Overview
- A Change.org petition launched by fan Wennii J urging release of alleged unseen Season 5 footage surpassed 300,000 signatures within days.
- Actor Randy Havens told fans there is no “Snyder Cut” of the season, urging people not to trust unverified online claims.
- Coverage links the most extreme runtime figures to editable databases and a widely shared but unverified Google document listing supposed deleted scenes.
- The Duffer brothers have dismissed inflated runtime rumors, with most episodes running about an hour and a planned finale just over two hours.
- Netflix will debut the two-hour series finale in select theaters and on the service on Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET, with no confirmed evidence of a withheld alternate cut.