Stranger Things 5 wasn't that bad it was the Duffer Brothers comments and our own expectation that ruined it.

This is somewhat of a rant so pls stick till the end.

Duffer Brother with their continuous comments about Season 5 made people have way too many expectations from it, on which it fell flat. They said this season has the most "gruesome death", that it will be a "dark christmas" and obviously them teasing Steve's death 1000s of times just made it obvious that he will survive. Now, the documentary which they released is certainly not helping that they started shooting without a final script. "What was the point of having those 3 years then" and to sum it up I felt they were just done with Stranger Things and wanted it to be over with. It also explains why there were so many plot holes and inconsistencies in the season. Also the way they said it's gonna be like 1st season again but have literally holly have more screen time than the core kids just infuriated me.

Now talking about our own expectations, the way with which Season 4 ended certainly had us thinking that it was gonna be a full blown showdown between out characters and the upside down which has now merged into our world. But Season 5 undid that with a metal band-aid. Having 3 years also made people come up with overcomplicated theories which they shared and made our expectations even higher. And if I am being very honest Season 5 is not at all on the same level as Seasons 1-4. The way the final fight came out also made it look like it needed more time in the oven keeping in mind it had already been 3 years. And also some additional views: there were no stakes in this season season 4 there were not any major deaths except Eddie but we felt scared of our favorite characters which was non-existent in season 5, the moment ted and karen both survived that attack it was just confirmed they dont have balls to kill anyone.

So what are your thoughts on Season 5 and why do you think it didn't hit as hard as other seasons?