Still, the pacing of the series, and its multiple plotlines, demanded the length, both brothers said. It wasn't until they hit the editing stage that they realized 'oh, God, these are really long,' Ross Duffer told Variety. The brothers said that while they and Netflix anticipated the season's final episodes running long, they didn't think that the other episodes of the season would be supersized as well. The show's fourth season, which premiered after an almost three-year hiatus, saw the show's characters split up between Indiana, Russia, and California as Vecna, a new threat from the Upside Down, begins to menace Hawkins. 'Stranger Things' premiered on Netflix in 2016 and has since grown to be one of the streaming platform's most popular shows of all time. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
