The eight-episode final season of "Stranger Things" is being dropped in three parts. The first part, "Volume 1," premiered on Nov. 26. Three more episodes, "Volume 2," hit Netflix on Christmas Day. The finale will drop on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2025. It's also being shown in theaters.

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Fans are fervently hoping the show will stick the landing, but I have bad news: the Stranger Things series finale is going to be a critical miss, and there’s no hope. The Stranger Things series finale will be two hours and eight minutes,

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Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer, brothers and creative partners, attend the "Stranger Things" Season 5 U.K. special screening at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Nov. 13, 2025, in London. This article contains spoilers from Season 5, Vol. 2 , of "Stranger Things."