Overview
- Volume 1 of season 5 is streaming now, Volume 2 arrives Dec. 25, and the final episode premieres on Netflix Dec. 31.
- Executive producer Shawn Levy says the closer is as good as any TV series finale he has seen.
- Levy confirms the long-running Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington, and Jonathan Byers love triangle will be settled.
- He describes filming the last season as bittersweet for a cast and crew aware the series was ending.
- Season 5 opened with 59.6 million premiere‑week views, reported as Netflix’s best English‑language debut, and Ross Duffer says the next three episodes are finished and emotional.