Overview
- The eight-episode season releases in three drops: four episodes on Nov. 26, three on Dec. 25, and the finale on Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET.
- Episode 8, titled “The Rightside Up,” will debut on Netflix and in more than 350 U.S. and Canadian theaters on Dec. 31, with screenings through Jan. 1.
- A new preview shows Eleven in intensive physical and powers training, echoed by Millie Bobby Brown’s comments about preparing for expanded action this season.
- The Duffer brothers say season 5 features the series’ most shocking death and that they studied acclaimed TV finales to craft an ending that feels inevitable.
- Set in fall 1987, the story finds Hawkins under military quarantine as the group seeks to stop Vecna, with the government intensifying its hunt for Eleven and new characters, including Linda Hamilton’s Dr. Kay, entering the fray.