Warning: Spoilers for Stranger Things season 4.
While Stranger Things arguably doesn’t need any spinoffs after the show reaches its conclusion, season 4 of the Netflix hit has unveiled at least one potential show that could take the fictional universe in a totally different direction. According to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Stranger Things spinoffs are an inevitability once the show wraps up after season 5. This announcement doesn’t come as a major surprise since Stranger Things is one of the streaming service’s biggest titles.
However, the question of how Stranger Things will pull off numerous spinoffs is hard to answer. While Stranger Things season 4 fixed some season 3 mistakes, the show still reaffirmed its status as a small-town mystery whose most intriguing plots are limited to Hawkins, Indiana. As a result, it can be tough to pictureStranger Things expanding the fictional universe of the show once the self-contained story of Eleven, Hopper, Mike, and the Byers clan is wrapped up for good.
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Fortunately, one of Stranger Things season 4’s goofier subplots accidentally unveiled a perfect spinoff for the series, and it is neither a mystery nor another sci-fi horror show. The quirky chaos of Suzie’s Salt Lake City home, seen in “The Dive” (season 4, episode 6), proved that a spin-off focusing on Dustin’s girlfriend and her likably dysfunctional family could be comedy gold. WhileStranger Things season 4 made a Nightmare On Elm Street remake harder by borrowing from Freddy Krueger’s playbook for the main villain Vecna’s modus operandi, the show also proved that family comedies in the vein of Yours, Mine, and Ours and Cheaper By The Dozen could still
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