We bid farewell to Eddie Munson (performed by Joseph Quinn) in episode 9, as he died a hero to avoid wasting his buddies and defend his city. The Duffer Brothers confirmed this character’s demise whereas showing on the Glad Unhappy Confused podcast following the finale — but, there’s two different character demises from Quantity 2 that will not even have a nail of their coffins.
Max’s destiny is unclear
Max grew to become a sufferer of Vecna’s curse within the two-part finale, and was technically useless for a full minute earlier than Eleven restarted her coronary heart together with her powers. The final we see of Max, she’s hospitalised and in a coma. Eleven tries to speak together with her by looking for her thoughts, however there may be, tragically, no response.
When requested about Max’s destiny whereas chatting with Leisure Weekly, Sink was fast to level out that Max has a pulse and is technically nonetheless alive and current within the present. “I am unsure the place we’re going and what Max’s state is. It is positively all up within the air proper now,” mentioned Sink. “I am simply as excited as everybody else to search out out the place Max is and the way she’s doing.”
Vecna’s destiny can also be up within the air
Jamie Campbell Bower, who portrayed this season’s villain Vecna/Henry/One, additionally hinted at a S5 return to EW, noting the scene the place Vecna needs to be useless, however immediately disappears. On August 29, JCB opened up additional to NME, teasing that Vecna will most probably be again for season 5, and he’ll be again with a hell of a vengeance. “He’s pissed, he’s correctly vexed,” mentioned Campbell Bower. “I don’t assume he’s slunk off licking his wounds in distress. He’s rebuilding, and he’s out for blood. It’s like, you’ve actually f*cking pushed the buttons now, that basic Jason Voorhees [the iconic killer in Friday the 13th] factor — you’ve made a giant mistake.”
Although Campbell Bower nonetheless hasn’t confirmed whether or not he is signed on for a number of seasons, Will’s point out to Mike that he might nonetheless really feel Vecna’s presence in the course of the finale is nearly affirmation sufficient. “I believe Vecna and May have a connection that’s but to be explored,” continued JCB. “As a fan, I’d have an interest to see extra of that.”
Will new characters be launched in Stranger Issues season 5?
Terminator star Linda Hamilton confirmed again in 2023 that she’d be becoming a member of the solid – no phrase but on who her character will probably be but, although.
“I don’t know be a fangirl and an actress on the identical time,” she mentioned throughout her announcement for Netflix’s TUDUM. “I’m gonna work on that.”
Whereas chatting with IndieWire in August 2022, the Duffer Brothers broke down their rationale behind bringing new characters on the present and praised the adaptability and performances of actors introduced on the sequence after season 1, like Joseph Quinn, Sadie Sink, Maya Hawke, and Dacre Montgomery. Although they keep away from introducing a number of new core characters in a given season, the Duffer Brothers admitted that new characters can convey recent concepts, similar to new plot gadgets or new creatures to battle.
“I similar to shaking it up, so we shake it up by altering the plot or including in a brand new monster,” mentioned Matt. “We’re doing our greatest to withstand [adding new characters] for Season 5. We’re attempting not to do this so we will give attention to the OG characters, I assume.” With such a finite period of time left with the OG Hawkins gang, it is sensible that the Stranger Issues writers wish to make it possible for followers aren’t left feeling shorted by the sequence finale. This implies there may be a brand new face round city in Stranger Issues 5, however do not depend on it an excessive amount of.
