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Topics: Film and TV, Stranger Things, Netflix
Jess Hardiman
Stranger Things fans are devastated after Netflix confirmed when the popular sci-fi series will finish for good, with many saying they don’t want it to end.
Volume one of the latest season drew in a staggering amount of views when it dropped on Netflix on 27 May.
Currently, seven episodes of the fourth season are available to watch on the streaming site, which announced in an update to viewers that the last two – titled ‘Papa’ and ‘The Piggyback’ – will be landing at the beginning of next month, with the finale being a feature-length spectacle.
However, that’s not all Netflix has confirmed, having also tweeted about the future of the show beyond that:
Yep, after season four winds to a close in July, viewers will be getting just 'one more season' as the sci-fi smash hit concludes with a fifth and final series.
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While the show's creators, Matt and Russ Duffer, previously announced in an open letter that season five would be the last, it seems many people were devastated by the confirmation from Netflix.
One tweeted: "Hell nah i don’t want it to end."
Someone else said: "Who knew a tweet could both excite and depress me in one go!"
A third wrote: "Hell nooo! Please we want more season!"
A fourth added: "I can’t... we all grew up with these characters!!"
Many others called for a spin-off, with one saying: "We need a spin off series or something, maybe like Twilight Zone, different strange stories every episode based in Hawkins? OR a series set in the world today with the Upside Down making a comeback with a new gang? Or a prequel series set before the 80s with a young Hop and Joyce!"
With filming on series five yet to begin, the Duffer Brothers have acknowledged they'll likely have to address the inevitable ageing that takes place.
In an interview with TV Line, co-creator Ross Duffer said: “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. So these are all discussions we’re going to have with our writers when we start the room up.”
Matt Duffer told the publication the creators aren't yet ready to reveal a start date for shooting on the fifth series, but assured that the last-ever episodes are 'pretty well mapped out'.
He also explained how he and Russ are open to change, saying: "We learn a lot every time we make a [season]. We’ve learned a lot just working with all of our new actors and the ones that we’ve worked with for a long time over this year [making Season 4], so I’m sure it’ll change a little bit from that outline."
With fans across the globe having been captivated by Stranger Things since its initial release in 2016, Matt said the 'stressful' thing for creators is bringing the show to an end.
"The ending is the hard thing,” he said. “We really want to stick the landing.”
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