Overview
- Netflix will release Season 5 in three volumes on November 26, December 25, and December 31 at 8 p.m. ET, with the series finale also screening in select theaters.
- A new 40‑second clip shows Eleven training with Hopper and Joyce, unlocked via a Google scavenger hunt, and it drew a flurry of online reactions.
- Matt and Ross Duffer say they aimed to resolve all storylines and have treated the show’s final scene as their guiding “North Star” for years.
- The Duffers say the finale includes a small scene that hints at a forthcoming live‑action spin‑off, with an animated series, Stranger Things: Tales from ’85, slated for 2026.
- Set in fall 1987, the season follows a mission to find and kill Vecna as Hawkins remains under military quarantine and Eleven is hunted, with Nell Fisher’s recast Holly Wheeler described by the creators as a centerpiece this season.