STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4 SPOILERS!
Eddie in Season 4
One of several new characters introduced this upcoming season is Eddie Munson, an electric guitarist and leader of the Hellfire Club. However, his plotline this season is still relatively unknown. Today I'm going to answer a few questions using evidence from the monopoly cards which contain big spoilers so read at your own risk. I'll be discussing why Eddie plays guitar in the Upside Down, why Steve and Robin are looking in a computer in a promo and, biggest of all, how Eddie is blamed for a character's death.
Firstly, why does Eddie play guitar in the Upside Down? I explain this in detail in a previous post (see here). Basically, he is luring away Demobats from Vecna's lair so Vecna is more vulnerable for attack. This is described in the monopoly cards.
Next, how is Eddie framed for murder? As explained in a previous post, the season takes heavy influences from 'A Nightmare on Elm Street', a film in which characters are killed in their nightmares by a monster. As discussed in the post, this will be one of Vecna's powers. When a character dies from this, who I think will be Chrissy, Eddie is blamed for their death and is forced to go into hiding. He is then chased by Jason, who is Chrissy's boyfriend, which is why I believe the person who dies is Chrissy. As well as this, Eddie deals Chrissy drugs (audition tape) so maybe they could also go down the route of Chrissy 'overdosing' and Eddie getting blamed.
This brings me on to my next point. The gang at the video store will need to hunt down Eddie in order to get his help in the Upside Down. This explains the promo shot in the trailer of Robin, Steve, Dustin and Max looking up at a computer screen, as they are in fact searching for Eddie on the customer database as stated in a monopoly card. Dustin might possibly even tap into police communications to find out why he is missing. I believe Eddie will be hiding out in a trailer because it is mentioned as a mode of transport in the game and on a card about finding Eddie.
TLDR: Apart from being hunted down and luring away Demobats, Eddie will spend the season trying to hide from police and others. Whilst we were told Eddie was going to be at the 'terrifying epicenter of the mystery of this season's mystery', what we didn't expect is that he was being blamed for a murder.
