Stranger Things: Season 5

16
2025
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The final season of the Duffer brothers' award-winning, nostalgia-driven sci-fi hit. After a boy vanishes into thin air, his close-knit... More

Where to watch Stranger Things: Season 5

Stranger Things: Season 5 is available to stream in New... More Zealand now on Netflix.

Stranger Things: Season 5 episodes

Episode 5.1

Chapter One: The Crawl

November, 1987. The gang evades the military to scour the... More Upside Down for Vecna — but fails to notice a threat lurking closer to home.

Episode 5.2

Chapter Two: The Vanishing of...

After a vicious attack at the Wheeler home, Mike and... More Nancy confront the cost of secrecy, while El and Hopper embark on a rescue mission.

Episode 5.3

Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap

Will gains unique insight into Vecna's next move, giving the... More crew an opportunity to set a trap. Holly explores her new surroundings.

Episode 5.4

Chapter Four: Sorcerer

The military tightens its grip on the town. Mike, Lucas... More and Robin orchestrate a daring escape. El comes face-to-face with the enemy.

EPISODE 5.5
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Due: 25 Dec 2025

Chapter Five: Shock Jock

Plot TBA. The Vol. 2 premiere.

EPISODE 5.6
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Due: 25 Dec 2025

Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz

Plot TBA. However, in Madeleine L'Engle's science fantasy novel A... More Wrinkle in Time, "Camazotz" is the name of a dark planet ensnared by a malevolent presence. During the filming of Season 5, Ross Duffer posted a picture of the novel's cover on Instagram, seemingly hinting toward the novel's significance.

EPISODE 5.7
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Due: 25 Dec 2025

Chapter Seven: The Bridge

Plot TBA. The penultimate episode of the series, also acting... More as the finale to Vol. 2.

EPISODE 5.8
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Due: 1 Jan 2026

Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up

The feature-length series finale to the coming-of-age sci-fi phenomenon. To... More end this nightmare, they'll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.

Stranger Things: Season 5 | Ratings & Reviews

"Stranger Things’ high-stakes final season is an escapist pleasure."

Financial TimesFinancial Times

"Brings blockbuster-level thrills and euphoric bursts of action and heroism, but little room for much else."

Bloody DisgustingBloody Disgusting

"Admirably immersive."

IndependentIndependent

"This luxurious final run will have you standing on a chair, yelling with joy."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"Stranger Things' final season is OK. But we should demand greatness."

USA TodayUSA Today

"Time to move on."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Like an increasing number of recent streaming shows, it feels written for an audience that is only half paying attention."

Seattle TimesSeattle Times

"Confirms the show's status as a cross-generational all-timer."

TV GuideTV Guide

"The premiere is messy and unfocused in ways that none of the other seasons were."

RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.com

"It's fun to watch, and it's never boring. But it's also a bit exhausting."

Slash FilmSlash Film

"Less scary and less singular at a point when it should be reaching its Mount Doom–like peak."

VultureVulture

"Remains top-rank comfort viewing."

The TelegraphThe Telegraph

"By declining to enrich its characters as they age, Stranger Things traps itself in arrested development."

VarietyVariety

"The Duffers are so skilled at keeping the plot hurtling along that many may not notice how much these new dangers feel like old storylines."

NPRNPR

"No Stranger Things fan is going away disappointed from these episodes."

BBCBBC

"Season 5 works because of the humanity still underpinning its increasingly absurd story."

DeciderDecider

"Excessive running times aside, the final season's first half works better in its few smaller moments than its many big ones."

IndieWireIndieWire

"Volume one doesn’t rewrite the manual but why would you want it to? This is richly entertaining stuff."

The TimesThe Times

"This opening batch of episodes does more than set the stage for a climactic showdown; it reminds us why Stranger Things hooked us in the first place."

San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chronicle

"Both our heroes and their deadliest foes still have thrilling new tricks up their sleeves."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"As the show has grown, so has the need to make Vecna bigger and badder... and as a consequence, to shrink the lives of the other characters."

Boston GlobeBoston Globe

"Good but no longer great."

Hindustan TimesHindustan Times

Stranger Things: Season 5 | Details

Rating
16, Graphic violence, horror
Genre
Horror, Science Fiction
Country of origin
USA
Studio
Netflix Original