Highlights
- With the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, Stranger Things writers are concerned that their vision for season 5 may not come to fruition.
- A recent teaser video from @strangerwriters reveals a potential plot point for season 5, hinting at a return to the McCorkle Farm.
- The return to the farm may bring back the Mind Flayer and tie up loose ends, possibly leading to a reoccurrence of themes and even a villainous turn for Will Byers.
The Stranger Things writers have been teasing season 5 on social media amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, and one recent post showed a spoiler connected to the upcoming season.
Stranger Things season 5 is already highly anticipated because it is the perfect time to end it, at least according to David Harbour. Finally, the kids of Hawkins will graduate from their terrors and say goodbye. But the anticipation for Stranger Things has been kicked into high gear because of the ongoing strikes. The WGA strike has resolved, but the longer the actors continue to picket, the more concerned the writers have become that their vision will not come to fruition.
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Some writers under the Twitter handle @strangerwriters have been releasing videos of what Stranger Things season 5 could look like if the AMPTP doesn’t come to terms with SAG. And though it makes for hilarious content, one recent video seemingly has an unexpected plot point for Stranger Things season 5. “One more week without a deal. One more week closer to this,” @strangerwriters teased with a corresponding video. In it, the video shows visual effects of who appear to be Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Nancy (Natalia Dyer), and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) screaming in a car. But take a closer look, and viewers can see the scene's location. In the upper left-hand corner, the video is annotated with the location of the McCorkle Farm.
Though it has been some time since they have returned to the location, fans may remember that the McCorkle Farm was a brief location in season 2. Eugene McCorkle (Al Mitchell) was one of the farmers struggling with a contaminated pumpkin patch. The rot was later revealed to be a symptom of the Mind Flayer, a demonic entity from the Upside Down. When Hopper (David Harbour) digs beneath the rotted pumpkins, he finds a vast tunnel system covered in slimy vines. These vines are part of the Mind Flayer's hive mind and demonstrate that Hawkins is rotten to the core.
The reveal of this video doesn’t prove that McCorkle will reappear, but it does seem to indicate that everything will come circle in the final season. If the Hawkins crew returns to the farm, we may see a return of the Mind Flayer or a reoccurrence of themes in the season. One of the biggest fan theories is that Will Byers (Noah Schnapps) will be the ultimate villain of the final season. After being lost in the Upside Down in season 1, he has never had a break for the rest of the series. In season 2, Stranger Things writers confirmed that Will almost killed someone after spending significant time in the other dimension. Will's wounds run deep, and his torture may not be over.
Stranger Things seasons 1-4 are streaming on Netflix.
Source: @strangerwriters/Twitter