Warning: spoilers are ahead for Volume 1 of Stranger Things Season 5, consisting of four episodes and available streaming now with a Netflix subscription.
Stranger Things has always included some colorful language, going back to when even the youngsters were dropping some choice words in the very first season. The show is rated TV-14 for "disturbing images, fear, gore, language, and smoking," after all, so it's part of the package of stories told in Hawkins. That said, fans have noticed an uptick in one particular word for no clear reason in the 2025 TV schedule: characters are saying "goddamn" all the damn time in Volume 1.
