Warning: This text comprises spoilers from the Stranger Issues sequence finale.Now that Stranger Issues is over, Gaten Matarazzo is revealing what occurred to his character Dustin Henderson’s girlfriend Suzie Bingham. Season 3 launched Suzie, performed by Gabriella Pizzolo. Dustin’s associates had been skeptical about whether or not she really existed, however she ended up enjoying a significant position within the storyline by way of radio communications earlier than showing on-screen in season 4.
Throughout an interview with Enterprise Insider, Matarazzo admitted he hasn’t spoken to the Duffer Brothers about Dustin’s relationship with Suzie, however the actor does have a idea about what went down between the lovebirds. He thinks that Dustin’s “yearlong unhealthy grieving course of” resulted in him chopping Suzie out of his life.
Whereas Matarazzo would hope that Dustin broke up with Suzie “properly,” he thinks the other really occurred since “he wasn’t very good at that time in his life.”
“I did not have a dialog with them about it. I believe, sadly, what could be assumed is that in Dustin’s yearlong unhealthy grieving course of — I imply, if he is chopping out the chums which are day-to-day spending time with him, you possibly can think about he most likely lower out a long-distance relationship. I want to suppose he did so properly. I do not suppose he did so properly, as a result of he wasn’t very good at that time in his life.”
It is also attainable that Suzie was “sick of his s***” and determined to interrupt up with him, which might be utterly comprehensible and “tremendously truthful,” based on Matarazzo, who has imagined a state of affairs during which she thought to herself, “I haven’t got time for any of this.“
“Or possibly she was sick of his s***. Possibly she was identical to, ‘I am not coping with this.’ And that may be very tremendously truthful of her. So I can think about she was like, ‘I haven’t got time for any of this.’ So I prefer to suppose she most likely broke up with him.”
The Stranger Issues sequence finale confirmed Dustin delivering a jaw-dropping valedictorian speech at commencement earlier than heading out to start his greater training. Regardless of the unresolved relationship storyline with Suzie, Matarazzo hopes that Dustin will get to expertise extra relationships in faculty. In actual fact, the actor strongly believes that his character shall be simply wonderful since he is a “assured man.”
“He’ll be wonderful. He is a assured man.”
Whereas some viewers could be upset that not each storyline was resolved and tied up with a metaphorical bow, the reality is that not every part must be resolved. Some plot factors and character arcs could be open-ended and left for interpretation, with the most important one being the destiny of Eleven.
As for Dustin, his arc all through the five-season run of Stranger Issues has had its share of ups and downs. In season 4, for instance, he noticed Hellfire Membership chief Eddie Munson die throughout a second of heroism.
Then within the last season, Dustin was pressured to take care of the aftermath of Eddie’s sacrifice and withdrew from his buddy group, as famous by Matarazzo when speaking about his character’s “yearlong unhealthy grieving course of.”
That was a particularly arduous time in Dustin’s life, so it would not be stunning if he drifted away from Suzie. Matarazzo introduced two eventualities during which both Dustin broke up with Suzie or Suzie broke up with Dustin. Each choices appear believable and real looking.
With Vecna and the Upside Down now not threats, Dustin can now transfer on and really start his new life as a school pupil. If he can survive the continuous trauma that he skilled all through his teenage years, then Dustin will, within the phrases of Matarazzo, be simply wonderful.
Stranger Issues is out there to observe on Netflix.
- Launch Date
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2016 – 2025-00-00
- Community
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Netflix
- Showrunner
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Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
- Administrators
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Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Andrew Stanton, Frank Darabont, Nimród Antal, Uta Briesewitz
- Writers
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Kate Trefry, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Jessica Mecklenburg, Alison Tatlock