Overview
- Netflix drops Volume 1 on November 26 at 8 p.m. ET (November 27 in some regions), followed by Volume 2 on December 25 and a standalone series finale on December 31.
- Season 5 consists of eight episodes total, with four in Volume 1, three in Volume 2, and a separate final episode.
- The final Volume 1 trailer shows Hawkins under military quarantine, rifts widening, Demogorgons emerging, and the cast regrouping for a mission to find and stop Vecna.
- Ross Duffer says episode 4, titled Sorcerer, was the most technically challenging they have ever made, while describing the finale as the most emotionally demanding.
- Core cast returns alongside new additions including Linda Hamilton, and the finale will also play in limited U.S. and Canadian theaters on December 31 timed to the streaming release.