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re: Stranger Things Season 5 Discussion Thread - EP 1-4 Released

Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:15 pm to
Posted by blueboy
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Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:15 pm to
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Wtf, is that really a feature?

[spoiler] your mom is a hoe [/spoiler]
What am I supposed to be seeing when I do this? It doesn't work in the post previews.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:08 am to
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What am I supposed to be seeing when I do this? It doesn't work in the post previews.


It stopped working. But for a while there was a completely blacked out line across the screen where you couldn't see behind the black line unless you hovered over it and then it revealed it.

My hidden spoiler was "your mom is a hoe" but it's not hiding the message anymore.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:25 am to
Hard to argue with much of that..

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I should've counted the number of times Erica said "dipshit." That annoyed me more than most things for some reason (because I hate her ).



It's definitely her go to word. The kids cussing was sort of comical early on but it's just annoying and forced now. But even from season one it would get on my nerves. You'd have 12 year old middle schoolers just constantly dropping a "shite shite shite! Damnit mom!" line and the mom would just be line "Dustin, honey, don't say that." This was the 80's, any 12 year old cussing like that around their parent would have got their arse beat. Not they just say God damnit every other sentence. Pretty annoying.

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I completely don't understand exactly where Holly is or how Max is there. Even her explanation didn't make much sense to me. I assume they are behind the gross wall in the UD?


i don't think anyone really understands but I read up on it a good bit after and here's my best go at it...

Max is still in a coma in the hospital but Vecna also has her in some form of mental prison (I see some people calling it his "mindscape") as well that is keeping her from waking up. She is working her way out of it because they have the Running Up That Hill song playing pretty much all the time but right there when Max was about to escape the mental prison and presumably would have woken up in real life, the music stopped when Lucas left so it closed up the exit for her.

Holly was kidnapped and actually taken to the upside down but Vecna also has her mind in the metal prison. So even though Max is in the right side up and Holly is in the upside down, their minds are in the same place. While Max was working her way out of there she runs into Holly and tries to help her.

Turns out the cave is one area that Vecna can't reach them. This is presumably some memory of Henry's/Vecna/Mr. Whatsit that he cannot acces or maybe a bad memory that he doesn't want to recall. Because the mental prison Vecna has them in is based on Henry's memories. Now they are working on a plan together to get out of his mind prison.

At least that's what I think
Posted by TankBoys32
Member since Mar 2019
3998 posts
Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:32 am to
Just finished episode 4 last night

- Not bad but hope they can finish the season/story off strong.
- As other posters said I couldnt understand a broken wine bottle doing damage to the demogorgon but not M16's and a 50 cal machine gun.
- Another poster mentioned this but I did think Max looked like CGI when she appeared at the end of episode 3 haha.
-- Robin's character has gotten kind of annoying and why do they make her look almost androgynous compared to the previous seasons?
- The last scene was pretty cool watching the main cast run from the monsters in the midst of the battle.
- The violence and gore has gone up an insane amount from the first season. The scene when vecna just skullcrushes that guy with his claw hand was wild.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 11:45 am
Posted by Lanelsu83
Member since Dec 2025
97 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 9:19 pm to
Just finished episode 1. Great start to season 5. Nothing groundbreaking. It's feels like season 1 again back in Hawkins with the gang. Holly was always a underrated character and you just knew after season 1 with her seeing the Demogorgon first it would come full circle. Everyone saying that she's so old is wild. She was 11 was she filmed season 5 and even in season 4 she wasn't a kid anymore. Great actress.

Still sucks eddie is gone. This is a different dustin we have seen from the first 4 seasons. Him and steve's bromance needs to come back. I don't mind the lesbian scenes with molly ringwald and mini uma thurman. We just don't need any gay Will stuff.

The fat new kid is so 80's bully style.
I love Mrs Wheeler and Ted Wheeler. They are the perfect 80's parents.


Did yall know ted wheller got his masters at LSU and teaches classes at LSU ?

Still one of the best tv show theme songs. I never skip it when it plays at the beginning.
This post was edited on 12/19/25 at 9:21 pm
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:41 am to
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Holly was always a underrated character


She was a toddler and has barely had a speaking line, how is she underrated

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Everyone saying that she's so old is wild. She was 11 was she filmed season 5 and even in season 4 she wasn't a kid anymore. Great actress.


The actress being older is not the point. 14 year old actresses play 11 year olds all the time. The gripe is that they progressed a characters age numerous years while everyone else progressed normally. Holly was 3 when the show started. She should be 8-8.5 in the shows actual timeline. All the kids would be out of high school by the time Holly was this age.

Hollys story was one of the better ones to me in Vol 1 so I don’t care too much, but the age complaint is certainly valid and a plot hole they are just taking and running with. Nothing wild about pointing out an error the writers want you to ignore.

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Still one of the best tv show theme songs. I never skip it when it plays at the beginning.


Short and sweet but it is perfect.
Posted by Lanelsu83
Member since Dec 2025
97 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 3:19 pm to
Before social media no one would have noticed or complained about holly. She’s the perfect age for this show as a secondary character. The look from
season 4 to season 5 holly is normal and I would have never noticed unless people consistently bitching on the Internet.



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plot hole they are just taking and running with. Nothing wild about pointing out an error the writers want you to ignore.


A plot hole and error in writing is what the final season of game of thrones was or lost final season and finale or Dexter final season and finale or how I met your mother finale. This is none of those things even remotely.
This post was edited on 12/20/25 at 3:47 pm
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
40779 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 7:24 pm to
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Before social media no one would have noticed or complained about holly.


People could not do basic math before social media?

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She’s the perfect age for this show as a secondary character.


Never said she wasn’t. Just doesn’t make sense that she is the perfect age.

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A plot hole and error in writing is what the final season of game of thrones was or lost final season and finale or Dexter final season and finale or how I met your mother finale. This is none of those things even remotely.


Nobody is comparing that to those shows dork We get it, you love the show. It’s a good show, but I’m sorry you can’t handle slight criticism for a show you like. Good lord.
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