‘Stranger Things’ Might Finish After Season 4

While you might enjoy being inside the Upside Down, the creators and directors of “Stranger Things,” Matt and Ross Duffer, are gearing up to get out. They’ve already said they want a “finite ending” to the show, and teased a possible five-season run. However, it looks like that time frame is becoming a little more compressed.

“We’re thinking it will be a four-season thing and then out,” Ross Duff told Vulture, adding that he’s concerned about keeping things believable, and finding new ways to for the ensemble cast to grapple with otherworldly monsters. “I don’t know if we can justify something bad happening to them once a year.”

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In our recent conversation with the pair, being concise was a concern for the duffers. While season two is running nine episodes, they plan to go back to eight for season three.

“…I think we’re going to try to go back to eight [episodes]. Because I just remember even when we were writing [season two], and we’re like, ‘Oh, we have one more script.’ We were all like about to pass out. Like somehow, that extra script just made everyone’s lives very difficult,” Matt Duffer said.

“I think people want us to keep doing more, but you know for us, it’s all about quality control,” he added.

Those are great words to hear from any creative team, and it’s clear the Duffers are about making the show the best it can be. “Stranger Things” returns on October 27th.