Whereas nothing is definite, these supposed titles do supply some concepts as to what we are able to anticipate within the last “Stranger Issues” season. The title of Episode 1, “The Crawl,” has been formally confirmed by Netflix, and it possible has one thing to do with the grotesque Upside Down an infection spreading by way of Hawkins on the finish of “Stranger Issues” Season 4. The phrase may confer with the unfold itself, which appears to be increasing by way of the center of the city like a illness. Alternatively, it may confer with a “dungeon crawl” from Dungeons & Dragons. That would not be out of character for the present, and it’d foreshadow a serious quest within the very first episode of Season 5.
Episode 2’s title means that both Nancy (Natalia Dyer) or Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) will go lacking, although it may additionally contain one in every of their mother and father or their youngest sibling, Holly (Anniston and Tinsley Worth). Sneider says that “The Turbow Lure” may be a typo and that it’d truly be “Turnbow,” although neither provides a lot info. “Sorcerer” and “Shock Jock” are basic “Stranger Issues” titles, referring respectively to some type of Upside Down-connected being (probably) and the brash radio DJ fashion that was common within the Eighties.
“Escape From Camazotz” is probably the most fascinating of the bunch. Camazotz is a bat-like underworld spirit in Mayan fable, however this title is extra possible referencing the planet Camazotz from Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved 1962 novel “A Wrinkle in Time.” In April 2023, the “Stranger Issues” writers’ X (previously Twitter) account posted an image of the guide. In that story, Camazotz is a darkish planet dominated by a hivemind that controls the opposite inhabitants. It is also the location of a rescue mission.