The first few outings of Stranger Things season 5 shouldn’t depict Hawkins as a full-blown hellscape, but rather a community trying to mend. Luckily, there are ways for Stranger Things season 5 to write around these potential issues and avoid becoming a retread of the show’s oversized, excessively silly season 3.īy hiding Vecna and focusing on the army who are hunting Eleven at first, Stranger Things season 5 can avoid feeling like an overlong preamble to an inevitable conclusion. Similarly, opening up the Upside Down via a massive, town-shaking earthquake will, ironically, make it harder for Vecna to hide his presence, and the villain increasing his visibility is likely to tone down his scare factor further. No matter how many characters Stranger Things 5 kills off, it will be difficult for the concluding chapter of the show to make Vecna feel as threatening as the character was before viewers knew his origins and backstory. However, thanks to the explosive events of the Stranger Things season 4 finale, season 5 is almost sure to lose this atmosphere. Related: If Mike Is The Heart, What Are The Rest Of The Stranger Things Kids?Īfter the excesses of Stranger Things season 3, season 4 succeeded thanks to its small-town scale and the slasher movie-style story with its gradual, organically growing tension. That said, that doesn’t mean that Stranger Things season 5 won’t struggle with problems of its own.

Since the show’s huge ensemble cast are now all together in one location, storylines like Jonathan, Mike, and Will’s pointless cross-country road trip and other aimless, time-killing subplots won’t be an issue for this outing. Fortunately, Stranger Things season 5 won't repeat one of season 4’s biggest mistakes.

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