The Duffer Brothers Confirm "Stranger Things 4" Won't Be the Last
good news, “stranger things” fans, you won’t see the end for a while
By: Keaton Marcus
Recently, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, The Duffer Brothers have concluded that the upcoming season four of Stranger Things will not be its last. Considering season three’s popularity, fans don’t seem to want it to end either.
In the interview, Matt and Ross Duffer opened up about their season four plans, and beyond…including when they will wrap this thing up. They can confirm that we won’t see the finale for a little while, with Eleven and her friends showing up for a possible couple more seasons.
“Season four won’t be the end. We know what the end is, and we know when it is,” Ross said. “The pandemic has given us time to look ahead, figure out what is best for the show. Starting to fill that out gave us a better idea of how long we need to tell that story.”
The brothers do seem to have the entire future of the series planned out, and a tweet from the official account of Stranger Things Writers says “Stranger Things 4: the complete season #ST4.” But one thing’s for sure, this series is not invincible to fatigue, and sooner or later the fanbase will want a satisfying end.
Season one of Stranger Things was absolutely excellent, scary, nostalgic, colorful and featuring a fine set of child performances. Season two was far weaker…it still had terrific acting and signature humor, but it felt like a rehash of the first one. The most recent season was stopped from reaching the heights of the first due to the familiarity, though it still provided solid summer entertainment.
“We’ve had a lot more time to work on the scripts. For the first time, we have all the scripts written and we’re able to look at it as a whole piece and make adjustments,” Matt explained, as Ross confirmed that “everybody’s excited to get back to work” once it’s safe to return.
In my opinion, ending it at season four would be too rushed, so the brothers made a good call on that one. I also don’t want this to run for 10 seasons…the quality and originality that once fueled this show would be completely gone. While the series is still going strong, commercially and critically, the overstuffed cast and lack of new ideas has been taking a toll on the Netflix phenomenon.
In terms of release, production for Stranger Things 4 was suspended in March when Netflix said they would be pausing filming on all of their TV shows and movies in the US and Canada to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The release date is still unknown.
