Stranger Things Showrunners Reveal First Details on Linda Hamilton's Season 5 Character — And She Sounds Badass

We already knew the prima of The Terminator — Sarah Connor, of course… aka Linda Hamilton — would beryllium joining the Stranger Things Cinematic Universe for Season 5. But now, we’re getting a glimpse, albeit a tiny one, into her quality from the Duffer Brothers themselves.

“She’s hyper-intelligent and intimidating,” Matt Duffer told Empire of the quality Dr. Kay, a authorities cause hunting down Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven, successful their caller Stranger Things Season 5 issue.

And it looks similar she’s astir apt going to beryllium utilizing those smarts to, rather frankly, footwear immoderate ass. “She’s a idiosyncratic but if she needs to, she tin get into a combat and sprout a gun,” Matt added.

That’s each we person to spell connected astatine this constituent erstwhile it comes to Hamilton’s character, and we person adjacent little accusation astir the crippled of play 5 itself. It'll beryllium absorbing to yet spot each the facets of her quality and however she affects the greater story. That said, the Duffer Brothers have opened up a small spot astir what fans tin expect passim the season.

The cocreator and showrunner of the bid precocious opened up to Variety, alongside member Ross Duffer, astir making definite the last play would explicate “about what the Upside Down was.” He added: “Every play would beryllium like, ‘Should we speech astir it?’ And we’d go, ‘No, let’s wait.’ And past finally, we’re like, ‘Well, we person to now!’”

Another happening fans tin expect is simply a implicit story. “It doesn’t consciousness similar we dropped a storyline — it each connects,” Ross told Variety successful the caller chat, portion Matt noted: “We bash each past remaining happening we wanted to bash with the Demogorgons and Mind Flayer and Vecna and the Upside Down and Hawkins and these characters. This is simply a implicit story. It’s done.”

Last week, prima Finn Wolfhard admitted the fearfulness that Stranger Things mightiness vessel its estimation with a dodgy finale was a interest for the show's formed aft seeing Game of Thrones' last play brutally "torn to shreds."

Stranger Things play 5 volition beryllium released connected Netflix successful 3 parts: 4 episodes connected November 26th for the Thanksgiving holiday, different 3 episodes connected Christmas, and the last occurrence of the bid connected New Year’s Day.

After each that, volition this truly beryllium the extremity of Stranger Things? Of people not. Netflix already has plans for animated bid and astatine slightest 1 spinoff.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.