Be ready. Stranger Things fans: You might be in for a wait of as long as two years for the fifth and final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. The reason why is partly due to the fact that the Duffer Brothers haven’t even started writing Stranger Things 5They plan to begin next month.
The consensus is that the last season of This series that’s turned into one of the biggest Netflix originals of all time could arrive anywhere between the fall of 2023 and sometime in 2024.
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“We’re going to take a little vacation in July,” Ross Duffer told Collider, in terms of a timetable for what’s to come. “And then we’re going to come back. I know that the writer’s room is going to start in that first week of August.”
Twitter users were naturally upset by this bit of news. “THEY HAVEN’T EVEN WRITTEN IT???? SEE YOU IN 3 YEARS,” one user lamented. Then, Another Twitter user sent in a messageAs consolation “It’s like 8 episodes it won’t take too long.”
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Many fans will find this wait interminable, which is understandable. Fans who want to know if their favorite Hawkins character lives or dies are especially eager. Cast members like Sadie Sink, who plays Max Mayfield, don’t even know the answer to that question themselves. “I can tell you with full honesty that I do not know what is going to happen in season five,”She shared her thoughts with our sister publication Deadline.
Max’s last appearance in Season 4 was of her in a state of coma. And there’s nothing definitive offered about whether she’ll survive. “Looking back on previous seasons,” Sink continued, “there’s always something that’s left up in the air as to what evil is still out there.”
Reactions and reviews
You can get an idea of how large a series is by looking at the numbers. Stranger Things has been for Netflix — and why fans are so eager for Stranger Things 5 — consider that just in the 7-day period that ended on June 26, Netflix subscribers spent a collective 169.5 million hours streaming the show.
The two-part Season 4 has a 89 percent score from critics and an 89% audience score as of the time this writing on Rotten Tomatoes. “Darker and denser than its predecessors, Stranger Things‘ fourth chapter sets the stage for the show’s final season in typically bingeworthy fashion,” the site’s critics’ consensus reads.
Given the ages of the core cast here, it’s pretty much a given that Stranger Things 5The time-jump will be included. The rest of the details are still unknown.
Below are some fan reactions to Season 5, including the best.
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