Overview
- Netflix confirms eight episodes split across Volume 1 on Nov. 26 (episodes 1–4), Volume 2 on Dec. 25 (episodes 5–7) and the finale on Dec. 31 (episode 8).
- Release times are synchronized by region, including 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET in the U.S., 7 p.m. in Mexico, 8 p.m. in Peru and Colombia, and 10 p.m. in Argentina.
- Volume 1 episode titles include The Crawl, The Vanishing of…, The Turnbow Trap and Sorcerer, with a full calendar published by Netflix.
- Season 5 is set in autumn 1987 in a quarantined Hawkins as the group seeks Vecna, with the original principal cast and the Duffer brothers returning.
- Episodes are billed as feature-length, and multiple reports say the series finale will also screen in select U.S. and Canadian cinemas.