Like many others, I’m sure, I didn’t bother to try to make the first four episodes of Stranger Things 5 last. I gobbled up Volume 1 faster than Thanksgiving leftovers, and I have no regrets. In fact, though I’m obviously very excited to see what happens when more episodes arrive on the Netflix 2025 premiere schedule, I wasn’t left with nothing to watch after I finished that roller-coaster-of-a-ride Episode 4 (“Chapter Four: Sorcerer”). Because the moment Robin referenced The Great Escape, I decided it was time to finally watch the 1963 war movie. And guess what? It was great. Yeah, I’m late to the party there, but watching it so soon after the Stranger Things episode that references it did allow me to appreciate a few connections.
I’m assuming you – like many, many others – have seen the first four episodes of Stranger Things 5, but if not, there are big spoilers ahead. In terms of The Great Escape, this article gets progressively more spoilery about the movie with each section. I
