Netflix steps back into the highlight with Stranger Things while holding its crown with a firm grip. The show made its debut back in 2016 and still pulls off numbers that keep every rival wide awake at night. The long gaps between every latest season never slowed it down, and Season 5 proves that after again, with a record that fans didn’t expect.
Stranger Things: Season 5, Episode 4 Becomes Highest Rated Ever
Stranger Things returned with Volume 1 on November 26 with 4 episodes and a quiet starting. The season opened with the bottom rating the show has seen, though that calm didn’t last long. The reviews rolled in, and the numbers moved up until Season 5 snatched a fresh milestone. Now, episode 4, ‘Sorcerer,’ climbed straight to the highest on IMDb and have become the highest-rated episode within the history of the series, with a 9.7 rating.
Why Stranger Things’ Episode 4 Captured Viewers
Sorcerer slipped past Season 4’s The Massacre at Hawkins Lab with none noise. That earlier episode held the crown for a very long time since it finally opened the door to Vecna’s truth, his identity as 001, and his long link with Eleven. The filmmakers had even pointed to it as essential viewing before Season 5 arrived.
Sorcerer follows that very same path and digs deeper into what happened to Max, who stays in a coma. It also turns the sunshine toward Will and confirms that his connection to Vecna is much from over. The revelation that Will holds powers just like Eleven gives the episode the form of weight that fans have been waiting for.
Right behind these two giants sits one other Season 4 triumph, Episode 4, ‘Dear Billy,’ where Max finds herself in peril again as visions tighten round her and Vecna takes the shape of a bloodied Billy at his grave. She escapes with help, but everyone remembers how short that moment of relief turned out to be.
How Stranger Things Season 5 Compares To Earlier Seasons
Season 5 arrived with an 85% rating that, even being the bottom, was still counted as strong on Rotten Tomatoes. Nonetheless, over time, it climbed to 92% from critics and 87% from the audience. These numbers will shift once the remaining of the season drops, however the early rise signals that the ultimate chapter is shaping up well.
The brand new season matches neatly with the show’s long record of strong scores. Season 1 continues to guide with 97% from critics and 96% from the audience. Season 2 follows with 94% and 90%. Seasons 3 and 4 stand along with 89% from critics, though Season 3 holds an audience rating of 86% while Season 4 sits at 89%. Every season still carries the Certified Fresh badge with no single miss.
Stranger Things Volume 2 lands on December 25 and the series finale steps in on December 31 to bring your complete story to its last stand.
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