Eagle-Eyed Fans Catch Stranger Things Season 5 Set Slip-Up
Forget the Upside Down—Stranger Things fans binging Season 5 Volume 1 are fixating on real-world slipups, flagging jarring edits and continuity goofs that made the final cut.
Stranger Things fans usually pause an episode to hunt for hints about the Upside Down. This time, they froze the frame and found something way more grounded: an on-set goof hiding in plain sight.
The blink-and-you-see-it goof
In Season 5, Episode 2, there is a tense nighttime scene with Will (Noah Schnapp) and Robin (Maya Hawke) combing through a neighborhood park with flashlights, trying to find the exact spot where Will last had a vision from Vecna. It is moody, eerie, all of it. And then, a few feet ahead of them on the ground, you can clearly see two bright X marks — one orange, one blue. That is spike tape, the little markers crews use to show actors where to stand. Somehow, those Xs made it into the final cut.
- The moment was flagged in a now-viral TikTok posted on December 4.
- It happens during Will and Robin’s park search in Episode 2 — the tape Xs are right on the path in front of them.
- It is classic production stuff: spike tape is normal on sets; it is just not supposed to be on camera.
- Season 5, Volume 1 is streaming now, and Volume 2 arrives December 25, which means plenty more frames for fans to analyze next.
Fans noticed immediately (and had jokes)
The TikTok set off a comment storm ranging from faux outrage to genuine affection for the slip-up. Honestly, it happens. Continuity teams and editors are great, but TV made at this scale moves fast, and spike tape sneaks into shots every now and then. A few reactions that captured the vibe:
"Oh no not the orange and blue electrical tape scene markers"
"omg whole season canceled- I’m crying and throwing up"
"I actually like catching little details like this to remind myself it’s a show"
"I just know someone out there is making an entire theory about those pieces of spike tape."
"it’s lowkey nice seeing human error in the age of ai."
Not the only hiccup this season
This is not the first production snag fans have spotted in Season 5. Earlier episodes include a continuity issue in a flashback with Will and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) building Castle Byers — another small detail viewers called out as they combed through the new batch of episodes.
Bottom line: Volume 1 has some visible wear-and-tear, and fans are loving the forensic frame-by-frame. With Volume 2 dropping December 25, expect even more eagle-eyed finds — and probably a few theories about spike tape for good measure.