Stranger Things, Netflix and Season 5
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"Stranger Things" may be over, but a new spinoff is coming. Here’s what to know about the upcoming series in the same universe, including an important hint from the Season 5 finale.
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Stranger Things creators explain why Joyce and Hopper never referenced knowing Henry from The First Shadow play
Additionally, fans who saw the prequel Broadway play Stranger Things: The First Shadow were equally disappointed with how the series concluded. Since the play explores the origin story of Henry Creel/Vecna, many expected the show to incorporate key elements from it. Instead, the final season barely touched on these events or ignored them entirely.
This comment came after Campbell Bower told us that there are few significant details, like his red tie. However, it was his statement about what we missed that got fans talking in the comments.
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Critics’ Conversation: ‘Stranger Things’ Goes Out (Finally) With a Confused and Protracted Bang
After five seasons, Netflix's sci-fi horror hit wrapped up with an exhausting two-hour extravaganza that, unsurprisingly, delivered lots and lots of … stuff — but very little legacy-building substance.
Broadway shows setting Christmas Week records were Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Ragtime, Just In Time and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
For many viewers, it’s also difficult to accept that after a lifetime defined by abuse, experimentation, and loss, Eleven’s story would end with no chance at peace. That emotional logic doesn’t prove she lived, but it explains why the finale wants viewers to have hope.
Stranger Things' star Gaten Matarazzo on the series finale, Eleven's fate, delivering that graduation speech and Steve and Dustin's friendship.
Stranger Things season 5 was starting to go off the rails, but the two hour series finale was excellent, and a perfect send-off for the show.