Overview

• Ross Duffer posted a screener clip on Instagram labeling the “actual runtimes” for the first four episodes of the final season.
• Chapter 1 runs 1 hour 8 minutes, Chapter 2 runs 54 minutes, Chapter 3 runs 1 hour 6 minutes, and Chapter 4 runs 1 hour 23 minutes.
• The four-episode Volume 1 totals 4 hours and 31 minutes.
• Netflix will release Volume 1 on November 26, Volume 2 on Christmas, and the finale on New Year’s Eve, with each drop at 5 p.m. PT.
• The confirmation contradicts viral social posts and an Oct. 6 Puck report that suggested episodes would run 90 to 120 minutes.