

When asked if she wants Mike and Eleven to find happiness together, she replied: "I say things like this, but then I also said I want her to die. "I saw executives crying who I’ve never seen cry before and it was wild."īrown – who plays Eleven – also gave Total Film a cryptic insight into her hopes for season 5. "5 is just going to be pedal to the metal from the opening scene," the latter also told The Wrap (opens in new tab), hinting that whatever happens, it's going to be emotional.

All of that is going to play a huge role as we try to wrap this thing up next season." The characters have maybe made steps, like in the case of Will, but that journey isn't over yet.

"But also with Steve and Nancy, and her relationship with Jonathan, where things are not fully resolved. "I think you'll see that with a couple of the character arcs, not just with Will," Ross added. But you're starting to see him come into his own." Matt explained: "We're starting to see his coming of age, really, which has been challenging for a number of reasons some of which are supernatural. In a new interview with Collider (opens in new tab), the showrunners revealed that Will is going to be the "primary focus" of season 5, as the final episodes "circle back to season one." We have to kill him," he solemnly tells Mike. He's not gonna stop, ever, not until he's taken everything. But I can still remember what he thinks, and how he thinks. It's strange knowing now who it was this whole time. And he's hurt, he's hurting, but he's still alive. "Now that I'm back, in Hawkins, I can feel him. But as Will states towards the end of episode 9, Vecna is far from defeated. Simultaneously, Mike and Will dunk Eleven in a makeshift sensory deprivation tank, and her consciousness finds its way to Max to assist her in facing off against the big bad. While Max baits his mind at the Creel House, Robin, Steve, and Nancy set fire to his defenseless physical form in the Upside Down. Season 4 concluded with every group – in Nevada, Indiana, and Russia, respectively – somewhat unknowingly teaming up to take down Vecna. Then when you come up with it, you're like, 'Oh yeah well, that is absolutely what is has to be.'" "It's conceivable that it changes but I think it's unlikely because it's one of those endings that just feels, and has always felt, right. Is Stranger Things season 5 the final season?įor now, the exact Stranger Things season 5 plot is unclear, but the Duffer Brothers have offered up some clues as to what to expect – and teased that they have the whole series' conclusion pretty firmly mapped out. "We know what the ending is," Matt Duffer previously said during an interview with SFX. If this is the final plan for the season, then it will be shorter than season 4 which had a total of nine extra-long episodes. They did say that the last-ever episode will likely be feature-length, however: "I'm sure the wrap-up will be a lot longer, it's going to be Return of the King-ish with, like, eight endings."Ī new tweet from the Stranger Things Writer's Room account gave us a look at their whiteboard in the "grid stage," split up across eight episodes with four chunks under each one to storyboard the season's events. "Characters are already going to be in action, they're already going to have a goal and a drive, and I think that's going to carve out at least a couple hours and make this season feel really different," they told Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast (opens in new tab). In season 4, each episode was over an hour and the finale was 2 hours 20 minutes. While it'll almost certainly be bigger than its predecessor, the Duffers want season 5 to be shorter in runtime, as they plan to tighten up the episodes this time around. As this is the final season, they're probably going to want to go big, too, meaning that season 5 could possibly take even longer. What's more, seasons 2 and 3 were almost two years apart, and that was before coronavirus disrupted things, so we know the Duffers aren't afraid to test our patience. Eleven star Brown told Netflix Queue (opens in new tab) that filming doesn't begin until 2023. Realistically, though, the new season will probably drop in 2024.
