Overview
- Netflix’s final preview for Season 5 shows Vecna’s threat intensifying, Demogorgons breaking through, and Hawkins under military quarantine with an escalated hunt for Eleven.
- The eight-episode season rolls out in three drops on Netflix: four episodes on November 26 at 8 p.m. ET, three more on December 25, and the series finale on December 31, with limited theatrical screenings for the finale.
- Ross Duffer says Volume 1 is designed with its own climax and calls episode four, ‘Sorcerer,’ the most challenging the team has tackled on a technical level.
- In a new interview, the Duffer Brothers debunk a popular Season 1 theory, clarifying the roadside figure was a Demogorgon and noting Demogorgons are not telepathic.
- The returning ensemble is joined by new cast members including Linda Hamilton, Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, and Alex Breaux for the last chapter.