Overview
- The feature-length series capper, Chapter Eight: “The Rightside Up,” debuted Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT with a runtime of about 2 hours and 5 minutes.
- Netflix coordinated same-time screenings in more than 500 North American theaters, with some chains adding Jan. 1 showtimes.
- Outage trackers and viewer reports noted login errors, buffering and brief logouts shortly after release before service stabilized.
- Creators Matt and Ross Duffer have long framed Season 5 as the conclusion to the Hawkins story, with no Season 6 planned.
- The franchise continues with the animated Stranger Things: Tales from ’85, set between Seasons 2 and 3 and targeting 2026, plus a separate live-action spinoff in development with a new cast and setting; no early press screeners were provided for the finale.