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On today’s episode for Stranger Universe, I will talk about the time jump set to happen
in Stranger Things 5.
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About a month ago in early June, TVLine talked to the Duffer Brothers, who shared details
on the fifth and final season of Stranger Things.
The Duffers explained back then that there will most likely be a time jump between the
end of season 4 and the beginning of season 5.
According to them, that was mostly dictated by how fast the young cast are growing.
The exact words Ross Duffer said were: "I’m sure we will do a time jump.
Ideally, we’d have shot [Seasons 4 and 5] back to back, but there was just no feasible
way to do that."
Now, after the ending of volume 2, things couldn’t get even more complicated.
Fans are starting to wonder if the time jump is such a good idea with the cliffhanger we
were left with.
It begs the question if they will drop the idea and just pick up from where season 4
ended.
On the one hand, a time-jump seems like a necessity at this point.
The show’s young cast is getting older by the day.
The massive, three year gap between Seasons 3 and 4 really made things worse.
The ages of the core cast of kid characters have steadily widened each season.
On the other hand, Stranger Things 4, has basically gotten us accustomed to the kids
looking quite a bit older than their characters ought to look so it’s not unfathomable to
think audiences could suspend their disbelief for one more season if we pick up right where
we left off.
If other shows like Euphoria, Riverdale, and Outer Banks can get away with actors in their
mid 20s playing teenagers, then it shouldn’t be a huge deal if Stranger Things has people
in their late teens and early 20s playing that same age.
But with all of that said, a time jump is most likely happening since the Duffer Brothers
basically confirmed it in their interview, emphasizing that it wouldn’t have happened
if both seasons were shot back to back.
The question that now remains for Stranger Things 5 is, how long should the time jump
be?
Max was left in a coma and is currently braindead, and Hawkins is quickly getting infected by
the Upside Down in its entirety, so a time jump will definitely have to be short.
Some fans would argue a time jump of only a couple of months is all that the show needs,
but I personally disagree.
If the creators are super concerned with the ages of the actors, then they should go ahead
and jump forward a year or two after the finale of season 4.
Granted, the Duffers have said that Stranger Things season 5 will immediately go back right
into the action, so however long the time jump will be, there won’t be time to address
how much time has passed.
It might seem tricky, but it some blockbuster movies like Star Wars Return of the Jedi and
Revenge of the Sith have done time jumps of more than a year and they still managed to
go straight into the action from the get go.
As a matter of fact, the Duffers have already mentioned Return of the Jedi as an inspiration
for how they want to conclude their story in season 5.
In my fanmade episode titles video, I put the Winter of 1987 as a potential setting,
and I still think that it would be a good idea for the final season to have a Christmas
theme, bringing back the show to full circle.
It was vaguely a Christmas season back in season 1, but it didn’t take place during
the winter nor did it have a major presence in the show like Halloween, the Fourth of
July, and spring break in their respective seasons.
And aside from that, a time jump of one year and a half is good for signifying the passage
of time without skipping over too much.
They can also work around a time jump to 1988 or 1989 if they go that far, but I really
doubt that they will go into the 90s like some fans hope for.
This show at its core is 80s nostalgia and homaging the great films of that era, so I
really don’t think they’ll drop that trend in the final season.
At the end of the day, we shall see what happens when more plot details get revealed in the
coming months or years.
Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
How long should the time jump be for Stranger Things 5?
Do you think that a time jump is actually a good idea after the cliffhanger ending from
Stranger Things 4?
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