Overview

• Netflix’s behind-the-scenes featurette promises heightened action, larger-scale visual effects, and a story the Duffer brothers call their biggest yet.
• Season 5 will release in three parts: Volume 1 on November 26, Volume 2 on December 25, and the standalone series finale on December 31 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
• The eight-episode final chapter is slated to drop as four episodes in Volume 1, three in Volume 2, and a single-episode finale, according to the latest coverage.
• The official logline sets the action in fall 1987 with Hawkins under military quarantine, Eleven in hiding, and the heroes united to find and kill the vanished Vecna.
• New footage shows the original core group back together and teases high-stakes set pieces, with returning stars joined by new addition Linda Hamilton.