Everything you need to know about Stranger Things S5!

Have you all watched “Stranger Things” Season 4? Although the total length of the eighth and ninth episodes released on July 1 exceeds three hours, many fans are still not satisfied due to the continued popularity of this series in the world. Six days later, people are still keen to discuss the plausibility of the finale's plot and their speculation about the follow-up plot.

Alright, putting aside the already-completed Season 4, the good news is that Netflix has confirmed that it will be renewing for a fifth season. In an interview with Collider, the Duffer brothers said that the writing team would start the work in the first week of August, and take a vacation in July first (maybe they are really tired). It seems that the pressure of this hit drama on the director is not small. This is doli, the Stranger Things expert, and I'll bring you all the great info I've gathered about Season 5.

Max’s whereabouts, the real protagonist of Season 5 and the expected launch date

▶ Sadie Sink said in an interview with Deadline that the Duffer brothers were tight-lipped about the plot of the fifth season, and the script for the ninth episode of the fourth season that she got actually said "Max is dead". So, she doesn't quite know what her character will be in the fifth season. However, the Duffer brothers said that Max is still alive, but is brain dead, blind, and has broken bones. They also confirmed that Eddie was completely dead.

▶ In the final scene of episode 9, the book that Lucas reads to Max is “The Talisman” written by Stephen King and Peter Straub. The general meaning of that book is that the Territories is a world parallel to the main world, and the people in the Territories correspond one-to-one with the people in the main world. The spirits of people in the two worlds can sometimes be interchanged, and the life trajectories of both are generally similar. To emphasize, "In a few instances, a person may die in one world but still survive in another, and the single individual who survives has the ability to travel between the two worlds together, physically and mentally."

The screenwriter put this book here, there must be his intention, which basically hints at the plot of the fifth season: Max has died in the main world, but is still alive in the Upside Down world. As for whether she travels between the two worlds or someone else (Eleven or Will) connects the two worlds to save her, it depends on how the plot will develop later.

▶ Will will be an important character and focus in Season 5.

▶ The final season is expected to return to the eight-episode size of the previous seasons. "We don't want it to be 13 hours long, we're aiming for around 10 hours long. It should be longer than Season 1, but not as long as Season 4."

▶ David Harbour said in an interview with "GQ", "The script will be completed within this year, and other preliminary preparations will be required after that. Ideally, shouting will be started this year. According to past progress, it is estimated that it will be released in mid-2024 on Netflix."

▶ The Duffer brothers said on Josh Horowitz's "Happy Sad Confused" podcast that the fifth season will be all in Hawkins and will have a lot of echoes from the first season, as well as many of the original characters’ groupings and partners.

▶ In addition, the Season 5 finale, aka the finale of the whole series, will still be film-length, but not as long as the ninth episode of Season 4 (2 hours and 22 minutes), which is expected to be at least 2 hours.

Although they still need careful planning for the middle part of Season 5’s story, the last 30 minutes of the whole series have basically taken shape in their minds.

“Stranger Things” spin-off: Will it focus on characters outside the main cast?

The Duffer brothers said in an interview on the podcast, “Happy Sad Confused”, that they are working on a spinoff. The spinoff series will be completely different from the parent series and will not focus on Eleven, Steve, Dustin or other main characters.

In the plan, the most important connection between the spin-off and the parent series is the narrative sensibility. "The new story will relate to the world of Stranger Things, but it's more about how we tell the story."

Alright, that is the latest info I've got for Season 5! I hope it can inspire people who like “Stranger Things”. If you want to see more about “Stranger Things”, please let me know in the comments.