'Stranger Things' Season 5 Vol. 2 Review: Netflix's Sci-F...

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Okay so Volume 2 of Stranger Things’ final season fails to reach the highs of the first four episodes.

‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Vol. 2 Review: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Sensation Struggles Before the Series Finale Max and Holly in the dreamscape of Vecna’s mind in Stranger Things Image via Netflix By Robert Brian Taylor Published 1 minute ago Robert Brian Taylor is a Pittsburgh-based writer, editor, and critic. (yes, really)

He is Collider’s lead training editor and also contributes as a features editor and staff writer.

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For the site, he’s interviewed a number of actors and filmmakers, including Liam Neeson, J. Simmons, Shea Whigham, Miles Teller, Kevin Smith, Alden Ehrenreich, Bruce Campbell, Robert Englund, and RaMell Ross.

Throughout his career, his writing has appeared in an eclectic combination of newspapers, magazines, books, and websites. He’s written three 48 Hour Film Project shorts — “Hell of a Christmas” (2025), “Clockwork Curse” (2023), and “Uninvited Guests” (2019) — all of which screened theatrically at the local 48 Hour Film Fest.

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His fiction has been featured at Shotgun Honey, and his short-film script “Dig” was performed live after being named an official selection of the 2017 Carnegie Screenwriters Script and Screen Festival. Sign in to your Collider account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Whereas Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 1 consisted of four crackerjack episodes that combined the biggest action sequences the show has ever done with a strong emotional throughline, the second volume of the show’s final season struggles badly to hit those same levels of effectiveness .

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The Bottom Line

Releasing today on Netflix, Vol. 2 consists of three episodes, all clocking in at a bit over an hour, that pick up after Episode 4’s explosive ending and take us up to the series finale, which releases on New Year’s Eve.

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