Media Mania: Stranger Things Season 5

 

Stranger Things Season 5

This entire journey of 5 seasons took close to 10 years! 

My kids and I dove right in when season 1 released and we were quickly obsessed!

On a side note my kids always made fun of me for listen to 80's music but Stanger Things made everything 80's cool again and now they love 80's music!

The characters are incredible and the story is gripping and full of suspense! Loved all the family and friendship bonds that we so well conveyed over the seasons and of course the beauty and angst of young love!

Stanger Things started in 2016 with season 1 with 8 episodes!

Strange things are afoot in Hawkins, Indiana, where a young boy's sudden disappearance unearths a young girl with otherworldly powers.

Season 2 came out  in 2017 having 9 episodes!

It's been nearly a year since Will's strange disappearance. But life's hardly back to normal in Hawkins. Not even close.

Season 3 came out in 2019 giving us 9 episodes! (2 year gap is not bad)

Budding romance. A brand-new mall. And rabid rats running toward danger. It's the summer of 1985 in Hawkins ... and one summer can change everything.

 Season 4 came out in 2022 with 9 episodes (3 years gap here, we understood covid and all)

Darkness returns to Hawkins just in time for spring break, igniting fresh terror, disturbing memories — and an ominous new threat.

Season 5 came out in 2025 an with 8 episode finally! (3 year gap -but this one seemed like forever) With 3 Chapter releases!

The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by rifts. Vecna has vanished and the government has placed the town under military quarantine, forcing Eleven back into hiding. To end this nightmare, they'll need everyone together, one last time.

 My Review of Season 5:

After such a long wait, I decided I wasn't going to watch any of the episodes until they were all out. At 4 pm News Years Eve I went in and finished on New Years Day,

My thoughts are I felt it was too rushed and had too much filler and not enough solid story line, I mean they had almost 4 YEARS! I was expecting to be wowed! 

I however did think the ending scene was fitting.

What I didn't like...

The Henry story line went on and on

The end battle was over in minutes - this should have been epic and I was very disappointed.

How did Max graduate when she was in a coma for TWO YEARS?

And I choose to believe El is out there somewhere!

All in All I did love the series as a whole but the last season not so much!

I give Season 5 of Stranger Thing 3 out of 5 drinks!

 See you next Friday!