Stranger Things Spin-Off Set In Montauk? Duffer Brothers REVEAL What That Easter Egg In Finale Epilogue Meant

Stranger Things Season 5 marked its finale with a 40 minute epilogue in its episode 8, The Rightside Up. It showed insight into every character involved in the battle against Vecna, and how the town of

Hawkins has moved on from the massive "earthquake". From Wheelers to Byers and Hendersons, each household was shown to have taken on life head-on despite the scars that the events of its past five seasons left on their minds and bodies. One such sequence involved Joyce Wheeler and Jim Hopper on a dinner date at Enzo's where he proposes her. While the scene is heartwarming, there's a little reference of Montauk that raised curiosity, about whether this was the thread that connects with the spin-off the Duffer Brothers are now working on.

Montauk reference in Stranger Things 5 finale epilogue

For the unversed, Stranger Things was initially a concept by the Duffers called Montauk, until its title got changed. So, when Hopper (David Harbour) proposes Joyce (Winona Ryder) and suggests they move to Montauk, fans quickly decoded it as a the showrunners' nod to the foundations of the show and the specific '80s nostalgia tied to it. Many even saw it as an Easter Egg, believing this could possibly be the focal point for a future animated spin-off titled Stranger Things: Tales from '85.

Duffer Brothers react to the spin-off rumours

But Duffer Brothers refused the claims. In an interview with Deadline, they addressed the rumours of their spin-off reportedly being a Montauk-centered offshoot story. Ross Duffer said, "I don’t know if I want to, but I will say, though, it’s not Hopper mentioning Montauk. There’s no Montauk spinoff. That was more of a wink to the fans, deep-cut fans that know that the show started as Montauk."

Shout-out to Montauk

Infact, many even thought the last scene where Holly gets her friends to play D&D, just like her brother Mike, Dustin, Will and Lucas, was a hint at how the spin-off would get connected. Ross further explained, "It’s obviously not Holly and the kids or anything like that. It’s something much smaller than that. We’ve said this before, the spinoff idea we have, it is early days, but it is an entirely new mythology. So, it is connected, and it is going to answer some questions that people have, and there’s some lingering questions that weren’t answered in the finale that will be answered in the spinoff. But at the end of the day, it’s got its own story and its own mythology."Stranger Things debuted its first season in 2016, and quickly climbed the viewership charts. In its 9 years tenure, it continued to break records season after season.