STRANGER THINGS SEASON 5 (spoiler review)

Review: Stranger Things – Season 5

Stranger Things Season 5 is an epic journey that chooses to finish on easy mode, without any major repercussions. That single idea sums up the entire season. The Duffer Brothers built a lore so vast and ambitious that they ultimately decided to end the story using their very first idea, without exploring meaningful alternative paths.

The Good

The writing in Stranger Things has always been strong. Clear motivations and character arcs drive the story forward, and the emotional peaks consistently feel like grounded human drama set inside a supernatural world.
Dustin’s arc—losing a friend and slowly turning arrogant—is interesting and handled fairly well, even if the ending lands in a just “okay” zone.
Will has been the weakest among the core cast since Season 4, but the monologue he delivers here proves why he still belongs in the show.
The relationship between Nancy, Steve, and Jonathan feels stretched in the opening episodes, but it eventually comes full circle in a satisfying way.
Every ending is carefully handled. The show does something bold by dedicating nearly 20 minutes purely to closure, giving almost every character a proper send-off.
As always with Stranger Things, planning plays a huge role, and the improvisation during execution—something that has always been the heart of its supernatural arcs—works quite well here.
The lore and mythology surrounding the Upside Down and wormholes are genuinely surprising. From a mythological standpoint, the show performs better than expected.
Visually, every scene is shot with care. The production quality is consistently impressive and easy to appreciate.

The Bad

The extended runtime felt earned in Season 4, but in Season 5 it often feels stretched.
The Upside Down has lost its terror. In Season 1, it was a horrifying place to exist in; now characters enter and exit it with little consequence.
Eddie was killed by demobats in the Upside Down—so where are they now? Did he die for nothing?
The fight against Vecna and the Mind Flayer is disappointingly basic. After building such massive villains, the show fails to give them a truly satisfying final battle. The planning and execution feel epic, but the fight itself does not.
The plot holes are massive—big enough to drive a bus through.
In Mike’s theory, Kali used her powers to project Eleven and make her disappear, but the C4 explosion detonated exotic matter in Hawkins Lab, where Kali was left behind. She should have died instantly.
Steve nearly dies endlessly. And in the lab where Nancy and Jonathan were knocked out, If exotic matter melts physical matter, shouldn’t they have melted too? How are they able to walk through it? Is it cold or hot? Either way, they shouldn’t be alive.

Overall

Despite its plot holes and excessive runtime, I still enjoyed the finale. Not as much as its predecessors, but it remains engaging. Every character receives closure, and the season is never boring by any means.

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