It's been more than three years since "Stranger Things" season 4 hit Netflix and more than six years since season 3 arrived. The highly anticipated "Stranger Things" season 5 will be released in three parts later this year, with the first four episodes arriving November 26, the next three on December 25, and the final episode on December 31. With nine episodes in season 4, that will ultimately come out to just 17 episodes across six and a half years, which is fewer than three episodes per year on average.

It's the sort of mind-boggling timetable, coupled with the rare cultural zeitgeist around the show, that builds impossible expectations. So, it's perhaps no surprise that a new report from Kim Masters of Puck claims the final season's budget is somewhere between $50-60 million per e

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