When television fiction becomes an industry like in the United States, it is logical that the episodes of the series adjust their duration to the circumstances; and that it ended up being standardized by the normal broadcast with the annoying commercial breaks. In theory, a chapter of a sitcom it lasts about twenty-two minutes in total, and that of a drama, about forty-two. But streaming has made it unnecessary, which is crystal clear in the fourth season of stranger things (since 2016).
One can remember that the delivery with which the incredible adventure of lost (1994-2004) just runs for 106 minutes, so they had to split it into “The End” (6×17) and “The End: Part 2” (6×18); even if they released it in its entirety that memorable May night that left us with a void. However, things had already changed for the last two seasons of Game of Thrones (2011-2019), which went from ten to seven and six chapters of up to eighty minutes.
So, in regards to stranger thingsan indisputable success of the duffer brothers for Netflix, if the duration of the first batch of eight chapters varies between forty-two and fifty-six minutes, the nine of the second, between forty-six and sixty-two, and the other eight of the third Between fifty and seventy-eight the nine of the fourth season are the longest on the whole. With the one that closes it surpassing all the marks.
Almost thirteen hours of terrifying adventure in the fourth season of ‘Stranger Things’
If the first season involves six hours and forty-five minutes of viewing, the second, seven hours and forty-seven minutes, and the third, seven hours and twenty-nine minutes, number four reaches twelve hours and fifty-one minutes. A lot more. Next Friday, May 27, seven of its episodes arrive on Netflix, and on July 1 the remaining two, waiting for the fifth and final season of stranger things. And here you have the length of each of them:
- “The Hellfire Club” (4×01): 1 hour and 16 minutes.
- “Vecna’s Curse” (4×02): 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- “The Monster and The Superhero” (4×03): 1 hour and 3 minutes.
- “Dear Billy” (4×04): 1 hour and 17 minutes.
- “The Nina Project” (4×05): 1 hour and 14 minutes.
- “The Dive” (4×06): 1 hour and 13 minutes.
- “The Massacre At Hawkins Lab” (4×07): 1 hour and 38 minutes.
- “Papa” (4×08): 1 hour and 25 minutes.
- “The Piggyback” (4×09): 2 hours and 30 minutes.