TSTP 68- The Crawl
The Stranger Things Podcast
Golden Spiral Media
4.5 • 687 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2025
⏱️ 142 minutes
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Summary
The Upside Down has never felt closer, and after years of waiting, Stranger Things is finally back to terrorize our hearts one last time. Join hosts Darrell and Addi as we dive deep into the highly anticipated premiere of Stranger Things season 5 with "The Crawl." In our comprehensive episode breakdown, we share our initial reactions, analyze key plot developments, and explore the intricate details that make this opening chapter so compelling. We also take a closer look at the significance of Holly's reading material—Madeleine L'Engle's classic "A Wrinkle in Time"—and discuss how this literary choice might connect to the broader themes and supernatural elements we can expect throughout the season.
Beyond our episode analysis, we're excited to share a major podcast milestone and discuss the upcoming Stranger Things virtual reality experience that has fans buzzing with anticipation. We also showcase several fantastic listener contributions and feedback from our amazing community, highlighting your theories, observations, and reactions to the premiere. Whether you're looking for in-depth character analysis, wild predictions for what's to come, or just want to relive the excitement of returning to Hawkins, this episode has everything you need to process the emotional rollercoaster that was "The Crawl."
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| 0:00.0 | The Stranger Things Podcast episode number 68, season 5, chapter 1, The Crawl. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to the Stranger Things podcast, a fan podcast dedicated to the Netflix |
| 0:24.9 | original series. |
| 0:26.7 | Stranger Things. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm Daryl. |
| 0:30.4 | And I'm Addie. |
| 0:31.4 | Hi, sweetheart. |
| 0:32.3 | How are you? |
| 0:32.9 | Hi, Dad. |
| 0:33.3 | I'm good. |
| 0:33.8 | How are you? |
| 0:34.5 | I'm doing great. |
| 0:35.7 | I'm so excited. |
| 0:38.9 | And you've got to be too. Like you came came in yesterday, no, this morning, one day yesterday. Today's Friday. |
| 0:43.1 | Yesterday was Thursday. It came out on Wednesday. So you came in yesterday. Yeah, you came in |
| 0:47.4 | yesterday morning and you were just like, oh, I'm going to talk about this. Somebody, but nobody you |
| 0:53.7 | know has seen all four episodes. |
| 0:55.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.1 | One of my old co-teachers said, yeah, one of my old co-teachers, she said she fell asleep |
| 1:01.7 | after episode two, but she has two kids and one on the way. |
| 1:06.5 | Understandable. |
| 1:07.4 | Yeah, I get that. |
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