"The fifth and last season arrives almost three-and-a-half years after a fourth run that felt like a finale, not least because it seemed the kids had grown up. Having originally aped beloved 1980s films where stubbornly brave children avert apocalypse, the franchise now starred young adults and had adjusted plotlines and dialogue accordingly. Life lessons had been learned. Selves had been found."
"The whole point is that it's fun to watch kids outrun monsters by pedalling faster on their BMX bikes, or ignoring their mum calling them to dinner because they're in the basement with their school pals, drawing up plans to bamboozle the US military using pencils, bubblegum and Dungeons & Dragons figurines. If everyone looks old enough to have a studio apartment and a stocks portfolio, none of the above really flies."
"The four new episodes three more are coming for Christmas, with a further, definitely final one at New Year get around this by shrinking the Stranger Things world. We don't leave Hawkins, unless it's to visit nightmare mirror town the Upside Down, or the mind-palace realm made of memories that Vecna takes his victims to if he really wants to mess with them. Even Hawkins as a location hardly exists: parents, teachers and the general populace no longer appear unless entirely necessary."
Stranger Things returns for a fifth and final season nearly three-and-a-half years after season four with a cast now visibly in their twenties. The series originally reflected 1980s films featuring brave children confronting apocalypse, but the characters have matured and storylines and dialogue have shifted accordingly. Adolescent anxieties personified by Vecna have been largely set aside. The new episodes narrow the geography, keeping action within Hawkins, the Upside Down and Vecna’s memory-based mind-palace, with parents and the wider town mostly absent. The government research facility and the core group remain central. Four episodes are currently out, with further episodes planned for Christmas and New Year.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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