The Duffer Brothers Say They're Aiming for a Perfect STRANGER THINGS Season 5 but Know Perfection Is a Long Shot

Fans have been looking forward to this fifth and final season of Stranger Things for a long time now, and those who have been watching since the beginning are ready for the answers to every question about Hawkins and The Upside Down they’ve been promised.

The creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, also known as The Duffer Brothers, have had a plan for the way the story will play out since the beginning, and they are feeling the pressure of bringing their vision to a close while making the fans happy with its ending.

The pair sat down with GamesRadar+ to talk about the experience and their roller coaster of emotions, with Matt Duffer explaining:

"We're constantly learning what works and what didn't work, and we're applying those lessons or attempting to apply those lessons to the next season. So hopefully we have learned any possible lesson there is to learn, and season 5 will be perfect, and fans won't have any issue with anything. I think that the chances of that are 0.5%."

When asked whether there is anything he wishes he could go back and change, Matt Duffer responded, jokingly saying:

"It's perfect, I don't know what you're talking about," before adding, "I almost don't want to say what I would change because then people go 'The Duffers don't like X, Y, and Z.' But no, I will say this, every year you learn, every year you make mistakes, but you also learn and are surprised by things that really resonate with an audience that you weren't so sure were going to resonate."

I think the first four seasons are so good and so strong that it makes me feel pretty confident that this final season will be satisfying. Episodes 1-4 will drop on Thanksgiving Day, episodes 5-7 will be released on Christmas Day, and the 8th and final episode will debut on New Year’s Eve.