Overview

• The teaser trailer arrived July 16 on Netflix’s YouTube and social channels, offering the first footage of the final season’s high-stakes visuals.
• Season 5 is set in fall 1987 as Hawkins reels from Upside Down rifts and faces a military-imposed quarantine that forces Eleven into hiding.
• An official synopsis frames the plot around the reunited heroes’ mission to find and kill Vecna, whose location and plans remain a mystery.
• Netflix confirmed a three-volume rollout with episodes 1–4 dropping November 26, episodes 5–7 on December 25 and the series finale on December 31 at 5 p.m. PT.
• The core ensemble—including Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder and David Harbour—returns alongside new additions such as Linda Hamilton, Nell Fisher and Jake Connelly.