Overview
- Netflix released a 40‑second teaser showing Eleven training under Hopper’s stopwatch with Joyce on the sidelines, unlocked by fans through a Google scavenger hunt.
- The snippet drew a flood of social-media reactions, with many posts humorously critiquing Eleven’s running while others cheered the return to action.
- Season 5 rolls out in three drops on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET: four episodes on November 26, three on December 25, and a feature-length series finale in theaters and on Netflix on December 31.
- The official synopsis sets the story in fall 1987 with Hawkins under military quarantine, Eleven in hiding, and the group unified by the goal of finding and stopping Vecna.
- Matt and Ross Duffer say the season was designed to resolve long-running arcs and confirm the finale includes a small scene that hints at a future spin-off in the same universe.