About this episode

The hosts discuss Chapter 8 of Stranger Things Season 5, focusing on character journeys and the final battle.

Kathleen, Miles and Kirk continue to re-watch Stranger Things 5 Chapter 8 ‘The Rightside Up’! Join us in discussion from Henry’s journey into the mines of non-redemption to Mike, Eleven and Prince in the void. We talk about taking the final battle with a grain of cinematic salt and luxuriate in the beautiful epilogue. We also give out our Season 5 Awards! This concludes our Season 5 Deep Dives. We will be back in some capacity that is not currently clear. We will be on some other podcasts as well in the near future! Twitter/Instagram/YouTube: StrangerStill22.

People in this episode

Host: Miles McGillivray

Guests: Kathleen, Kirk

Topics covered

• Stranger Things
• Season 5
• character journeys
• final battle
• epilogue
• awards

Keywords

• Stranger Things
• The Rightside Up
• Season 5
• character analysis
• final battle
• awards

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Stranger Things, The Rightside Up, Season 5

Places: the void

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