Overview
- The feature-length final episode runs just over two hours.
- Netflix will debut the finale simultaneously worldwide at 8 p.m. ET on December 31, arriving as January 1 in many regions including 1 a.m. in the UK.
- Cast members said they were moved to tears during the final script read, calling the ending deeply affecting.
- The Duffer Brothers said the conclusion avoids a Game of Thrones–style mass-casualty twist and is designed to feel inevitable and satisfying.
- Ross Duffer said a small scene nods to a planned spin-off, as some fans express concern about pacing and Holly Wheeler’s expanded screen time.