when do the next episodes of stranger things drop

New Stranger Things episodes are dropping in three holiday batches: Volume 1 on November 26, 2025, Volume 2 on December 25, 2025, and the big finale on December 31, 2025, all on Netflix at fixed evening times in the U.S.

Quick Scoop

• Volume 1 (Episodes 1–4):
  • Drops November 26, 2025.

* U.S. release time is 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (evening “event” drop instead of the usual midnight).

• Volume 2 (Episodes 5–7):
  • Drops Christmas Day, December 25, 2025.

* Same time pattern: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT in the U.S., with local-time variations worldwide (e.g., early hours on December 26 in the U.K.).

• Finale (Episode 8):
  • Drops on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2025.

* A standalone, extra‑long final episode, also released as a timed global event in the evening.

What’s “next” from today?

Since today is December 26, 2025, Volume 2 has just hit Netflix (or is newly available depending on your time zone), so the next thing to drop is the series finale on December 31, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT in the U.S.

Holiday rollout vibe

• The season is structured as a holiday “event”: Thanksgiving (Volume 1), Christmas (Volume 2), and New Year’s Eve (finale), designed so most viewers are off work or school.

• Netflix heavily marketed this as a global, synchronized send‑off for the show, with the date announcement video explicitly calling out those three drops.

TL;DR:
Next up after the episodes you can already watch is the Stranger Things Season 5 finale on December 31, 2025 (New Year’s Eve) in the evening on Netflix , with exact clock time depending on your time zone.

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