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Dr. Brenner is shot multiple times by the U.S. military after they infiltrated the secret lab in Nevada, seemingly dying in front of Eleven’s eyes. So, we most likely won’t see him again. But, what’s to come of his lab partner, Dr. Owens? It turns out that Paul Reiser, the actor behind the character, is also unsure. In a February 2023 interview with GQ, Finn Wolfhard hinted that the fifth and final season of the beloved sci-fi series likely won't hit Netflix until 2025. "I can't believe it's already season 5, I will be 22 by the time it comes out, I think, and I started working on the show at 12. That is insane," the actor said. "I’ll be able to drink with Gaten [Matarazzo], Caleb [McLaughlin] and Noah [Schnapp] and the whole cast at the premiere of Stranger Things 5. [You] couldn’t have said the same thing at the season 1 premiere, which blows my mind." It's unclear whether Sadie's short hair plays into the plot of the upcoming season, but there's a chance it could tie in with the time jump to make her character, Max, appear older.

Jamie Campbell Bower — who portrays Vecna, aka One — teased his return in the final season. “Let me put it this way: I know about season five. Take from that what you will,” he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Well, based on the fact that Will told Mike in the final episode that Vecna is not dead, just “hurting,” it seems very likely that the monster — and his friends — will return. I will say the thing about these Duffer Brothers is that even though the show has gotten so famous and the characters have gotten so iconic and there’s so much about the ’80s and the supernatural and the genre, it’s about these people, it’s about these characters,” Levy added. “Season five is already so clearly taking care of these stories of the characters because that’s always been the lifeblood of Stranger Things.” Eleven's death would be a sad conclusion to the acclaimed series, but Stranger Things has followed the characters through their childhood, it must naturally end for the characters to go into adulthood. With the coming-of-age themes of the show, it would make sense for some of the groups' growing pains to involve learning to live without Eleven. While El the lovable "weirdo" changed their lives, not all changes are permanent, Eleven may eventually just represent a fond memory of their adventures as children. In a July 2022 interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Duffers also revealed that episodes in the final season will be shorter than the movie-length ones in Stranger Things 4 — with the exception of the big finale, of course. “The only reason we don’t expect to be as long is because, typically — or 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 explained. “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 the first two episodes.”During the Middle East Film & Comic Con in Abu Dhabi, David Harbour revealed that season 5 was slated to begin filming in June 2023. The actress reiterated that she knows nothing about season 5 plot details for her character. But when asked if she thinks she and Lucas will end up together, she said, “Yeah, I think so. I mean, they’re really cute, aren’t they? And the little like note exchange, that was really sweet. I think we gotta see something. There’s definitely room to grow there.” Who will return to Stranger Things 5? I don't know, I feel mixed about it," she said in an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment when asked if she hopes that Robin will get a girlfriend. For those worrying that the series might move to a weekly release on Netflix, fear not. On June 7, 2022, Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s head of scripted series for the U.S. and Canada, confirmed to Varietythat the final season will follow suit with previous iterations, and will be released all at once. What will Stranger Things 5 be about? Well, it’s the last season, so people are probably going to die... I’d love to die with honor, as any actor would,” she said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. “But I love the way that the Duffer Brothers love their actors. The reason that they write so beautifully for me and for everyone else is because they fall in love with their actors and their characters, and they don’t want to kill them. I think that’s a beautiful quality that they have, and I wouldn’t wish it away.”

We saw the addition of new characters like our new fave Eddie Munson and Vecna in Stranger Things 4, and there will be a new addition in the show’s fifth and final season. At Netflix's global TUDUM event in June 2023, it was revealed that another familiar face from the '80s will be part of the final season of the beloved series. Linda Hamilton, who fans may recognize from The Terminator movies, is joining the cast for Stranger Things 5. The exact details surrounding her role have not been revealed yet, but she shared her excitement with fans during the virtual global event from the streamer. "I don’t know how to be a fan girl and an actress at the same time,” she said, "I’m gonna work on that." Meanwhile, the Duffer Brothers and Shawn Levy revealed at a September 13 event that the full season storyline has been pitched to Netflix — and the response was emotional. “We did get our executives to cry, which I felt was a good sign that these executives were crying,” Matt Duffer shared, per The Hollywood Reporter. Aside from Montgomery, fellow Australian Cody Simpson also wrote a book of poetry under the same publishing company. He wrote "Prince Neptune" which comes out on April 7.Sadie Sink received her flowers for her emotional performance as Max in Stranger Things 4, and she opened up about leaving the beloved series and starting a new chapter. On January 4, 2023, the actress appeared on The Today Showto promote her movie The Whale but revealed that she doesn't know much about the fifth and final season of her hit Netflix show. "We know that it's happening and that it's the last season, so it's going to be emotional I'm sure," Sadie said. "Spoiler-free, just with the way my character ended in season 4, I have no idea what is going to happen. But I'll be there." Montgomery loves to write poetry and even admitted in a July 2019 interview that his poetry podcast (DKMH) is a "very cathartic experience" for him. Although the plot details of the fifth and final season are relatively unknown, Maya Hawke, who plays Robin, hopes for her character’s “hero’s moment.”