okay just for shits and giggles
it’s the superbowl. let’s say 3rd quarter. ad break comes on. it’s the duffers.
they take their seats in directors chairs.
duffer 1 (idk their names or who’s who): well. *laughs* seems like the cat is out of the bag.
duffer 2: no point in drawing this out any further.
duffer 1: when we started stranger things we had no idea it would grow into what it is today. 5 seasons, almost 10 years, and millions of fans.
duffer 2: we want to say thank you for sticking with us. and we’re asking you to stick around one more time.
duffer 1: you may already know what’s coming. but we guarantee none of you have the full picture yet.
duffer 2: but you will soon.
duffer 1: season 5, volume 4, episodes 9, 10, 11, and 12 are coming to netflix february 14th.
duffer 2: better cancel your valentine’s day plans!
duffer 1: and if i hear one more thing about how i needed to ruin everyone else’s special day because of my divorce, you won’t be getting it at all.
duffer 2: without further ado, the volume 4 trailer drops now.
picture opens on Max. she’s on her skateboard but only her face is in frame. she’s picking up speed until suddenly, she pitches forward as her board hits a rock. her face goes out of frame as she falls, camera cuts to show her down on the pavement. she groans, lifts her hands to inspect the cuts, but there’s nothing there. theme music fades in as her face shows her confusion.
camera cuts to a different max scene. she’s talking to lucas.
“does it sometimes feel like…i don’t know. like it’s not really over?”
“max. we won. i know you weren’t there with us in the upside down at the end, but joyce chopped off vecnas head. with an axe. it’s hard to get deader than that.”
max looks away. “well you know what they say. cut one head off and two more will grow in its place.”
camera cuts to joyce in hopper’s cabin. she’s straightening up and comes across the picture from will’s graduation day. it didn’t come out right despite jonathan’s adjustment and will’s face is cast in heavy shadow. she sits down on the bed to stare at it.
hopper knocks on the doorframe, startling her.
“yeah.” her voice is troubled. hopper comes to sit next to her. he takes the picture from her hands to examine it. “do you ever think…”
hopper looks at her. there’s a significant pause and he says “as little as possible.”
she smiles but it’s weighed down by worry. “no. not my hopper.”
camera cuts to holly. she is standing in front of the middle school as other kids walk past her. she is deep in thought and doesn’t move until the warning bell sounds. someone calls for her and this snaps her out of it. the scene flickers slightly to show the upside down as she walks through the doors.
in mr. clarke’s class, she leans over to debbie and says “we need to talk. tell the others. meet me after lunch by the bleachers.”
they gather at recess. holly stands on the first row, putting her above the others. she counts. “we’re missing someone.” everyone looks around but no one speaks. “there are only 11 of us. there should be 12. who’s not here?” no one can come up with an answer and they all stay silent. “this isn’t right.”
cut to a ringing phone. mrs wheeler answers. “hello, wheeler residence.” no one replies, but there is the sound of heavy breathing on the other end. “hello, who is this?” breathing continues. in a sudden fearful voice “mike?”
cuts to an action montage. mike running (looks like vecnas mindspace woods). nancy running (different direction/time of day). jonathan’s hands shaking as he loads a gun. steve twirling a spear in one hand and stancing up. joyce locking doors and shuttering windows. the lights flickering around max. will’s arms outstretched and his eyes white. el’s hands curling into fists.
nancy and jonathan embrace. robin leans her head against steve’s shoulder. lucas and max intertwine hands. holly restrings holly the heroic on her necklace. joyce kneels at hoppers side. el faces off against henry. will crosses the room and grabs mike’s face in his hands.
cuts to vecna, alive and well. he moves seamlessly from the abyss to the upside down to hawkins. now missing children, chrissy, fred, and patrick make appearances in his mindscape. camera pans out to show the shadow of the mindflayer hovering over the town as vecna transitions between settings. ends in hawkins as monsters (demogorgons, demobats, etc.) emerge from gates. shorter sequence than previous.
title card: collision course
fades to black. “do you want to be friends?” “the demogorgon. it got me.” “crazy together, right?” “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls!” “we’re friends. friends!” “a real life, honest to god, sorcerer. you did it. you really did it.”
title card: the paladin and the cleric