The Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) viewers meet in Stranger ThingsSeason 5 doesn’t feel like the same Dustin we’ve known since Season 1.
Gone is Hawkins’ resident ball of sunshine, replaced with a sulking, angry young man who would sooner graffiti a bully’s locker than belt “Never Ending Story” over walkie-talkie. Yet this transformation didn’t come out of nowhere. Instead, it stems from a clear point of trauma for Dustin: witnessing the tragic death of Eddie (Joseph Quinn) at the end of Season 4.
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