We bid farewell to Eddie Munson (performed by Joseph Quinn) in episode 9, as he died a hero to avoid wasting his buddies and shield his city. The Duffer Brothers confirmed this character’s demise whereas showing on the Completely happy Unhappy Confused podcast following the finale — but, there’s two different character demises from Quantity 2 that won’t even have a nail of their coffins.
Max’s destiny is unclear
Max turned 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 along with her powers. The final we see of Max, she’s hospitalised and in a coma. Eleven tries to speak along with her by trying to find her thoughts, however there’s, tragically, no response.
When requested about Max’s destiny whereas talking to 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 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 must be useless, however immediately disappears. On August 29, JCB opened up additional to NME, teasing that Vecna will 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 suppose 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 traditional Jason Voorhees [the iconic killer in Friday the 13th] factor — you’ve made an enormous 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 may nonetheless really feel Vecna’s presence throughout the finale is sort of affirmation sufficient. “I believe Vecna and Can 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 forged – no phrase but on who her character will likely be but, although.
“I don’t know how one can 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 talking to 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 collection 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, identical to new plot units or new creatures to battle.
“I identical 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 making an attempt not to try this so we are able to deal with 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 ensure that followers aren’t left feeling shorted by the collection finale. This implies there would possibly be a brand new face round city in Stranger Issues 5, however do not rely on it an excessive amount of.