Overview
- Netflix will release the first four episodes at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Wednesday, with additional regional times aligned to a global primetime launch.
- Volume 2 arrives December 25 with three episodes, followed by a feature-length series finale on December 31.
- The finale will screen simultaneously with the Netflix premiere in more than 350 theaters across the U.S. and Canada, according to Tudum and the Duffer brothers.
- Season 5 is set in fall 1987 with Hawkins under military quarantine as the core group focuses on finding and stopping Vecna, per the official synopsis.
- Episode lengths vary, with Chapter Four running about 1 hour 23 minutes and the finale reported at roughly 2 hours 20–30 minutes, as industry estimates place the season’s budget in the $400–$480 million range.