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In an exclusive Zoom interview with IndieWire, the Duffer Brothers reflected on the success
of Stranger Things 4, which broke Netflix records and gained 13 Emmy nominations, including
Outstanding Drama Series.
The brothers also talked about the slow realization that the show they created became a global
phenomenon in the immediate aftermath of season 1 back in 2016.
When it came towards the future of the series, more specifically about the fifth and final
season, the Duffers talked about previous known facts like their intent on not introducing
new characters, but also revealed interesting details regarding it.
Audiences have pointed out in recent years that the show has fallen into a routine of
introducing a new, popular character each season and then killing them.
However, Matt Duffer revealed that they will do their absolute best to resist repeating
this in Stranger Things season 5, even suggesting that they will refrain from adding any new
characters at all.
“We’re doing our best to resist adding new characters for Season 5.
We’re trying not to do that so we can focus on the OG characters, I guess.”
Whether this actually happens in Stranger Things 5 remains to be seen, since lots of
fans have expressed interest in seeing minor new characters in the epilogue such as Steve’s
parents and a love interest for Will Byers.
The Duffers also revealed that season 5 will answer every question about the Upside Down.
“The truth of it is when we came in, and we pitched it, it was just one season that
we had figured out, we didn’t do the five season map out, because our approach is one
season at a time.
We had no idea we were gonna go beyond Season 1.
And then when the show was successful enough, we’re like, “OK, we’re gonna get multiple
seasons,” we did sit down and sort of figure out a lot more about the mythology of the
Upside Down.
And we have a 25, 30 page document that’s a little bit boring to get through, but it
has a lot of the ideas that we started to introduce in season 4.
It started to actually be fun to start pulling back the curtain a little bit and revealing
more about the Upside Down, the origins, what happened to the numbers and all that.
So we jokingly call this season “Stranger Things: Revelations” because we tell the
audience a lot of what was in that document when we were working on Season 2.”
They also discussed the role that Vecna plays in the overarching plot of the series, and
this is where things get interesting.
Ross Duffer said; “It was always going to be about Number One.
And I remember even talking about in the early days, they’ll do spin-off comic books or
things like that, going “You can do other numbers, just stay away from One.”
We knew we wanted this entity controlling everything, but it wasn’t really till we’d
gotten into the season that we figured out all the details.
That it was Henry, that this is how his powers are going to work and operate, and all of
that.
So we like leaving these huge goalposts, what the Upside Down is, and we hint at it this
season, but the final reveal is going to be in Season 5, and we’re excited about that.”
It makes you wonder what this “final reveal” is going to be, since it sounds like it will
be the show’s biggest plot twist yet.
There are some fans who think that Henry Creel is Eleven’s father, but that honestly sounds
way too bad and would ruin the show.
Others think that there is more to the connection between Will and the Upside Down, which is
going to play a big part in season 5 since Will is getting a major role to play in the
finale.
We shall see what this final reveal is going to be when Stranger Things season 5 comes
out in the future.
Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
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