Data Source: Netflix and The Hollywood Reporter. Tools: Google Sheets and Photoshop.
Season 5 episode 5-7 come out on Christmas, and the finale on New Year’s Eve.
I assume that the run times are shorter in the final season since the characters are more congregated in the same scenes and they are all moving along the same plot line. Joyce isn’t saving Hopper from a gulag, Mike and Will aren’t racing back from California.
This is an underrated feature of streaming. Us old heads remember when an episode had to fit in a half hour block with commercials or an hour block with commercials. They were all the exact same length.
My god this boring shitty show is still airing
Im surprised more shows don’t take liberties with run times in the streaming era. E.g. throw in a 20 minute episode
This is for me a sign of a bad quality tv show. If after 8 episodes you need a 2 hours chapter…. Pure filling, fan service, not knowing how to tell a story. This show has been decreasing quality since season two and now is pure garbage
PLEASE just let it end…! Season 5 is some of the worst tv ever.
I….don’t remember the plot for the last season, maybe two.
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The last 4 episodes are not out yet but they [just announced the runtimes for all remaining episodes](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stranger-things-5-vol-2-finale-episode-runtimes-1236457294/). Interestingly, the lengths of Season 4 episodes are significantly longer than those of Season 5.
Data Source: Netflix and The Hollywood Reporter. Tools: Google Sheets and Photoshop.
Season 5 episode 5-7 come out on Christmas, and the finale on New Year’s Eve.
I assume that the run times are shorter in the final season since the characters are more congregated in the same scenes and they are all moving along the same plot line. Joyce isn’t saving Hopper from a gulag, Mike and Will aren’t racing back from California.
This is an underrated feature of streaming. Us old heads remember when an episode had to fit in a half hour block with commercials or an hour block with commercials. They were all the exact same length.
My god this boring shitty show is still airing
Im surprised more shows don’t take liberties with run times in the streaming era. E.g. throw in a 20 minute episode
This is for me a sign of a bad quality tv show. If after 8 episodes you need a 2 hours chapter…. Pure filling, fan service, not knowing how to tell a story. This show has been decreasing quality since season two and now is pure garbage
PLEASE just let it end…! Season 5 is some of the worst tv ever.
I….don’t remember the plot for the last season, maybe two.
What’s it been, 3+ years since season 4?
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