Overview

• The trailer sets the final chapter in autumn 1987 with Hawkins placed under military quarantine as new portals to the Upside Down erupt.
• It frames a last-ditch mission to find and destroy Vecna, with the preview hinting at emotional stakes and possible character sacrifices.
• Key story threads include Max remaining in a coma since season four and Will Byers’s intensifying psychic connection to the shadow realm.
• “Terminator” icon Linda Hamilton debuts as Dr. Kay alongside returning leads such as Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp and Jamie Campbell Bower.
• The eight-episode season, delayed by the 2023 writers’ strike, will premiere in three parts on November 27, December 26 and January 1.