Every Episode In Stranger Things Season 4 Is Over 1 Hour Long

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After the incredible success that the first season of Stranger Thingshad, it was natural that the next two seasons would be bigger than the first. The second season saw the addition of new characters such as a pair of troubled siblings, Max and Billy, as well as a love interest for Joyce named Bob, portrayed by Lord of the Ringsstar Sean Austin. The third season added an exciting new setting with the Starcourt Mall, which allowed the creators to double down on the 80's nostalgia by showing off more fashion, brands, and media from the time period. Both seasons also went bigger and badder with the monsters, giving fans a better look into the Upside Down and what kinds of things exist alongside the Demogorgon.

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In an interview with Deadline, the creators of Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer, state that the upcoming fourth season of the show features exclusively episodes with a runtime of over an hour. The Duffers explain that in order to reveal as much of the lore of the Upside Down as they wanted to, the episodes had to be longer than they ever had been before, resulting in the season's overall runtime being nearly twice that of any previous season. Matt Duffer also mentions that there was so much new content being revealed this season that they needed to get approved for an extra episode which thankfully they did. Matt Duffer's original quote can be read below:

I don’t think we have an episode clocking in under an hour – even in Season 1 there were episodes that were like 35 minutes. You kind of forget that. This season, they’re very long, so I think it’s almost double the length of any season. So that’s one reason it’s taken so long. It does have