Overview
- Netflix will release Season 5 in three parts: four episodes on November 26, three on December 25, and a two-hour finale on December 31 with limited theatrical screenings.
- Set in fall 1987, Hawkins is under military quarantine while Eleven goes back into hiding as the group commits to finding and killing Vecna.
- The new trailer ends with Vecna levitating Will and saying, “William, you are going to help me… one last time,” underlining Will’s ongoing connection to the villain.
- The Duffer Brothers say they restricted the Broadway prequel from revealing overlapping material to avoid spoilers and describe the season as more brutal and violent with any deaths meant to feel earned.
- Fan reaction zeroes in on potential character fatalities—especially concerns about Steve’s fate—and speculative readings of Dungeons & Dragons imagery, though such theories remain unconfirmed.