Stranger Things Season 4 Is Already Taking Major Character Risks

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After implying the entirety of Stranger Things season 4 would release in the summer of 2022, the Netflix series announced the first volume of episodes would drop in May, but the teasers prove the new installment is already taking a big risk. Consisting of nine episodes, Stranger Things season 4 will officially be split into two parts, with volume 1 (episodes 1-5) releasing May 27th and volume 2 (episodes 6-9) releasing July 1st, arriving nearly three years since the previous season. The show's creators Matt and Ross Duffer have acknowledged this extended waiting period, explaining it was a factor in splitting the season for an earlier than planned release.

Though the wait time was longer than expected, Netflix has dropped teasers for the upcoming season since 2020. After confirming Jim Hopper's survival and the fact that the story will extend beyond Hawkins, a few teasers were released in late 2021 to reveal the fates of a few other characters. Set six months following the Battle of Starcourt, Eleven is living with the Byers family in California, where fitting in is more difficult than ever. Meanwhile, those back home in Hawkins will be forced to deal with another supernatural threat linked to the Upside Down, which seems to have consequences across the globe.

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While the teasers for Stranger Things season 4 already insinuated that multiple settings will come into play this season, the newly released posters suggest that the release method might lead to risks in storytelling by splitting up the characters for an extended period. With Hopper imprisoned in Russia and Eleven in California, it's a given that multiple subplots will come into