Overview
- Netflix will release Season 5 in three drops: four episodes on Nov. 26, three on Dec. 25, and the feature-length finale on Dec. 31.
- Noah Schnapp says the cast will not be shown the ending before it streams, underscoring strict spoiler controls for the series closer.
- Executive producer Shawn Levy, who has seen the finished finale, praises it as a “masterpiece” and “10 out of 10,” with select theatrical screenings planned.
- Netflix’s synopsis sets the stage in a quarantined Hawkins as the group’s mission is to find and kill Vecna while Eleven returns to hiding under government pressure.
- The Duffers emphasize Will Byers’ central arc, and the finale title, The Rightside Up, has fueled fan theories about the outcome, which remain unconfirmed.