TSTP 80- Listener Feedback for The Bridge
The Stranger Things Podcast
Golden Spiral Media
4.5 • 687 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
Will Byers came out to his friends and family, Max woke up from her coma, and the Party discovered "The Abyss"—and YOU had ALL the feelings about every moment! "The Bridge" delivered the most emotionally powerful episode of the season, and our inbox was flooded with your heartfelt reactions, theories, and incredible insights. Hosts Darrell and Addi are dedicating this entire episode to listener contributions because you brought such thoughtful commentary on every major moment: Will's coming out scene and what it means for his character arc, Max's triumphant awakening and tearful reunion with Lucas, Dustin's revelation that the Upside Down is actually a bridge to "The Abyss," and the Party's plan to use the exotic matter collapse as their final weapon against Vecna. Your analysis of these pivotal moments was powerful and enlightening.
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| 0:00.0 | The Stranger Things Podcast episode number 80. |
| 0:05.2 | Listener feedback for Season 5, Chapter 7, The Bridge. |
| 0:16.0 | Hello and welcome to the Stranger Things podcast, a fan podcast dedicated to the Netflix |
| 0:26.5 | original series. |
| 0:28.2 | Stranger Things. |
| 0:32.2 | I'm Daryl. |
| 0:33.7 | I don't have time for this. |
| 0:36.5 | How you doing? |
| 0:56.4 | I don't have time for this. I'm good. Do you have a real name you're going by it today? Oh, I guess Addie. Hi, Eddie. Hi, Eddie. You're going to be hurt. I'm good. You don't have time for this. You got some place to be? Yeah. Oh, yeah? In T-minus four hours or so. I'm going to be watching the finale in theaters. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah? And T-minus four hours or so I'm going to be watching the finale in theaters. |
| 0:58.3 | Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:59.7 | So we've got to record this. |
| 1:01.0 | I've got to edit the one we just recorded. And then I'll get to watch the finale. |
| 1:03.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:04.1 | Exciting days here for us in the Stranger Things world. |
| 1:07.4 | Yes, the upside down. |
| 1:09.1 | Yeah, feels upside down. |
| 1:11.0 | You guys, no surprise. |
| 1:12.8 | Just loaded our email box again. |
| 1:15.5 | Apparently you guys like talking about this show as much as we do. |
| 1:18.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:19.1 | So let's get into it. |
| 1:20.3 | Yeah. All right. |
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