Warning – this piece contains major spoilers for the upcoming season five of Stranger Things.
Devotees of Stranger Things are sure they’ve cracked the code behind one of the enigmatic titles for season five, following online leaks earlier this year.
Yesterday (Wednesday, November 6), Netflix revealed a shocker with a teaser trailer unveiling the names of the eagerly awaited final eight episodes.
The episode titles released are: The Crawl, The Vanishing Of [Omitted], The Turnbow Trap, Sorcerer, Shock Jock, Escape From Camazotz, The Bridge, and The Rightside Up.
The absence of a name from the second episode title has set tongues wagging as supporters pore over the clues to deduce which character might fall prey to the clutches of the Upside Down next, reports the Mirror.
Yet some avid observers who have been on high alert for hints ever since the fourth season premiered in 2022 think they might have solved the puzzle long before.
A common theory is that Holly Wheeler (played by the twins Anniston and Tinsley Price) and younger sibling to Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), is the one unaccounted for.
Anticipation mounts as fans await Holly’s more prominent presence in the new season, with Nell Fisher joining the cast as Holly.
So unanimous is the fan conjecture that one enthusiast even dubbed the obscured title revelation as “kinda silly”.
According to their thoughts shared in a recent Reddit discussion, “It’s pretty obvious based on the BtS content already released,” and they continued to mock the mysterious presentation, saying, “I find it kinda laughable that they blurred it in the first place.”
Another enthusiast concurred: “I love how they keep pretending like we haven’t figured out yet that Holly is the one who disappears (Who knows though, maybe they will pull an insane curveball on us).”
“I love how they keep making a mystery out of Episode 2 when we’re already pretty much certain it’s gonna be Holly (or possibly Mrs. Wheeler),” chimed in another.
A fourth devotee disclosed a significant potential spoiler: “It’s 100% Holly Wheeler. There’s a set photo of Jamie Campbell Bower in a trench coat talking to Holly.”
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SkyAdding to the speculation, another fan commented: “So the leaked titles were true! Episode 2 has to be The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler.
“I love that 1×08 was The Upside Down and now 5×08 will be The Rightside Up. So excited for this season!”
Behind-the-scenes snaps from the highly-anticipated new season show Jamie Campbell Bower on set as Henry Creel, also known as Vecna, donning a brown suit while filming with newcomer Fisher, playing Holly.
The emerging consensus suggests that Vecna has indeed chosen Holly as his next target. However, the fifth and climactic season of Stranger Things promises many more twists and turns.
Stranger Things season 5 will be released in 2025 on Netflix.