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Netflix Confirms Stranger Things Season 5 Teaser and Holiday Release Dates

The trailer tease fuels anticipation ahead of a holiday-staggered finale drop that will close out Netflix’s flagship sci-fi saga.

A new poster for Stranger Things 5
Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Stranger Things hugging Lucas and Dustin
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Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) and Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin) in Season 5 of "Stranger Things."

Overview

  • Netflix’s official X handle announced the first Season 5 teaser will premiere on July 16 across YouTube and the series’ social channels.
  • The eight-episode final season will stream in three volumes at 5 p.m. PST: four episodes on Nov. 26, three on Dec. 25 and the series finale on Dec. 31, 2025.
  • A newly revealed poster shows Vecna’s ominous visage looming over a burning Hawkins, Indiana, underlining the high stakes of the coming showdown.
  • Season 5 is set in fall 1987 with the town under military quarantine and open rifts to the Upside Down as Eleven and her friends prepare for their last battle.
  • After pandemic and strike delays, the full core cast returns alongside Terminator star Linda Hamilton to bring the saga to its conclusion.