Overview

• Season 5 will close out the series across three releases: Volume 1 on November 26, Volume 2 on December 25, and a feature-length finale on December 31.
• Runtimes for Volume 1 are confirmed: episode 1 (68 minutes), episode 2 (54 minutes), episode 3 (66 minutes) and episode 4 (83 minutes).
• The creators say the final chapter includes an 18-month time jump and delivers a complete conclusion to the story.
• Matt and Ross Duffer confirm the season will finally explain what the Upside Down is, addressing the show’s longest-running mystery.
• The Duffer Brothers have signed with Paramount and remain creatively tied to a guarded spin-off that has no release date and is expected to be set in a different world with some connective tissue.