{"id":155332,"date":"2025-12-27T09:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=155332"},"modified":"2025-12-27T09:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:21:07","slug":"stranger-things-finale-episode-7-takes-a-hit-with-fans-split-over-season-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/stranger-things-finale-episode-7-takes-a-hit-with-fans-split-over-season-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things Finale: Episode 7 takes a hit with fans split over Season 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2<\/strong> dropped on <strong>Netflix<\/strong> on Christmas Day and instantly sent fans into debate mode! Episode 7, titled \u201c<strong>The Bridge<\/strong>,\u201d is now officially the second-lowest-rated episode in the entire show, sitting just above the infamous Season 2 Episode, \u201c<strong>The Lost Sister<\/strong>,\u201d which landed a 6.0 rating on IMDb. Many viewers expected Volume 2 to be a rollercoaster leading to the Vecna showdown and the emotional Lumax hospital reunion featuring \u201cA Never-Ending Story,\u201d but instead, they found themselves asking why Nancy and Jonathan suddenly called it quits.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SThingsMeme\/status\/2004781493676380400?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Season 5 Episode 7 is on track to be the lowest-rated episode ever\u2026 even below The Lost Sister. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VJPDjZljsD\">pic.twitter.com\/VJPDjZljsD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stranger Things Memes (@SThingsMeme) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SThingsMeme\/status\/2004781493676380400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Duffer Brothers confirmed that Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers are officially over, but the lack of clarity within the episode has people heated. Critics gave Episode 7 an 84 percent rating, while audiences were more hesitant at 73 percent, and yet the online backlash is louder than ever, with a 6.9 rating on IMDb. Some are calling the tonal shift \u201ca series low,\u201d especially following the incredible hype of Season 5 Episode 4, \u201c<strong>The Sorcerer<\/strong>.\u201d Others say that the chemistry between Sadie Sink and Caleb McLaughlin is the only thing saving this chapter from going completely downhill.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nataliasfilm\/status\/2004640876279238808?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the concept of natalia and charlie finding out that jancy broke up with the fans <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o7dQ5CW0JO\">pic.twitter.com\/o7dQ5CW0JO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ias (@nataliasfilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nataliasfilm\/status\/2004640876279238808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans can\u2019t help comparing this moment to finales like <strong>Game of Thrones<\/strong>, where the ending nearly overwrote an entire legacy. If this is only the second-lowest point, everyone is bracing for what the final stretch could look like. Buckle up, Hawkins lovers, because the final episode of Stranger Things will come on December 31, and it might test every fan\u2019s loyalty one last time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 dropped on Netflix on Christmas Day and instantly sent fans into debate mode! Episode 7, titled \u201cThe Bridge,\u201d is now officially the second-lowest-rated episode in the entire show, sitting just above the infamous Season 2 Episode, \u201cThe Lost Sister,\u201d which landed a 6.0 rating on IMDb. Many viewers expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":155334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,1441],"tags":[1853],"class_list":["post-155332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-news","category-series","tag-stranger-things"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}