(0:00) Miles & Kathleen from the car outside of the movie theater react to the "beautiful melancoly" of the Stranger Things finale.

(6:40) Then we return to the studio with Kirk to continue reacting- do we believe Eleven lived? Henry's ending, Will's 6th man performance, Joyce's beheading, Hopper's arc, everything we can think of from this satisfying and tear-filled event.

We will back all of January to deep dive into Chapters 5-8 starting Friday 1/9 with 'Shock Jock'!

Kathleen & Miles turn on the mics before the Stranger Things Finale tomorrow! Talking some nervous, excited energy, LOST, Harry Potter, and some of the wild theories going on!

(12:30) Then the debut of 'Twas The Night Before Stranger Things' written by Miles and in no way derivative of 'Twas The Night Before Christmas'.

We will be back very late in the day on New Years Day (1/1) with our "Instant" reactions to the finale!

Kathleen, Miles and Kirk breathlessly discuss our instant reactions to Stranger Things 5 Volume 2 and predictions for Finale!

Our podcast has two hats right now- the breathless instant reactions and our prepared deep dives. We will be back for another instant reaction on 1/1 for the Finale and then deep dives for Chapters 5-8 in January!

Kathleen, Miles and Kirk re-watch Stranger Things 5, Chapter 4 ‘Sorcerer’.

Join us in discussion from the "Peanut Butter Bopper gate" to Vecna, Will and the "Battle At The Big Mac". We talk about Hopper and Eleven confronting Dr. Kay and finding Kali, Max’s post-Piggyback journey and Delightful Derek's Great Escape!

We finish with Kirk's Funny Moment, Kathleen's Feeler Moment and Miles' Music Moment of the episode.

We'll be back for Instant Reactions to Volume 2 on 12/26. We won’t be able to abandon our family entirely to get the episode out on Christmas Day itself but we thought about it! 

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Kathleen, Miles and Kirk re-watch Stranger Things 5 Chapter 3 'The Turnbow Trap’

Join us in discussion from the Turnbow Family's dinner with Erica to the Home Alone-style trap for the Demogorgan. We talk about Hopper and Eleven battling the military in the Upside Down, Joyce and Will’s reconciliation in the barn and Holly’s journey to Max’s “Hi”. 

We finish with Kirk's Funny Moment, Kathleen's Feeler Moment and Miles' Music Moment of the episode.

We'll be back for Chapter 4 on 12/13. Plenty of time to deep dive into every episode of Vol. 1 with us ahead of Vol. 2 release on Christmas!

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Kathleen, Miles and Kirk re-watch Stranger Things 5 Chapter 2 'The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler’.

Join us in discussion from the Attack on the Wheeler house to Will and Robin’s rogue investigation. We talk about the stubborn punk ass Hopper and Eleven in the Upside Down, Lucas, Mike and Nancy connecting dots and the tense vibes with Steve, Jonathan and Dustin. 

We finish with Kirk's Funny Moment, Kathleen's Feeler Moment and Miles' Music Moment of the episode.

We'll be back for Chapter 3 on 12/9 and have all four episodes deep dived before Stranger Things 5 Vol. 2 releases on Christmas!

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Kathleen, Miles and Kirk re-watch Stranger Things 5 Chapter 1 'The Crawl'.

Join us in discussion from Rockin' Robin exposition to Crawl #37 gone wrong. We talk about Dustin's troubles, Mike's big brother moment to Holly, Eleven's training and the start of Will's Vol. 1 journey.

We finish with Kirk's Funny Moment, Kathleen's Feeler Moment and Miles' Music Moment of the episode.

We'll be back for Chapter 2 on 12/6 and have all four episodes deep dived before Stranger Things 5 Vol. 2 releases on Christmas!

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Kathleen, Miles and Kirk breathlessly discuss our instant reactions to Stranger Things 5 Volume 1.

We are full steam ahead. We will be back with four more episodes in the next two weeks- one for each chapter!

Kathleen, Miles and Kirk throw out some theories and make some predictions for Stranger Things 5. 11 questions to get us thinking and prognosticating!

Disclaimer: **We have not consumed any non-Duffer approved spoilers at all**.

0. 🕷️ Review First 5 Minutes of Season 5 (1:47)

1. ⚾️ Call Your Shot - A BOLD prediction (10:11)

2. 🤔 Answer Required - What is a mystery that needs to be answered in Season 5? (16:49) 

3. 📈 Character Arc – Who will have the most growth within Season 5? (22:47) 

4. 💞 Love Line - Which couple will define Season 5—and which one won’t make it? (28:31) 

5. 🎸 Soundtrack Time Machine – What song do you want for a Season 5 needle drop? (35:16)

6. 📺 Pop Culture Fever – What late 80’s movie, show, trend etc. should be referenced? (40:37)

7.  🥰 That Early Stranger Things Feel - What do you want called back from season 1-3? (46:28)

8. 🐠 Season 4 Nugget  - What small thing from Season 4 could be big for Season 5? (48:34)

9. ☠️ The Death Toll - Ok, Ok, Ok- who is gonna die in Season 5? (52:20)

10. 🤮  I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? (57:20)

11. 🎬 The Ending Tone – What will it be? (1:02:58)

Kathleen, Miles and Kirk cover as much as we possibly can about the Stranger Things 5 trailer.

Will and Red Vecna, Aerobics Eleven and Motörhead Hopper, Nancy and Dustin going through it, Radio stations and explosions and demogorgans oh my!

Then (45:53) we return to our hot take/unpopular opinions of last episode to ATONE or DOUBLE DOWN.

We will be back for a Season 5 Predictions & Preview podcast next week on the path to Season 5!