When the next three episodes of Stranger Things season five dropped on Netflix on December 25, it received mixed reviews from fans and critics. While some praised the makers for the big reveal, others
expressed that the episodes were boring and dull in comparison to the rest of the series. Amid all this, it has now been reported that the audience rating of Stranger Things season 5 volume 2 has dropped further.
Season 5 had an audience score rating of 73 per cent before Volume 2. However, it has now dropped to 56 per cent. Additionally, the show’s penultimate episode, ‘The Bridge’ – in which Will opened up about his sexuality – is the worst-rated episode of the entire series. It has a rating of 5.4 at IMDb. The rest of Season 5 have a score of 8.0 or higher.
Noah Schnapp On Will’s Coming Out Scene
Recently, Noah Schnapp also opened up about Will Byers’ coming-out moment in Stranger Things Season 5. In a social media post, the actor spoke about filming the intense scene, recalling how he spent nearly 12 hours shooting the monologue in one day. He explained, “It was endless. It was like a 12-hour day of just that monologue. And we weren’t even done after the 12-hour day. We came back a week later to reshoot certain parts of the scene for another 12 hours.”
While it was exhausting, Noah shared that it allowed him to try out different things. “I never felt stuck to anything. I got advice from Maya on how to prepare for it, because there were so many lines, more lines than I’d ever had before,” he shared.
About The Final Episode Of Stranger Things
Previously, the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, revealed that the eighth and final episode runs 2 hours and 8 minutes, making it the season’s longest and one of the longest in the show’s history. The episode will be out on January 1, 2026.
