Overview
- Netflix releases the first four episodes worldwide at 22:00 Brasília time with a synchronized launch.
- The eight-episode season arrives in three parts: Nov 26 (four episodes), Dec 25 (three), and Dec 31 (series finale).
- Average runtimes range from about 50 to 90 minutes, and the finale runs longer than two hours, described by the creators as like a film.
- The official setup places the story in fall 1987 with Hawkins under military quarantine, Vecna missing, the group reunited to hunt him, and Eleven in hiding.
- Ahead of the premiere, Netflix reports all prior seasons reentered the global Top 10 for English-language series after a long hiatus.