"Stranger Things" Sets Up Its Endgame with Quartet of New Episodes | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert
Stranger Things season five's opening episodes balance an aging cast, uneven pacing, and satisfying payoff while Hawkins endures renewed threats after Vecna reopens the rift.
'Stranger Things' is back. Does everything old still feel new?
Season 5 opens with a de-aged Will Byers captured by Vecna and resumes four years later with Hawkins quarantined and teens facing a world-threatening extra-dimensional menace.
Stranger Things 5's first trailer promises an epic showdown
The fall of 1987 marked a significant turning point for Hawkins, deeply scarred by the opening of the Rifts as the community faced unprecedented darkness.