Overview

• Season 5 will arrive in three drops on Netflix: November 26, December 25, and the finale on December 31, 2025.
• The series-ender runs around two hours and will debut exclusively on Netflix, with executives ruling out a theatrical release.
• Matt and Ross Duffer describe the season as a complete conclusion that resolves major arcs and explains what the Upside Down is.
• The story picks up 18 months after the Season 4 events, with the core cast returning for the final chapter.
• A spin-off remains under tight wraps with no timeline and only “connective tissue” to the original, as the Duffer Brothers shift future projects under a new Paramount deal and are not slated to showrun the spin-off.