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re: Stranger Things Season 5 Discussion Thread - All Episodes Released - Finale Spoilers

Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:00 am to
Posted by Lanelsu83
Member since Dec 2025
244 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:00 am to
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j1897


What a melt.
Time to go back to video games Peter Pan.
Your 2026 goal should be not to be a miserable loser. I can’t imagine going thru life like this
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 9:05 am
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
4333 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:05 am to
It's a netflix show, you knew it would be terrible, everybody told you it would be terrible, ya'll didn't listen.

Cancel that trash or they will continue feeding you slop.
Posted by Lanelsu83
Member since Dec 2025
244 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:10 am to
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It's a netflix show, you knew it would be terrible, everybody told you it would be terrible, ya'll didn't listen. Cancel that trash or they will continue feeding you slop.


Did the duffer brothers sleep with your mom. Wow that’s a strange melt


My New Top 10 for 2026. Couldn’t have asked for a better ending. You only get shows like this once every decade.

1. The Wire
2. Breaking Bad/ BCS
3. Sopranos
4. True Detective S01
5. Scrubs
6. Band Of Brothers
7. Stranger Things
8. Mad Men
9. Arrested Development
10. Curb Your Enthusiasm

I feel like cheers has to be in there somewhere
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 9:12 am
Posted by auburn32
Auburn
Member since Dec 2009
2466 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:14 am to
If Volume 2 had been a little better, I'd have said it was a great season. But I liked Volume 1 and the Finale.
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
20775 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:24 am to
They should’ve ended it with a lamp flickering in Mikes basement or something.

I felt the 45 minute epilogue was too long and not shite really happened.

I kept thinking, there’s too much time left, Vecna is alive or something. But nope nothing
Posted by CastleBravo
Rapid City, SD
Member since Sep 2013
1220 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:43 am to
Wow, that ending was worse than the LOST ending.
Posted by jevins_slickin
Member since Nov 2018
1320 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:53 am to
That was a very long epilogue with minimal substance. I enjoyed the mike one at the end, but everything else was very meh. Could’ve done away with the graduation bit, the adult kids reunion, the dinner with hopp proposing. They just left alot on the table.

Very bland and disappointing finish
Posted by jevins_slickin
Member since Nov 2018
1320 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:55 am to
Btw how did max graduate high school when she was stuck in vecna’s mind for 2 years?
Posted by arktiger28
Member since Aug 2005
5309 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:03 am to
Well, being in the plane in volume 2 was not a fun ride. I was clinging to the barf bag and texting my loved ones my goodbyes. But they actually got the plane on the ground and I ended up being glad I took the trip. I thought everything up to the graduation was perfect and then it dragged a little after that. But they avoided being game of thrones in my opinion.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
75936 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:21 am to
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Go back and watch season 1 and then now realize Nancy’s character would turn into fricking interdenominational Rambo and tell me this shite didn’t jump the shark.
fricking this. But people will scream back “tHaTs ChArAcTeR dEvElOpMeNt!!”

It’s the same people that simp for Mrs. Wheeler and shite on Mr. Wheeler for “not being present”. They completely forget Mrs. Wheeler was actively trying to frick a teenage high schooler
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
75936 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:23 am to
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But they avoided being game of thrones in my opinion.
They definitely avoided being GoT but I lost a lot of desire to go back and rewatch the show.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
40842 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:08 am to
Just finished it.

As someone who has disliked quite a bit of the final season and figured the finale was going to suck, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Really don’t like the no clarity with Eleven aspect, didn’t need a leave it to your imagination ending for the main character, but o well.

There was very little I have to complain about and it had a lot of high notes. Will post later more detailed breakdown.
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
51618 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:14 am to
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tell me this shite didn’t jump the shark.

It's based on 80s movies where you always had some character being a badass pulling off ridiculous feats
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
40842 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:31 am to
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It’s the same people that simp for Mrs. Wheeler and shite on Mr. Wheeler for “not being present”. They completely forget Mrs. Wheeler was actively trying to frick a teenage high schooler


Who is simping for Mrs Wheeler? It’s been pretty universal that her character sucks this season and her limping down and blowing a demo dog up was one of the worst scenes of the season. And she flirted with a high schooler, she didn’t go that night to the spot Billy told her to meet him.

And I’m sorry, Mr Wheelers character sucked. He had a handful of speaking lines the entire series and was a goof in every one of them.

They should have had both of the parents die in the demo attack.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 11:46 am
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
112831 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:41 am to
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My New Top 10 for 2026. Couldn’t have asked for a better ending. You only get shows like this once every decade.

1. The Wire
2. Breaking Bad/ BCS
3. Sopranos
4. True Detective S01
5. Scrubs
6. Band Of Brothers
7. Stranger Things
8. Mad Men
9. Arrested Development
10. Curb Your Enthusiasm

I feel like cheers has to be in there somewhere


No The Americans?
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115643 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:03 pm to
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7. Stranger Things 8. Mad Men 9. Arrested Development 10. Curb Your Enthusiasm


This post should be a crime in a just world
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
75936 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:03 pm to
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Who is simping for Mrs Wheeler? It’s been pretty universal that her character sucks this season
Nobody on TD but go look at any other social media post about her this year
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
106348 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:05 pm to
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1. The Wire 2. Breaking Bad/ BCS 3. Sopranos 4. True Detective S01 5. Scrubs 6. Band Of Brothers 7. Stranger Things 8. Mad Men 9. Arrested Development 10. Curb Your Enthusiasm I feel like cheers has to be in there somewhere


Mad Men not Top 3 is criminal and tells me all I need to know about your TV taste.
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
24009 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 1:01 pm to
A 50 minute denoument was ridiculous.
Duffers took an hour to do what Rob Reiner did in 2 minutes in Stand By Me...to less effect.
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
24009 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 1:33 pm to
Ok, I might have missed this but why did no one remember Henry?

He went to high school with the Wheelers, Hopper and Joyce in a town of 2000 people. He was co lead in oklahoma with Joyce.

Why did no one remember him existing?
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