Nine years after Netflix introduced us to the town of Hawkins and its Dungeons and Dragons-loving school kids, Stranger Things is finally reaching its conclusion. The second half of season five arrived on Boxing Day, teeing up the drama’s two-hour-long finale, which drops on New Year’s Day. Unfortunately, things aren’t going according to plan.
Rather than creating yet more hype for the conclusion of one of its flagship shows, season five volume two has proven disappointing for viewers, many of whom were hoping for a little more action and at least one shock death thrown in for good measure. The situation has not been helped by volume two’s “Twixmas” release date, which has meant that many Stranger Things fans have little better to do than spend hours on social media, descending into a frenzy over what may have gone wrong and how the latest episodes could be retrospectively improved.
