New episodes of Stranger Things (season 5) are being released in three batches around the 2025 holiday season: four episodes on November 26, three on December 25, and the big series finale on December 31, all dropping in the evening U.S. time.

Release dates at a glance

  • Volume 1 (Episodes 1–4): November 26, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Netflix.
  • Volume 2 (Episodes 5–7): December 25, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
  • Finale (Episode 8): December 31, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.

Episode list and structure

Season 5 is the final season and has eight episodes, released in three parts.

  • Episodes 1–4: Released together as Volume 1 on November 26.
  • Episodes 5–7: Released together as Volume 2 on December 25.
  • Episode 8: A feature-length finale episode on December 31.

Some episode titles and runtimes already revealed include:

  • Chapter One: The Crawl – about 1 hour 8 minutes.
  • Chapter Two: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler – about 54 minutes.
  • Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap – about 1 hour 6 minutes.
  • Chapter Four: Sorcerer – about 1 hour 23 minutes.
  • Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up – around 2 hours 5 minutes.

Why the dates feel special

The schedule is designed around big U.S. holidays, so the season becomes a kind of event over Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.

  • This mirrors Netflix’s trend of splitting huge shows into multiple drops but goes further with a three-part rollout to build hype for the finale.
  • The final episode is also getting special theatrical screenings in hundreds of cinemas in the U.S. and Canada on December 31, timed with the streaming release.

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