"With the show's fifth and final season now just a little more than a month away, fans have speculated that its episodes will be similarly huge, and a wild rumor even suggested that every single episode would be movie-length. Thankfully, a showrunner has set the record straight and revealed the true, much more manageable runtimes for the final season's first installment."
"recently claimed that every episode of Stranger Things Season 5 would be between 90 and 120 minutes, meaning that the first four episodes, set to release on November 26, would clock in at a minimum of six hours. This caused something of an uproar; some fans decried the format, saying that wasn't even television anymore, while others celebrated the fact that we would essentially get two seasons' worth of content to make up for a three-year absence."
"Regardless of where you landed, the rumor was just debunked by showrunner Ross Duffer. He posted an Instagram showing the first four episodes posted on Netflix, where the runtimes ranged between 54 and 83 minutes. That's not short, but it's not an exhausting epic either. Whether Episodes 5 through 7, which premiere on Christmas Day, will be longer remains to be seen, and it seems reasonable to assume that the series finale, which drops by itself on New Year's Eve, will be a movie-length event."
Stranger Things' episodes have lengthened as the franchise expanded, with Season 4 featuring some installments around two-and-a-half hours. A rumor claimed every Season 5 episode would run 90 to 120 minutes, provoking mixed fan reactions. Showrunner Ross Duffer posted an Instagram image showing the first four episodes listed on Netflix with runtimes between 54 and 83 minutes, disproving the uniform movie-length rumor. Episodes 5 through 7, releasing on Christmas Day, may be longer, and the standalone series finale arriving on New Year's Eve could be movie-length. Volume 1 of Season 5 premieres on November 26.
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