After literal years of waiting, we finally have a release date for Season 5 of Stranger Things. As a part of their TUDUM event today, Netflix revealed that the final season of the cult favorite horror series will premiere on the streamer in three parts, wrapping up a nearly decade-long journey for its (not so) young stars.
Vol. 1 of Stranger Things‘ final season will premiere on November 26, with Vol. 2 following on Christmas Day (December 25) and the finale on New Year's Eve (December 31).
Virtually nothing is known about the fifth and final season of the horror series, which originally premiered on the streamer back in 2016. We do know that its core cast, including Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, David Harbour, and Winona Ryder, will all be returning for the final season, but in what capacity, we have no idea. We do know, however, that the feature-length episodes that became a fixture of Season 4 will be returning for Season 5, according to co-star Maya Hawke.
“They are very intense and serious about the quality of the continued writing, and so it takes a long time to write each season and a long time to shoot them,” she said of the “very long” episodes on Penn Badgeley’s Podcrushed podcast, and the delay in the release of Season 5. All we know about the season so far, aside from its release date, are its eight episode titles: “The Crawl,” “The Vanishing of [Name Redacted],” “The Turnbow Trap,” “Sorcerer,” “Shock Jock,” “Escape from Camazotz,” “The Bridge,” and “The Rightside Up.”
This week marks three years since Season 4 premiered on the streamer, featuring the introduction and demise of fan-favorite character Eddie Munson, played by Fantastic Four star Joseph Quinn. There’s been scant little news since then, as production was first delayed by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes and then again by Netflix’s own production schedules, meaning it’ll have taken nine years to release five seasons. Woof.
Stranger Things Season 5 hits Netflix on November 26. Check out the announcement video below:
