Stranger Things Season 5 is Set Entirely in Hawkins , Will Honor Eddie ’ s Sacrifice
The Duffer Brothers have revealed several details regarding Stranger Things Season 5 .
Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers have revealed a variety of details about the upcoming fifth and final season , including the setting , the team-ups , and the legacy of Eddie Munson . In an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast , Matt Duffer revealed that the entirety of Stranger Things Season 5 will be set in Hawkins , and will return to “ a lot ” of the elements from Season 1 .
“ We wanna go back to a lot of the things we did in Season 1 . A lot of the original groupings and pairings that we had in Season 1 – there ’ s something nice about coming full circle .”
After joking that the Stranger Things finale will be similar to the ending of The Lord of the Rings , describing it as “ Return of the King-ish ” and suggesting that it will have “ like , eight endings ,” Ross Duffer then sincerely revealed that they do already know how the world of Stranger Things will come to an end . Though they aren ’ t quite sure how they ’ ll get there yet .
“ It ’ s dangerous as a writer to be writing hours and hours and not know where you ’ re going . I ’ d rather leave some of that middle journey vague and fuzzy .”
But the Duffer Brothers are not worried , with the siblings confident in their writing and storytelling process — something which has led them to create one of the most successful Netflix shows of all time .
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