Wildest ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Fan Reactions

Wildest Stranger Things Season 5 Fan Reactions

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THR</em></a> and why they decided to have Will finally be able to channel Vecna’s powers in the final season.</p>nnnn

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“We designed the volumes sothey’rebasically likemega movies. The end of episode four has its own climax andI’mexcitedhow they react to that,” Matt Duffer previously told The Hollywood Reporter.

Finn Wolfhard in 'Stranger Things' season five.

Finn Wolfhard in ‘Stranger Things’ season five.

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[This story contains MAJOR spoilers for Stranger Things season five, Volume 1, including episode four, “Sorcerer.”]

The first part of the final season of Stranger Things is here and fans aren’t holding back on their reactions.

After waiting four years to return to the Upside Down, viewers bombarded Netflix on Wednesday when the first four episodes dropped (they even crashed the streamer initially). And between Vecna’s new look, Will Byers’ glow up and that epic final scene in episode four, fans are rightfully going through all the emotions.

Ahead of the Volume 1 releases, the Duffer Brothers admitted to The Hollywood Reporter that fan reactions are one of their favorite parts of releasing a project.

“One of the thingsthat’sso exciting about the showiswe’resurprised constantlyby the reactions,” Matt Duffer said.“We think we knowwhatare going to be the big moments,what fanswill react to, andsometimeswe’reright and sometimeswe’rewrong. But thenthere areoften surprises, going back to season one with Barb [Shannon Purser].Dr. Alexei [Alec Utgoff] was a huge surprise.We did not know people were going to respond to himquite in the way that they did. That,in some ways, is actually themore fun part of it, when they surpriseus withwhatthey’reresponding to.”

He added, “I’mreally excited to see how they react to the end of Volume 1, becausewe designed the volumes sothey’rebasically likemega movies. The end of episode four has its own climax andI’mexcitedhow they react to that. Andof course,I’mexcited to see how they react to the finale, which we will be able to be in there with them live —and hopefullythey’renot all booing.”

And now, the co-creators have finally received their first round of reactions to episodes one through four. Below, THR is rounding up some of the wildest ones from social media.

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