Overview
- Netflix will drop four episodes on November 26, three on December 25, and the finale on December 31 at 8 p.m. ET, with the last episode also screening in theaters.
- A 40-second teaser shows Eleven training as Hopper times her and Joyce cheers, unlocked via a Google scavenger hunt and drawing widespread online reactions to its rapid cuts and her running style.
- Showrunners say the final season ties up all loose ends and includes a small finale scene that nods toward a planned spin-off set elsewhere in the universe.
- The official setup places Hawkins in fall 1987 with rifts scarring the town, a military quarantine in place, Eleven forced into hiding, and the group united to hunt Vecna.
- New additions include Linda Hamilton, Nell Fisher as a recast Holly Wheeler, Alex Breaux, and Jake Connelly, joining the returning ensemble.