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Stranger Things<\/a> <\/strong>Season 5 premiered over the Thanksgiving holiday, releasing the first four episode of the highly anticipated final season of the hit Netflix<\/a> series. In a shocking move, the Duffer Brothers also brought back a surprise character and look to be trying to fix one of Stranger Things\u2019 most criticized moments.<\/p>\n

What character is brought back in Stranger Things Season 5?<\/h2>\n
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In the fourth episode of Stranger Things Season 5, \u201cChapter Four: Sorcerer,\u201d Hopper (David Harbour<\/a>) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown<\/a>) are en route to a military compound stationed inside the Upside Down, having made their way in during the previous three episodes.<\/p>\n

So far in Season 5 so far, Eleven found a secret room inside the compound she believes housed Vecna captured by the mysterious Dr. Kay (Linda Hamilton). The fourth episode shows her and Hopper breaking their way in, finally revealing the person held captive in the room.<\/p>\n

To the shock of probably every Stranger Things fan, the person inside wasn\u2019t Vecna at all, but Kali (Linnea Berthelsen<\/a>), the only other surviving child test subjects from Hawkins Lab and someone briefly introduced in Season 2 of the show. While we don\u2019t exactly know why Kali has been captured, how long she\u2019s been imprisoned, or what exactly her story will be throughout the final eight episodes of the show, her return has shocked fans.<\/p>\n

Kali, who is tattooed with an \u201c008\u201d and nicknamed \u201cEight,\u201d first appeared in Season 2 of Stranger Things in a story arc that featured Stranger Things\u2019 most controversial episode. The episode in question, \u201cChapter Seven: The Lost Sister,\u201d takes place totally away from Hawkins and is set in Chicago. The episode is largely about Eleven tracking down Kali, joining her makeshift gang, and finding a sister with similar trauma in the process.<\/p>\n

The episode was largely criticized upon its release, as many saw it as a total shift from the series so far. Many wondered if it was made solely as a \u201cbackdoor pilot,\u201d an episode in a TV series that often acts as a proposed spin-off, due to how removed from the series it seems to be. Bringing her back now seems to squash that idea, though, and offers closure to not only that episode, but Eleven\u2019s entire backstory as a whole.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s unknown what Kali\u2019s story will be going forward, it seems like she\u2019s not only back, but will play a large role in the rest of Season 5. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, Matt Duffer said that Kali\u2019s story was \u201cthis loose end that we had never really resolved. We\u2019ve talked about bringing her back before, but there was not a narrative or thematic reason to bring her back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duffer also said that Kali will be \u201cvery important\u201d to what Eleven does in Season 5, as well as the group\u2019s chances of defeating Vecna as a whole. Given the fact that Kali has seemingly been used to try and track Vecna for some time, she\u2019ll be a valuable member of the team going forward, and may even get to redeem herself amongst fans who had already written her off. <\/p>\n

Originally reported by Anthony Nash for SuperHeroHype<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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