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Stranger Things Season 4 Has a Weird Division for Volume 1 and 2; Reason Lies on the Runtime of Episodes


Since the start of the show, this would be the first time that there would be a split for the series with Stranger Things Season 4 being divided into two but what makes it weird is that Volume 1 and 2 would not share an equal number of episodes, not even close to that, but it has been revealed that the reason lies on the runtime of each.

Stranger Things Season 4 Has a Weird Division for Volume 1 and 2; Reason Lies on the Runtime of Episodes
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Stranger Things Season 4 Has a Weird Division for Volume 1 and 2; Reason Lies on the Runtime of Episodes

In a report from Variety, it has been confirmed that Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 will be having Episode 1 up to Episode 7 which will all arrive on Netflix on May 27. After a month, on July 1, the final two episodes will be released as Volume 2. Seeing this is quite a shock, seven runs for the first and only two for the last seems weird but the runtime of each episode makes it make sense.

According to the report, a lot of the episodes for Season 4 would be running for more or less 75 minutes and for Episode 7 which will close out Volume 1, it would be a whopping 98 minutes. If you think that is long, the season finale is longer because it would reportedly be having two and a half hours of runtime. It is almost a film!

To tease the fans of what is in store, the first eight minutes of Episode 1 was released online exactly one week before Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 arrives on the streaming platform. It took everyone back to 1970 seeing Eleven as a child under research of Dr. Bennet at the Hawkins National Laboratories.

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Stranger Things Season 4 has been teased to have a horror movie vibe this season which will be divided into two with Volume 1 and 2. The first part will be dealing with events six months after what happened in Season 3 where the Hawkins gang fought the Mind Flayer at the Starcourt Mall and Jim Hopper had to sacrifice himself for the safety of his adoptive daughter, Eleven, and the others.

Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 will premiere on May 27, 2022, and Volume 2 will be out of July 1.

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