It’s apparently no longer controversial to say the Stranger Things finale was disappointing. Even though Stranger Things is over, there are still new chapters left in the series — and a crucial prequel could make the finale much better in retrospect. Collider recently revealed that Stranger Things’ tie-in Broadway play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, will be professionally filmed for release on Netflix at some point in the future. Stranger Things: The First Shadow is set in 1959, when the Creel family moves to Hawkins, Indiana. The strange scientist in Stranger Things Season 5 is actually a reference to The First Shadow.