Overview
- Co-creator Matt Duffer says a key location depicted in the play The First Shadow and in Season 5 is the same, formally stitching the stage prequel into series canon.
- The First Shadow outlines Henry Creel’s early brush with another realm and Hawkins Lab, context now positioned as essential to understanding the final season.
- Season 5, Volume 1 emphasizes a psychological battleground and hints at the antagonist’s blind spot, setting up tactics the heroes may explore next.
- Netflix unveiled new character posters for two previously withheld figures after Volume 1’s debut, signaling which surprises the show is now comfortable publicizing.
- Questions about how Dimension X relates to the Upside Down remain open, with the Duffers indicating those explanations are due in the remaining episodes.