Overview
- The feature-length final episode, titled The Right Side Up, was released globally on December 31 with simultaneous regional start times and a runtime of about 128 minutes.
- Netflix positioned the release as a large-scale event, with reports of same-time screenings in more than 350 cinemas across the United States and Canada.
- The finale resolves long-running mysteries and concludes the central Hawkins arc while landing on an emotionally charged, deliberately ambiguous ending.
- Matt and Ross Duffer reiterate there will be no sixth season, as Netflix moves ahead with an animated Tales from ’85 and a separate live-action spin-off in development.
- Early reaction has been divided, and online controversy over alleged cuts persists alongside a Change.org petition, even as a cast member dismissed claims of a “secret cut.”