Sadly (though not unexpectedly), “it’s also the beginning of the end.” When writing the show’s complete story arc from the beginning, the Duffer Brothers expected it would run four to five seasons. The story ended up being too large to compress into just four seasons, and as we’ll soon see, “we are now hurtling toward our finale.”
Season four will be the penultimate season; season five will be the last. Although it’ll end in five, the brothers said there are still many more exciting stories to tell within the Stranger Things universe including new mysteries, new adventures and unexpected heroes. Here’s to hoping they don’t ruin a good thing by unnecessarily dragging it on for far too long. “But first we hope that you stay with us as we finish this tale of a powerful girl named Eleven and her brave friends, of a broken police chief and a ferocious mom, of a small town called Hawkins and an alternate dimension known only as the Upside Down.”
