SPOILER WARNING: There are MAJOR SPOILERS in this story for the final episodes of Stranger Things 4.
Stranger Things creatorsThe Duffer Brothershave revealed a variety of details about the upcoming fifth and final season, including the setting, the team-ups, and the legacy of Eddie Munson. In an appearance on theHappy Sad Confused podcast, Matt Duffer revealed that the entirety ofStranger ThingsSeason 5 will be set in Hawkins, and will return to “a lot” of the elements from Season 1.
“We wanna go back to a lot of the things we did in Season 1. A lot of the original groupings and pairings that we had in Season 1 – there’s something nice about coming full circle.”
After joking that theStranger Thingsfinale will be similar to the ending ofThe Lord of the Rings, describing it as “Return of the King-ish” and suggesting that it will have “like, eight endings,“Ross Dufferthen sincerely revealed that they do already know how the world ofStranger Thingswill come to an end. Though they aren’t quite sure how they’ll get there yet.
“It’s dangerous as a writer to be writing hours and hours and not know where you’re going. I’d rather leave some of that middle journey vague and fuzzy.”
But the Duffer Brothers are not worried, with the siblings confident in their writing and storytelling process —something which has led them to create one of the most successful Netflix shows of all time.
“But so long as you know where that destination is, it sort of gives you that clarity. It’s like that lighthouse blinking in the distance … while a lot of Season 5 is actually pretty blurry, the last 30 minutes of it are pretty clear in our heads. So if we can make the journey entertaining, I think that we have an end that will hopefully satisfy. you’re able to’t satisfy everyone, but the hope is that it’s something that feels right for this story.”
Stranger ThingsSeason 5 Will Not Forget About Eddie
By far the most triumphant moment ofStranger ThingsSeason 4 sees Eddie Munson unleash his guitar playing skills to distract the hive mind of Vecna.Shredding Metallica’s “Master of Puppets,”the moment finds Eddie becoming the hero he never thought he could be, making the ultimate sacrifice to save a town that despises him.
Eddie’s death (yes, sadly the brothers have confirmed that Eddie is definitely dead) will have “huge repercussions” amongst the surviving members of the Hawkins crew, according to The Duffer Brothers.
While we await more news regardingStranger ThingsSeason 5, The Duffer Brothershave now revealed that they will begin writing the final series soon. “We’re going to take a little vacation in July, and then we’re going to come back,” the siblings revealed recently. “I know that the writer’s room is going to start in that first week of August.”
Starring a large ensemble cast that includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Matthew Modine and Paul Reiser,Stranger ThingsSeason 4 is now available onNetflixin its entirety.
