Stranger Things Season 5 was certainly full of spectacle, but that doesn't mean it's as good as the show's earlier seasons. Many fans criticized the series' final season for trying to do too much. Stranger Things Season 5 failed to meet the high expectations set by the earlier seasons, which were more focused. Right off the bat, fans were off-put by the new season. Will's weird de-aged face immediately took viewers out of Season 5, Episode 1, which had been hotly anticipated for three years.