Stranger Things fans cannot keep calm ahead of the upcoming season 5 of the beloved sci-fi saga, which will draw the curtain close on nearly a decade-long cinematic journey. With new details emerging about the looming installment every day, keeping the audience on their toes, fans cannot help but spawn conjectures and theories. And naturally, speculation about Eddie Munson’s potential comeback remains the most burning one of them. As Hawkins braces for its last battle, the buzz surrounding the metalhead’s survival refuses to fade. But will he return?

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In a 2022 interview with Esquire Magazine, Joseph Quinn, who plays Eddie Munson, shared that he is very much up for a return to Hawkins despite his character’s fate in season 4. “Yes, of course,” Quinn said to the question probing the future of his character by the outlet, adding that he enjoyed playing the part massively in all the Stranger Things installments he was involved with. While Quinn's interview is not particularly breaking news, as it is from three years ago, thus depleting its credibility to draw any latest conclusion, fans have a list of potential ways in which his character can make a return.

Stranger Things 5, for the record, is set for a three-part premiere that would span from November 2025 to New Year’s Eve. Meanwhile, could the clues scattered across Stranger Things hint at Eddie Munson’s unexpected comeback? Fans certainly think so.

One popular theory among optimistic Stranger Things fans hypothesizes that Eddie Munson is not dead and is very much alive in Vecna’s mindscape, leaving a way for Eleven to bring her friend back by defeating the monster. This particular theory does not cease to exist here, as it argues Eleven, in fact, might be able to bring all of Vecna’s victims back to life.

Alternative theories inundating the worldwide web include conjectures about a potential dream or flashback sequence featuring Eddie Munson in Stranger Things 5 or the installment having a time travel plot in store for fans.

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There is nothing so far, however, that hints at any of the fan theories.

While Joseph Quinn expressed his desire to return as Eddie Munson in the aforementioned Esquire interview, in a more recent media interaction, the actor took his teasing a step further. The Stranger Things star spoke to ET at the New York premiere of A Quiet Place: Day One, saying he loves his castmates from the show and he would most certainly “love to say hello.” While Quinn kept his response as vague as possible, it did the trick for fans — there is no two ways about it.

Regarding Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer’s comments on Eddie Munson’s return in season 5, there have been no concrete statements from either of them, even though they have addressed other fan speculations about different characters. All in all, Eddie Munson’s fate is a mystery that will keep fans guessing until Stranger Things wraps up its story.

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