Season 4 has been pretty powerful so far. I did not see that big reveal coming. I’m very much hoping that Will’s sexuality will be addressed, that Steve doesn’t die (I have crossed my fingers and toes because that glorious hair should be here forever), that Robin’s crush will notice and adore her, and that we get more Eddie Munson.

Ross Duffer explained even more about what’s coming including “character reveals,” “big plot reveals,” and “more surprises to come.” He did address the fact that this is going to be a lot different because the gang is in different places. He said:

“So to us, that created a challenge, both for us as writers, but also for the characters. How can we defeat this evil when we’re not even in the same space? So that’s something that we’re really excited about, seeing how that all comes together. And just the cross-cutting. Obviously, we’ve been cross-cutting between these very different worlds all season, but the cross-cutting becomes very rapid in that final episode, and we were just bouncing between all of our locations really, really quickly.”

Maybe it will make more sense when we see the next two episodes. Between the two run times, we have almost four hours left in the season. Season 5 will be the last one for the series.

Matt Duffer said he saw an interview with Joe Quinn (who plays Eddie) saying that the last two episodes are like, “a mad symphony of chaos,” and he said he was going to steal that description. I’m 100% in for that!

“Stranger Things” season 4, episodes 8 and 9 will hit Netflix on July 1, 2022.