Stranger Things Fans Think That Metallica May Be Foreshadowing The Return Of A Fan-Favorite Character – Looper

Recent fan theories that Eddie Munson will return in “Stranger Things” Season 5 originate in a November 6 post by the official “Stranger Things” Twitter account revealing that the title of Season 5, Episode 1 is “The Crawl.” TikToker relayts connected this title to a lyric in Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” that reads, “Come crawling faster / obey your master,” suggesting that “The Crawl” motions at Metallica, with whom Eddie is closely associated.

Some fans even think that the latter part of this couplet in particular might hint at the nature of Eddie’s return. For instance, in a Reddit thread at least somewhat jokingly proposing Eddie come back such that he becomes similar in appearance to Iron Maiden’s zombie mascot — also named Eddie — user Dredka1001 suggested that “Stranger Things” Eddie might become a figurative puppet master himself, commanding an army of otherworldly minions. Meanwhile, in that same thread, user dragongrl floated the possibility that an undead Eddie, rather, will be the puppet and Vecna his master.

Of course, these connections currently remain well within the realm of fan speculation, far from confirmation that Eddie is anything other than fully dead. Nevertheless, the “Stranger Things” team was most likely well aware that sharing the title of Episode 5 would inspire extensive fan speculation, so, while still purely hypothetical, these theories about Eddie’s return may ultimately hold some weight.