

On August 25, the account posted a photo indicating that the season will consist of eight episodes, re-iterating what the Duffers had already suggested in interviews.

On August 2, 2022, announced writing for Season 5 had officially begun.

In addition, the Upside Down being seemingly "frozen" on the date Novemwill come into focus as a major plot point. Brenner "evolved it" into including multiple kids. These mysteries include the government program at Hawkins Lab and "what happened to once Henry became involved", saying the final season will expand upon how Dr. They expected the finale to be a similar length to the Season 4 finale they planned to give all the characters a proper send-off, similar to " Return of the King-ish with eight endings." įurthermore, the Duffers have said Season 5 will delve into various lingering mysteries. The Duffers also planned to bring the story "full circle" by re-exploring some of the original groups and character pairings from Season 1, but on a grander scale. They also affirmed that the season's storylines will mostly take place in Hawkins and the Upside Down, in contrast to Season 4. Later, on July 5, 2022, the Duffers said they were to start writing the scripts in earnest in the first week of August. In addition, they described how the six-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic gave the writers' room additional time to complete scripts compared to previous seasons, which in turn freed them up to outline all of Season 5. On May 19, 2022, the Duffers revealed that Season 4 hints towards big events from Season 5, and suggested there would be a greater time jump between the two seasons. įollowing the announcement of Season 4's release dates, the Duffer Brothers confirmed Stranger Things would get a fifth and final season. As far back as September 2017, the Duffer Brothers and executive producer Shawn Levy had decided Stranger Things would "definitely" last four seasons, and would possibly extend to a fifth.
