Stranger Things Season 5 Coming in 2025, Announces Episode Titles
November 6th is apparently Stranger Things Day at Netflix, that being the day that Will Byers canonically went missing in the show’s inaugural season. As a result, Netflix chose to reveal the episode count and titles for Stranger Things’ fifth and final season today. Likewise, they revealed that season 5 will drop in 2025, as opposed to 2026. They still haven’t provided an exact release date. Stranger Things began on the streaming service in 2016 and continued to get renewal orders due to its massive popularity. The show is essentially Netflix’s flagship series, a status that other projects have rarely challenged. Season 5 will feature a time jump of about 18 months, taking place in the fall of 1987. Season 4 started in March of 1986. Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, Alex Breaux, and Terminator legend Linda Hamilton join stars Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, and more in season 5. Season 5’s episode titles are as follows: “The Crawl,” “The Vanishing of _____,” “The Turnbow Trap,” “Sorcerer,” “Shock Jock,” “Escape From Camazotz,” “The Bridge” and “The Rightside Up.”
I like the mysterious title of the second episode and how the final one reflects The Upside Down. Besides that, I don’t have much to say about the titles. I’m sure they’ll mean more after we see the season, but I don’t know what to make of them right now. I think they only announced the episode titles early to create hype, although a poster or a full trailer would do more for fans.
And you can check out the season’s teaser here:
I’m not really sure what the point of this is, or how it’s even a “teaser” for the next run of Stranger Things. Beyond revealing the episode titles, this tells us nothing about the upcoming final season. This is no better than simply stating the titles in text format, although I imagine they think this will help tide fans over or create excitement. This show has had massive time gaps in-between each season, and most people only really enjoyed seasons 1 and 4. These factors have taken away much of the momentum Stranger Things could have coasted on throughout its run. Even with the built-in time jump this season, the “kids” have still aged out of their roles, and it’s getting a little silly at this point. I respect Netflix and the show’s creators for ending it now, though. I liked season 4 more than season 3 and a lot more than season 2. I think undoing Hopper’s death was cheap, though, and wasted one of the best aspects of season 3. I know Hopper is a popular character, but if they weren’t willing to bite the bullet, they shouldn’t have gone there at all. It seems like the writers pretty quickly ran out of ideas for the characters and just started throwing stuff at the wall. I don’t mean to be completely negative, though, and I admit a lot of this only occurred to me as the show went on. I enjoyed season 2 when it aired, and only later realized it was kind of lame and superfluous. Stranger Things still has a lot of fans, and if they can stick the landing, I think the show will largely be remembered fondly. I will watch season 5, and I hope it maintains season 4’s quality and tone. Given that they now have an end in sight, I think the creators can pull this off.
What do you think about the “teaser” for season 5, the episode titles, or anything else Stranger Things? Are you going to watch the final season when it airs? Let us know in the comments!
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