The time has come to leave Hawkins.
After becoming a pop culture phenomenon when it debuted in 2016, the Netflix drama will end its run with the eagerly awaited fifth season, though a premiere date has not been announced. Despite season four having feature-length episodes, co-creators Matt and Ross Duffer said fans should expect shorter installments for the final chapters.
"The only reason we don't expect to be as long is, this season, if you look at it, it's almost a two-hour ramp up before our kids really get drawn into a supernatural mystery," Matt told the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "You get to know them, you get to see them in their lives, they're struggling with adapting to high school and so forth, Steve's trying to find a date, all of that. None of that is obviously going to be occurring [in season 5]." And, in an exclusive interview with E! News, executive producer Shawn Levy promised that season five "will answer all remaining questions," adding, "we are in the business of satisfying viewers."