Overview
- Netflix released the first teaser trailer for the eighth and final season of Stranger Things on July 16, 2025.
- The teaser opens in fall 1987 as rifts scar Hawkins and the town is under military quarantine, setting up a full-scale showdown with Vecna.
- Season 5 will stream eight feature-length episodes in three volumes, debuting four on Nov. 26, three on Dec. 25, and the finale on Dec. 31, 2025.
- Original cast members including Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder and David Harbour return alongside newcomers Linda Hamilton, Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly and Alex Breaux.
- Creators Ross and Matt Duffer say the season’s epic scope drew on over 650 hours of footage captured after pandemic shutdowns and a writers’ strike.