We’re just over a month and a half until the final season of Stranger Things begins. It’s going to be a busy few weeks of buildup, and today, we got some new insights and confirmations for Stranger Things season 5 courtesy of a tell-all Variety profile with the two creators , Matt and Ross Duffer, plus insights from Netflix’s content chief, Bela Bejaria. Plus, a brand-new first-look image.

The interview goes in-depth, so let’s pull out some of the key learnings:

Episode details: Eight episodes total. Most run about an hour (see first four runtimes below), Episode 4, titled “Sorcerer” , clocks in at 83 minutes, and the finale, “The Rightside Up” , runs around two hours.

Time jump: The story picks up 18 months after Season 4, with everyone back in Hawkins under military quaran

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