Generating expectations is a dangerous game: when we jump on the hype train, it’s easy to get derailed. That doesn’t mean that’s what’s happening with the final season of Stranger Thingswhich has just arrived on Netflix, but it is a reflection that we should always keep in mind.
More than three years have passed since the Duffer Brothers They left us with a cliffhanger where Vecna fulfilled his goal and threatened to invade the real world through Hawkins. In front of him, our beloved gang positions itself as the main defense.
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But three years is a long time and, although we can revisit previous eras, the balloon inevitably tends to deflate.
With a season divided into three parts, the first of which, Volume 1, has just arrived on Netflix with the first four episodes from the end of Stranger Things. Will they satisfy this hype train? Yes, but not completely.
Stranger Things There’s still some momentum left in the final season
The embargo on criticism Stranger Things Season 5 has been in the works as of now when the Volume 1 episodes were released on Netflix just a few hours ago. So the note that the series is getting is now starting to appear in places like Rotten tomatoes.
Let’s not say it’s bad, because a 85% critical approval specialization is not a bad grade, but it is the worst you can get Stranger Things throughout his career. The fifth is behind the first (97%), the second (94%) and seasons 3 and 4, which obtained 89%.
The public agrees, for now, with the specialized press, granting exactly the same 85% rating to the new episodes. Of course, it’s easy for both rankings to fluctuate in the coming hours and days.
Critics praise the work of the Duffer brothers for maintaining the level of the Netflix series, but they cannot help but notice the recycling of some stories and that the excess of characters and the lack of evolution in some is becoming a problem that is not always solved with the charisma of the cast.
TO Stranger Things There are still four more episodes left to raise this assessment. Remember that Volume 2 will arrive Netflix on December 26th at 2am (Spanish Peninsula time), while the final episode, the only one from Volume 3, will arrive on January 1st, 2026 at the same time.