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Stranger Things Season 5 Nears Launch With New Teaser and Holiday Three‑Part Rollout

Creators promise an “inevitable” finale shaped by lessons from celebrated TV endings.

Overview

  • Netflix released a new preview focused on Eleven’s intensive physical training ahead of the final confrontation.
  • Season 5 spans eight episodes released in three drops: Nov. 26 (episodes 1–4), Dec. 25 (episodes 5–7) and Dec. 31 (finale).
  • All drops arrive at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, with the Dec. 31 series finale also screening in more than 350 theaters in the U.S. and Canada at the same time.
  • The Duffer brothers say the season includes the show’s most shocking, most brutal death even as overall violence is lower than in Season 4.
  • Millie Bobby Brown says she undertook extensive action training for the role and describes the finale scripts as intensely emotional.