Although Stranger Issues season 5 is ready to premiere in some unspecified time in the future this yr, particulars concerning the closing season of Netflix’s sci-fi/horror phenomenon have remained scarce. A lot in order that determined content material junkies have resorted to writing about upcoming Duffer Brothers exhibits that vaguely sound like Stranger Issues.
Following the Duffers’ profitable journey to Los Angeles for a Netflix occasion, nonetheless, the streamer has now begun its Stranger Issues season 5 promotional journey in earnest. The primary official teaser for the present’s final hurrah comes not within the type of a trailer or launch date however in a needed poster. Of us, it brings us no pleasure to report that Jane “Eleven” Hopper seems to be lacking.
Who’s *actually* searching for Jane Hopper?
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— Stranger Issues (@Stranger_Things) January 30, 2025
This “MISSING TEEN” poster is a wealthy textual content that reveals much more about Stranger Issues season 5 than you would possibly suppose. For starters, Eleven being M.I.A. isn’t merely reflecting the state of affairs on the finish of season 4. In case you recall, Stranger Issues‘ penultimate season concluded with its characters reunited in Hawkins and able to confront the ultimate risk of Vecna and The Upside Down to return. Actually, the season’s closing shot sees Eleven standing closest to the digicam in an open area, battle-weary however nonetheless very a lot accounted for.
In keeping with the fan-compiled timeline of the present’s canon, the season 4 finale takes place on March 29, 1986. In the meantime this poster claims that Jane Hopper a.ok.a. Eleven was final seen “carrying a hooded jacket strolling alone within the neighborhood of Hawkins Excessive Faculty on June 13, 1986.” That date represents three months between season 4’s conclusion and Eleven’s disappearance.