gonna be fine,” Dustin says as he holds Eddie in his arms. “I didn’t run away this time, right?” Eddie says, echoing his earlier confession that he always runs in the face of danger. I wish everyone had gotten to know him,” Dustin continues. “Really know him. Because they would have loved him. They would have loved him. Even in the end, he never stopped being Eddie. Despite everything. I never even saw him get mad. He could’ve run. He could’ve saved himself. But he fought. He fought and died to protect this town. This town that… hated him. He isn’t just innocent… Mr. Munson, he’s a hero.” Suddenly, the Demobats get through a vent in the trailer’s roof. Eddie uses his trash can shield to close the vent. Unfortunately, there’s another vent in the trailer. Dustin manages to climb out of the Upside Down and is just waiting on Eddie to join him.If you even glanced at social media in the days leading up to the release of Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 4, one thing was blatantly clear: Fans were terrified that one or more of their beloved characters were going to bite the dust — particularly, Eddie Munson.

Devastatingly, that fear was realized. In the Season 4 finale, Eddie ( Joe Quinn) goes out in a moment of metal glory, battling a horde of Demobats to protect a town that vilified him for a crime he didn’t commit.Cause I’m actually gonna graduate. I think it’s my year, Henderson. I think it’s finally my year,” Eddie says to Dustin. “I love you, man.” Dustin replies through tears, “I love you, too.”Eddie sheds one last tear and dies in Dustin’s arms. Dustin sobs as his hero takes his last breath. ( Joseph Quinn and Gaten Matarazzo are superb in this scene.)