Stranger Things co-creator Ross Duffer, one part of the Duffer Brothers, has seemingly dropped the most intriguing update from the upcoming season 5. Through
an Instagram post, he teased the massive fanbase of the Netflix hit show the scale of the two opening episodes of its final installment. Stranger Things 5 is touted to be the hit franchise's biggest and most thrilling season with the plot taking viewers on unprecedented and unexplored realms of the Upside Down, as Eleven and her gang fight a war to take down Vecna from unleashing darkness and terror in Hawkins. ALSO READ: Stranger Things Season 5 Teaser: Steve's Fate To Eddie's Grave - 5 MAJOR Things That Left Us Guessing About Netflix Show's Finale
Ross Duffer reveals about Stranger Things season 5, Ep 1 and Ep 2
On August 3, Ross posted two clicks from what appears to be an editing suite to announce and celebrate the completion of Stranger Things season 5's first two episodes. He wrote in his caption, "Chapters One and Two: locked, mixed, scored, colored, DONE. 'The Crawl' is our favorite, most eventful first episode since Season 1. 'The Vanishing of…' (yeah yeah you think you know who blah blah) has by far the craziest cold open we’ve ever done. One of the sequences we’re most proud of this season."
What does this mean about the final season?
As per the caption, its first episode, Chapter One: The Crawl is the favourite opening installment of Duffer Brothers since season 1's pilot. The "craziest cold open" of its second season titled Chapter Two: The Vanishing of... was also teased by Ross, hinting that this is set to be the finale's more intriguing.
As per reports, Stranger Things season 5's pilot episode will begin with a roughly eight-minute-long introductory sequence that would be a special glimpse as a recall of everything that transported in Hawkins ever since Will Byers' disappearance kicked off a multidimensional fight against demonic forces that function in an alternate dimension called the Upside Down. It will also give a sneak peek into the Demogorgons and how Vecna created his world.
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About Stranger Things 5 cast and release
Stranger Things 5 will release in three parts. While Volume 1 encompassing episodes 1-4 will drop on November 26, 2025, Volume 2 will contain episodes 5-7 and arrive on Christmas Day, and its finale will premiere New Year's Eve: December 31. It will bring back its titular cast of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) against Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), along with Will (Noah Schnapp), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Max (Sadie Sink), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and others.
