After years of Demogorgons, psychic powers and heartbreaking goodbyes, Stranger things is gearing up for its grand finale, and will finally answer the question that has haunted fans since day one: what exactly is the Upside Down?
In a new interview with Variety, Ross Duffer confirmed that the show’s final season will reveal the origins and nature of the mysterious parallel world plaguing Hawkins. According to Duffer, this was always the plan.
“Every season it would be like, ‘Should we talk about this?’ And we said, “No, let’s wait.” And then finally we said, ‘Well, we have to do it now!’”
Season five will not only connect the storylines of Eleven, Mike and the gang, but will also delve deep into the mythology of the Upside Down, the terrifying, frozen-in-time world that lurks just beyond reality.
But as the main series comes to an end, the Stranger things the universe hasn’t finished expanding. Matt Duffer teased that a spinoff is already in development, but fans shouldn’t expect a direct continuation of the same story.
Matt explained that neither he nor Ross want to “expand further and further into what could become an insanely convoluted mythology” after season five, so, according to Ross, the spinoff would “live in a little bit of a different world,” although “there will be connective tissue.”
So yes, Stranger Things may be ending, but the world of Hawkins and the strange forces tied to it will live on in some form.
And the show will not end quietly. The final season promises to be an epic farewell. The first batch of episodes will arrive on November 26, followed by volumes 2 and 3 on December 25 and 31.
So get ready to return to Hawkins one last time. The secrets of the Upside Down are about to be revealed and I hope the wait is worth it.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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