Overview
- Volume 1 (episodes 1–4) begins streaming today, Nov. 26, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT in a shift from Netflix’s typical midnight releases.
- The final season arrives in three drops: episodes 5–7 on Dec. 25 at 8 p.m. ET and the finale on Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET, with the last episode also playing in 350+ theaters in the U.S. and Canada through Jan. 1.
- Netflix’s official synopsis sets the story in fall 1987 with Hawkins under military quarantine, Eleven in hiding, and the group united to find and kill Vecna.
- Season 5 spans eight episodes in total; Volume 1 runtimes run roughly 54 minutes to 1 hour 23 minutes, and the finale is expected to be about two hours.
- Pre‑release engagement is surging, with all four previous seasons charting simultaneously in Netflix’s global Top 10 for the first time for any title.