I think they have always said 5-6 series, so I imagine they might do one more after this seeing as it's such a huge hit for Netflix, which reading the tweet above seems the case. Guessing there will be 6 or 7 episodes in each volume.. and at least there's not a huge wait between them so that's good!

9 episodes!

 

I’ve done the maths x The last season has 8 and had a running time of around 400 minutes in total so, if this is almost double the length, we’re potentially looking at up to 90 minute episodes (!)

 

Ah cool thanks, look forward to it!

The finale of s4 is confirmed to be 2.5 hours long

 

7 episodes are being released next Friday, with the seventh episode being over 90 minutes. Then the final two episodes are released on 1 July with episode 8 being 90 minutes and episode 9 being 2.5 hours.

Woahhhh at those episode lengths. I hope they justify their run times and don’t feel overly bloated! A two and a half hour finale is insane!

 

Overall the season will be about 13 hours in total, which is 5 more hours than previous seasons.

Been watching the old series over the past week, so much I forgot!

Anyone watched Season 4 yet? Just binge-watched all 7 episodes over two nights and I have to say it's the best season yet. I won't give anything away but there's an EPIC twist in the final episode which is just mind-blowing!

Really loved being back in the ST world. It's excellent and that finale was fantastic.

 

The main issue I had with this season was

Hopper's arc

... I felt it wasn't really needed at all and they could've

just left his character alone and dead tbh

. Just felt a bit pointless?

 

Max has solidified herself as my absolute favourite now though. Her chemistry with Lucas is SOOOOO good! Episode 4... WHEW! What a performance by Sadie Sink. I just know that I'm gonna get annoyed come awards szn that MBB is gonna get all the recognition and nominations that Sadie deserves more, imo.

 

But yeah apart from Mike ( :zzz: ) &

Hopper's arc

I loved it all.

 

EDIT: I didn't know what to spoiler and what not to spoiler so I did it just in case. However, I'm gonna give y'all until next Friday before I stop using the spoiler tags x

Seen the first one, just felt like an establishing episode but gosh, I had forgotten just how many characters the show had at this point so it was needed :lol: I was thinking it was a little easy on the horror, but gosh those last ten minutes were pretty terrifying even for this show! Hyped *.

 

I like the focus on the DnD moral panic, it fits quite nicely into the themes of the show

I'm gonna need Angela to get Chrissie's treatment though x The focus on her made it seem like she'd be an important character so I was a bit caught off guard by that ending, also, that intro in the lab...lots of questions there x

 

 

Now let me check out of this thread for a while until I've finished as you guys are too quick!

The main issue I had with this season was

Hopper's arc

... I felt it wasn't really needed at all and they could've

just left his character alone and dead tbh

. Just felt a bit pointless?

I liked that arc just for the comedy of the characters, especially

Yuri

!

I think Will and Mike (and Will’s brother) are totally pointless now. Will was just awful!

(some light spoilers in this post potentially so beware x)

 

Another really great season (so far), the longer runtimes haven't bothered me too as the pacing is spot on and every plot and character has the perfect breathing space - necessary with a cast so big. Steve and Robin's partnership continues to be excellent and I love Robin and Nancy working together too. Eddie and Argyle are great additions and Jamie Campbell Bower played his part to PERFECTION. The real star was of course Sadie Sink though - episode 4 :heart:

 

I'm hoping Mike, Will and Jonathan have a bigger part to play in volume 2, because they were entirely absent from episode 7...! First episode not to feature Mike in the whole run so far interestingly. I actually quite enjoyed their scenes together but it feels like the least essential plot strand so far and they've surely got more planned for them. Joyce, Hopper and Murray felt like a bit of a side plot too, I wonder if it'll tie in more in volume 2? It's very separate to everything else going on. That's not to say it hasn't been entertaining though, Murray's a hoot and Yuri had me in stitches.

 

Also THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH ERICA

Erica is the best I agree. Her, Steve, Dustin and Robin were the highlights of season 3 and they haven’t disappointed again.

 

Max though - wow!

Really enjoying it so far (on episode 4 tonight) but seems sad that their lives are all in seperate places for the most part just because they were so close when they were younger but guess it’s like that for everyone in real life, people rarely have 4-5 friends over a long period there’s always people who in the words of Fleetwood Mac go their own way!

Incredible. Event TV at its finest.

 

I'm lowkey glad we've got to wait another month for the final two episodes. I don't want the hype and convo to die down; especially since we've had to wait SO long for this season.

I agree - it's been so long since season 3 that I'm actually okay to wait another few weeks for the last two episodes. In fact, I'd have quite happily watched them weekly (I could've done that anyway but I don't have the restraint when they're all sat there :kink:)

 

I really want Will to tell Mike how he feels but it doesn't look like that's going to happen from the interviews I've seen :cheeseblock:

 

 

In fact, I'd have quite happily watched them weekly

 

Same!! I remember leaving a comment on the S4 trailer on Youtube a while back saying I wish they were weekly episodes and the amount of abuse I got was insane :lol:

Another incredible season! :wub: Initially I felt daunted when I saw the episode run times, but each episode had great pacing and I never felt bored. I just love being emersed in the world of Stranger Things. Roll on the next two episodes! :cheeseblock:

 

I'm intrigued to see if/when each group comes together and how they'll help each other, because there's been a lot of separation. Everything happening with Joyce/Murray/Hopper seemed very much a side plot simply to provide different scenery and some humour/the return of a classic monster... so I wonder what their role will be when they return. I suppose an emotional reunion between Eleven/Hopper will be worked up to.

Very good season so far from what I've seen but I do have to say the Joyce/Hopper stuff feels like a side story rather than anything to really care about and Will/Mike are AWFUL, I expect that the Joyce/Hopper stuff will actually tie into the climax of the season though, I trust that everything will tie together but right now it does almost feel like filler, I feel like it would have been a better story arc had Hopper actually died, but I guess the conspiracy theory esque stuff that I know is a huge influence on the show wouldn't be a part of the season then.

 

I'm only on episode 3, can't wait for 4!!

can't wait for 4!!

 

WHAT an episode that one is :cheeseblock:

Sadie Sink at the Emmys next year