Overview

• Volume 1’s four episodes run 1:08 (“The Crawl”), 0:54 (Episode 2 title withheld), 1:06 (“The Turnbow Trap”), and 1:23 (“Sorcerer”).
• Netflix will release the final season in three drops: four episodes on November 26, three on December 25, and the finale on December 31.
• Duffer’s disclosure refutes earlier claims, including a Puck report and fan posts, that every episode would be 90–120 minutes.
• The confirmed runtimes total 4 hours 31 minutes for Volume 1, with lengths for the remaining episodes still unannounced.
• Directors this season include Shawn Levy and Frank Darabont, and the returning ensemble features Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, and Maya Hawke.