Jared Cohen
Get ready for a thrilling ride as the Stranger Things Season 5 finale is set to be a television event like no other. David Harbour, one of the stars of the show, has hinted that the creators have outdone themselves this time around.
During his guest appearance at the Happy Sad Confused podcast’s 10th-anniversary celebration at New York Comic Con 2024, Harbour shared some exciting insights about the upcoming fifth and final season of the Netflix sensation. He revealed that the cast had just recently been given the script for the series’ grand finale.
Harbour, who brilliantly portrays Jim Hopper in the series, expressed his belief that the final episode will be nothing short of extraordinary, despite his close association with the show.
What did David Harbour reveal about Stranger Things Season 5’s finale?
“I can be very critical of this show,” Harbour admitted (via People), before praising the Stranger Things team for their exceptional work on the final episode. “They land the plane, and it is the best episode they’ve ever done.”
Harbour also shared that the cast was so moved by the script for the last episode that they ended up in tears.
“The end of this episode when we were reading it — just us reading it — about halfway through, people started crying,” Harbour recalled. “Then about the last 20 minutes, it was just uncontrollably crying, waves of different people. Noah Schnapp being my favorite.
“I think part of that also is the fact that these kids, it was their childhood. Like, they started the show when they were 11 and 12, and here we are reading [the finale]. It’s 10 years later, and we examine that idea, and it’s so well done and so beautiful…It’s such a great episode, and it’s such a great season. You guys will love it.”
Stranger Things Season 4 smashed Netflix records, racking up more than 287 million viewing hours during the week of May 23-30. This achievement not only topped the Netflix charts for the week, but it also shattered the record for the streaming platform’s biggest-ever premiere weekend for an English-language series, previously held by the second season of Bridgerton (193 million hours).
