Stranger Things 5: When is the new season coming? And what will happen? We have answers
The final good-bye begins this year.
In July 2016, Stranger Things became the show of the summer—and beyond. While introducing us to breakout talent like Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard, and putting icons like Winona Ryder back in the limelight, Stranger Things has been part of the zeitgeist for nearly 10 years.
Now the show prepares to sign off for good with one final adventure set in the fall of 1987. (For anyone keeping track, the show’s first season took place in the fall of 1983.)
It’s a bittersweet good-bye for the series, which has been a nostalgia-fueled sci-fi/rom-com/drama/thriller (basically all the things) that reintroduced us to Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” and made us crave the heyday of the shopping mall. It gave us endless memes, fashion inspiration, and bromances that will live forever.
But now, with the final season fast approaching, fans are dying to know any and every detail about the last eight episodes. From returning cast members to episode titles, here’s everything we know.
When does the final season premiere?
Netflix announced that season five will have three release dates during a TUDUM live fan event on May 31, 2025.They shared the dates with a teaser trailer looking back at the show’s origins and a few brief, ominous shots from season five.
“Volume 1” will come out on November 26, while “Volume 2” will drop on Christmas, December 25. The finale will hit Netflix on New Year’s Eve.
How many episodes are there?
Eight episodes in total. Here are the episode names:
Episode 1
“The Crawl”
Episode 2
“The Vanishing of…”
Episode 3
“The Turnbow Trap”
Episode 4
“Sorcerer”
Episode 5
“Shock Jock”
Episode 6
“Escape from Camazotz”
Episode 7
“The Bridge”
Episode 8
“The Rightside Up”
Now, if you’ll recall, the first episode of the series was titled “The Vanishing of Will Byers,” so it will be interesting to find out who the character in question is for episode two of season five. And the final episode for season five is titled “The Rightside Up,” which of course is a nod to the Upside Down. Does this mean everything will finally be peaceful in Hawkins, Indiana? Or will we end on a cliff-hanger that will give way to a potential spin-off down the line? (As we know, the Duffer brothers are always working on something in the Stranger Things universe.)
Which cast members are returning?
Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Cara Buono, Joe Keery, Amybeth McNulty, Charlie Heaton, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Natalia Dyer, Jamie Campbell Bower, Priah Ferguson, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, and Sadie Sink will all be back.
What about new cast members?
The biggest name? None other than Linda Hamilton, from The Terminator, Children of the Corn, Chuck, and so much more. Joining Hamilton are Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, and Alex Breaux.
Also, Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, 10 Cloverfield Lane) will direct an episode for the fifth and final season.
What is the final season of Stranger Things about?
Understandably, details for the final season are being kept under wraps, but series creators Matt and Ross Duffer told Tudum that they wrote a 25-page mythology document for Netflix 10 years ago that delves into the mythology and lore of the Upside Down. Ross Duffer revealed during Geeked Week in June 2022 that the last remaining questions about the show are answered in that document, and they’ve “punted a couple of those to have some big reveals in season 5…which is going to affect what [the new season] is about.”
So basically, we don’t know much of anything (other than these behind-the-scenes photos from the Stranger Things official Instagram). But we’ll keep you posted on details as they trickle out.
Is there a trailer for season 5?
Not quite, but the official Stranger Things Instagram account posted this behind-the-scenes look midway through filming season 5.
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Of course, we’ll post the teaser trailer and official trailer as soon as Netflix releases them. So, in the meantime, let’s revisit the season-one trailer, when we were first introduced to the world of Hawkins, Indiana.
And of course, who could forget these moments with Maya Hawke, Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, and Sadie Sink?
Also read: Stranger Things star Sadie Sink cast in Spider-Man 4
Source: Jessica Radloff – Glamour
