Stranger Things fans speculate over new Season 5 title

The title for the first episode of Stranger Things Season 5 was revealed overnight, and fans have been speculating over what it might mean.

Yesterday was ‘Stranger Things Day’, with the hugely popular Netflix show dropping all kinds of content on social media.

Character profile icons were refreshed, while the Stranger Things Twitter linked through to a mobile game, a Stranger Things Experience, and “the most epic Roblox watch party ever.”

But the biggest announcement came at the end of the day when Netflix posted the title page from a new script.

What is Stranger Things Season 5, Episode 1 called?

Episode 1 of Season 5 is called “The Crawl”, as illustrated on the below title page.

season 5. chapter one. the crawl. happy stranger things day pic.twitter.com/xCdNLjD7Yt

— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) November 7, 2022

This will be the final season of the series, and as with each of the previous seasons, this first episode is written by the creators and showrunners of Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer.

For context, premier episodes of the past were called “The Vanishing of Will Byers”, “MADMAX”, “Suzie, Do You Copy?”, and Season 4’s “The Hellfire Club.”

What are fans saying about “The Crawl”?

Here’s what Stranger Things fans are saying about the title…

Due to the use of Dungeons & Dragons in Stranger Things, Gio looked up “Dungeon Crawl” and found this to maybe suggest the episode would feature puzzles, monsters, and treasure in some kind of labyrinth.

WAIT GUYS pic.twitter.com/6vpHWLhbta

— gio (@WISEKNlGHT) November 6, 2022

Mae has a theory regarding Nancy’s vision and the Upside Down…

I have a theory
“The crawl” is the name right, in what vecna showed Nancy in that vision we see Hawkins Tranformed basically into the upside down, what if it describes them crawling from the upside down into Hawkins

— mae (@macey_elise12) November 7, 2022

Withe Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ playing such a prominent role in Season 4, there was speculation that the title references a lyric from that song…

coincidence? i think not. pic.twitter.com/oRAuHgTiXJ

— mita⁷!! loves maya (@munsonzgf) November 7, 2022

For Alex it was less about speculation and more about asking a pertinent question.

Will Season 5 also finally tell us what happened to the Byers' dog?

It's been a long time and the doggo just vanished. pic.twitter.com/3jKltctXwL

— Alex ⚔️ STRANGER THINGS DAY! (@FindYoo_Chae) November 7, 2022

While Tarrin was getting emotional about it being the beginning of the end.

i just realized this is the last time we’ll ever get the name of the first episode of a new stranger things season, this is really the beginning of the end… pic.twitter.com/PVsnHPckSL

— tarrin (@chiefjopper) November 7, 2022

When can you watch Season 5 of Stranger Things?

The Duffer Brothers are still working on the scripts for Season 5, with early word suggesting the show will shoot in 2023, and David Harbour – who plays Hopper in Stranger Things – previously telling GQ it would probably drop in mid-2024.

When we have more information – and a concrete release date – we’ll post in our Stranger Things Season 5 hub.