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| ShortSummary    = While hiding in the Upside Down in 1983,{{efn|Between the events of "[[Chapter Seven: The Bathtub]]" and "[[Chapter Eight: The Upside Down]]" (2016).}} [[Will Byers]] is caught by [[Vecna (Stranger Things)|Vecna]] and infected. In 1987, 18 months after the Rifts incident,{{efn|As depicted in "[[Chapter Nine: The Piggyback]]" (2022).}} the [[United States military|military]] has Hawkins under quarantine and has created a base camp within the Upside Down while still on the hunt for [[Eleven (Stranger Things)|Eleven]], who trains in hiding with [[Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)|Jim Hopper]] and [[Joyce Byers|Joyce]]. Will, Lucas, and [[Mike Wheeler (Stranger Things)|Mike Wheeler]] lay low during the military occupation, though Dustin continues to honor Eddie, to the provocation of the school basketball team. [[Steve Harrington]], Robin, Jonathan, and [[Nancy Wheeler|Nancy]] work at a local radio station, where they relay coded messages to the group about opportunities to sneak Hopper into the Upside Down, that they call "crawls", to find Vecna's hideout. Dustin is viciously beaten at Eddie's grave, causing him to miss the next "crawl", which goes awry when a Demogorgon attacks the military caravan, forcing Hopper to take shelter within the Upside Down. Will telepathically witnesses the attack and sees the Demogorgon head towards the Wheeler residence just as it tears open a gate in the bedroom of Mike and Nancy's younger sister Holly.
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| ShortSummary    = The Demogorgon attacks and severely injures Mike and Nancy's parents Karen and Ted before disappearing with Holly to the Upside Down. Eleven follows the Demogorgon through a gate into the Upside Down and finds Hopper, and the two search for Holly until they encounter a giant wall surrounding the edge of Hawkins. Jonathan accuses Steve of competing for Nancy’s attention before Dustin finds them, while Lucas continues tending to a comatose Max in hopes she'll wake up. As Karen and Ted remain hospitalized, Nancy and Mike theorize that Mr. Whatsit, Holly's imaginary friend, may have been real and involved in Holly's disappearance. Robin proposes using Will's telepathic link to Vecna and the hive mind to track Holly in the Upside Down. Karen informs Nancy and Mike that Mr. Whatsit's first name is Henry, whom they realize is Vecna's human form. Will discovers his earlier visions were actually Vecna’s point of view as he stalked Holly and realizes he can know Vecna's targets.
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| WrittenBy      = Caitlin Schneiderhan
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| ShortSummary    = Vecna targets Holly's classmate and bully, Derek Turnbow, as his next victim. Hopper and Eleven fail to break through the massive wall and are ambushed by military agents, but they manage to overpower them. Eleven concludes that the military has captured Vecna and is holding him hostage at the base. Will informs the group that he can now access the hive mind and establish a telepathic link see through Vecna's perspective. Mike and Nancy explain that Vecna disguised himself as an imaginary friend to earn Holly's trust before abducting her, prompting the group to devise a plan to use Derek as bait to trap the Demogorgon, and implant a tracker in it to reach Holly before more children are taken. The group arms themselves using weapons smuggled in by Murray and enlists Erica to drug Derek and his family. The team splits up, transporting the unconscious family to an abandoned barn while converting Derek's house into a trap for the Demogorgon. The plan unravels when Derek wakes up and Will realizes the Demogorgon has located his group. Meanwhile, Holly finds herself in Henry's childhood home, where she encounters Max.
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| ShortSummary    = Hopper and Eleven infiltrate the military base intending to kill Vecna, defeat a squad of soldiers, and discover that the captive inside the base is Kali, the only other surviving Hawkins Lab subject. Max explains to Holly that they are trapped inside Vecna's memories, nicknamed "Camazotz", where Max has remained ever since her brief death. Will's group is attacked by a Demogorgon until Dustin, Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan chase it into the Upside Down. The military detains all children in Hawkins who could be potential victims. Will experiences a vision of Holly being restrained with three more children and empty spots for a further eight. Will's group infiltrates the base to smuggle the children out of Hawkins. Demogorgons burst from the Upside Down and attack the base just as Vecna appears, slaughtering the entire military before telling Will that he uses the Demogorgons to kidnap children and make them his spies, just like he is. As Vecna retreats back into the Upside Down, the Demogorgons nearly kill Mike, Lucas, and Robin until Will unlocks psychic powers and kills the Demogorgons.
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The Nightingale
Season 5
File:Stranger Things season 5.jpeg
Promotional poster
Showrunners
Starring
No. of episodes4
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original releaseNovember 26, 2025 (2025-11-26) –
present
Season chronology
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Season 4

The first season of the American science fiction horror drama television series The Nightingale, marketed as Minecraft The NIghtingale, was released on the streaming service Netflix. The season, consists of eight episodes, was released on November 26, 2025. The season was produced by the shows creator Freddie Goodwin, along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen.

The season stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Cara Buono, Linda Hamilton, and Jamie Campbell Bower. Joe Chrest, Jake Connelly, Amybeth McNulty, Nell Fisher, Sherman Augustus, Alex Breaux, and Linnea Berthelsen appear in recurring roles.

Premise

After the events of the fourth season, in the fall of 1987, the group seeks to find and kill Vecna after the Rifts opened in Hawkins. The mission becomes complicated when the military arrives in Hawkins and begins hunting Eleven. As the anniversary of Will Byers' disappearance approaches, the group must fight one last time against a deadly threat.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Stranger Things characters

Main

Also starring

Recurring

  • Clayton Royal Johnson as Andy[4]
  • Hunter Romanillos as Chance[4]
  • Calista Craig as Mary
  • Emanuel Borria as Sergeant Luis Rameriz

Guest

  • Eden Stephens as Debbie Miller
  • Hope Hynes Love as Mrs. Harris
  • Randy Havens as Mr. Clarke
  • Chandel D. Christopher as Doris
  • Caroline Elle Abrams as Tina Turnbow
  • Kelly Collins Lintz as Mrs. Turnbow
  • Gray Hawks as Ken Turnbow
  • Kyle Riggs as Private Chapman

Episodes

See also: List of Stranger Things episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
351"Chapter One: The Crawl"The Duffer BrothersThe Duffer BrothersNovember 26, 2025 (2025-11-26)
362TBAThe Duffer BrothersThe Duffer BrothersNovember 26, 2025 (2025-11-26)
373"Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap"Frank DarabontCaitlin SchneiderhanNovember 26, 2025 (2025-11-26)
384"Chapter Four: Sorcerer"The Duffer BrothersPaul DichterNovember 26, 2025 (2025-11-26)
Volume 2
395"Chapter Five: Shock Jock"Frank DarabontCurtis GwinnDecember 25, 2025 (2025-12-25)
406"Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz"Shawn LevyKate TrefryDecember 25, 2025 (2025-12-25)
417"Chapter Seven: The Bridge"The Duffer Brothers & Shawn LevyThe Duffer BrothersDecember 25, 2025 (2025-12-25)
Finale
428"Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up"The Duffer BrothersThe Duffer BrothersDecember 31, 2025 (2025-12-31)
Notes

Production

Development

On February 17, 2022, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer released an expansive letter about Stranger Things that included, amongst other revelations, the fourth season's two-part release schedule, their intention to produce a spinoff series set in the world of the show for Netflix, and the renewal of the series for a fifth and final season.[5] The duo had originally indicated the show was planned to run for a maximum four seasons, but a five season run was later teased by producers in 2017.[6]

As with seasons past, planning for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things began before the preceding season's release. However, due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Duffers were able to completely outline the fifth season before the fourth had even begun shooting, which was a departure from their usual development cadence. They then revisited their outline and reworked the structure and events of season five based on feedback they received after the release of season four, even going so far as to alter the series' ending.[7] In June 2023, it was announced that Dan Trachtenberg had been hired to direct an episode of the season.[8] Executive producer Shawn Levy was confirmed to be directing at least one episode in the season by September 2023.[9] Frank Darabont came out of retirement to direct two episodes, having been a huge fan of the series alongside his wife.[10]

Writing

Writing for the fifth season began on August 2, 2022, about a month after the release of the fourth season's second volume.[11] On November 6, 2022 (Stranger Things Day), it was announced that the first episode would be titled "Chapter One: The Crawl" and would be written by the Duffers.[12] As noted by the Duffers in the WGFestival 2022, some unused ideas originally conceived for the second season were implemented in the fifth season's storylines. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on the entertainment industry, the Duffers had time to outline the fifth season before even the fourth season could be shot, edited and released, but once the fourth season was released, the Duffers received some feedback from both the fans and collaborators of the show, leading them to re-write some plans for the season, namely the series finale, and pitch them to Netflix, though they noted that most of their original plan stayed unchanged.[7] The writers team described the tone of the season as if "season 1 and 4 had a baby" which was "injected with steroids".[13] On May 6, 2023, the Duffers announced that writing for the season had been paused due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[14] On September 27, the day the strike ended, the Twitter account of the Stranger Things writers' room posted an image stating "We're back",[15] confirming that writing had resumed. Netflix reportedly would prioritize writing this script because Stranger Things was profitable and because the actors, though still young, could not continue to portray teenagers forever.[16] On October 14, 2023, it was revealed that writing was over halfway done.[17] The Duffer Brothers mentioned the ease of writing the split in parts of the season as opposed to the split that was "necessitated" in the fourth season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

The final table read occurred on September 8, 2024, in Stage 16 of the Atlanta production facilities used in previous Stranger Things seasons. It was attended by the Duffer Brothers, Levy, and the cast members.[19] By this time, the actors had not read the script up to the finale since the Duffer brothers generally do not share their work with the cast. In August 2025, Ross mentioned that the first episode is the most "eventful" of the entire series along with the series premiere and that the second has the "craziest cold open" they have done.[20] With Variety, Matt revealed that we would see Mike Wheeler "became the leader again" but in a more "confident" and "mature" version than the one from the first season.[21] The season will reveal the truth and what the Upside Down really is. It will also mark the end of the main characters' stories, with the finale wrapping up their stories, Vecna, and the creatures of the Upside Down (Demogorgons, the Mind Flayer, and Demobats).[22] The military gains weight in the season establishing a military quarantine to try to cover the "portal disaster" and assigning a team, known as "The Wolf Pack" and led by Dr. Kay (Linda Hamilton), to capture Eleven.[4] Eleven now "has better control over her powers" and uses them "in more innovative ways", with Matt saying that the most accurate example would be "probably the Force".[23] Finn Wolfhard said that one of the concerns was the finale and that it wouldn't be and have a reception like the one of Game of Thrones (2011–2019), but when they read the script for the episode they knew that "it was something special",[4] The Duffers mentioned that Vecna is now "stronger and scarier than ever" like "Freddy [Krueger] on steroids" with, for example, his powers now being "effective" in the real world and not only in the Upside Down. Ross Duffer mentioned that Dustin Henderson is grieving and "struggling" over what happened to Eddie Munson, which will put "challenges" on his relationship with Steve Harrington and how it will be "destabilizing" that he will not be, as he has been in previous seasons, the one who keeps the group "together and keep everyone aligned".[24] The Duffers mention that this season reveals what the Upside Down really is and why Vecna took Will Byers in the first season. Will is a central character of the season in order for the story to "go full circle" and explore his "connection and relationship" with Vecna. For Vecna, they drew inspiration from the "bad guys" in The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), as well as Darth Vader's entrance in the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016) to showcase "his powers in full display."[25]

The Duffer brothers discussed Will's powers, a decision they had been considering for some time. They mentioned that his powers aren't like Vecna's or Eleven's; he can only control what's inside Vecna's and the Upside Down's hive mind, with Ross mentioning that his power source comes from Vecna ​​and it's as if he's "puppeteering" it.[26]

Casting

The fifth season features the return of Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Cara Buono, and Jamie Campbell Bower.[27] In June 2023, during Netflix's Tudum event, it was announced that Linda Hamilton would be joining the cast.[28] Hamilton had contacted the Duffers through Zoom, with them providing her information about the "shape" of her character, but not the story.[29] When production began in January 2024, a set photo released by the team confirmed the return of Amybeth McNulty as Vickie.[30] That same month, Eduardo Franco, who had a main role as Argyle in the previous season, stated that he was not involved and that Argyle would not return.[31] In July 2024, Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, and Alex Breaux joined the cast.[32][33] Amidst filming in mid-October 2024, a casting call was announced by Knight Edge Media for Jim Hopper's late daughter Sara, who was previously portrayed by Elle Graham in the first season, with indications she would similarly feature in flashback sequences with a requirement of the chosen actress to resemble Graham back then.[34] In November 2024, Nell Fisher was confirmed to appear as Holly Wheeler, who was previously played by twin actresses Tinsley and Anniston Price in the first four seasons.[35]

Filming

Harbour originally expected to shoot his scenes as Jim Hopper for the season concurrently with those of his character Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Thunderbolts* (2025), which was originally planned to be shot at the same time as the season in Atlanta.[36] However, the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes caused both productions to be delayed.[37] Because of this, the Duffers' initial agreement with Ryder upon joining the show back in mid-2015, that of letting her take a break from the series to reprise her role as Lydia Deetz in a possible Beetlejuice (1988) sequel that Tim Burton had been seriously planning since 2000, did not need to be granted as Ryder shot Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) amid the disputes before filming on the season began.[38] After a significant delay due to the disputes, production of the fifth season began on January 8, 2024.[39] By March 2024, Brown stated that there had been nine months left of filming and that she had then read the script for six episodes.[40] On June 27, Hawke revealed on the "Podcrushed" podcast that the season will consist of "basically eight movies", and that the episodes are "very long".[41] On July 3, Ross Duffer revealed that production was halfway done.[42] In October 2024, Wolfhard stated to People that they were "almost done shooting".[43] Filming wrapped on December 20, 2024.[44][45] The last shot recorded on set was a lunchbox that "didn't include any of the cast".[18] The Duffer brothers, despite the scheduling and time constraints that could have arisen, managed "to structure it" so every actor's last day was really their last scene. Keery revealed that everyone felt some "fatigue" after filming for a year, material which he describes as "incredible." Certain actors, such as Nell Fisher, had also filmed scenes from the finale prior to the table read.[19]

The Duffers revealed that they have been able to try new methods of filming for this season, such as first-person shots of the Demogorgon, the "demo-vision".[4]

Post-production

In January 2025, the Duffers announced that post-production for the season was underway and that work on the visual effects was "ahead of schedule".[46][47] In October, the Duffers revealed that the editing process of the season was already complete.[22]

In October, it was reported each episode to have cost $50–60 million, with the season as a whole reaching a budget of $400–480 million.[48]

Marketing

In January 2025, a missing poster for Eleven (displayed as Jane Hopper) was released.[49] New footage from the season was released on May 31, during the celebration of Tudum alongside the release dates.[50] On July 15, the first promotional poster was released.[51]

A teaser trailer was released on July 16,[52] featuring the song "Child in Time" by Deep Purple.[53] Aya Tsintziras of Game Rant praised the emotional charge between the characters in the teaser.[54] One of the most talked about aspects of the teaser was Vecna's redesign, which had a "thinner" and "spinier" appearance.[52][55][56]

The official trailer was released on October 30,[57] featuring the song "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen.[58] The trailer was accidentally posted hours earlier by Netflix.[59] On November 6, during a virtual watch party, Netflix released the five minute opening sequence to "Chapter One: The Crawl".[60] Early that month, Levy took a short break from filming Star Wars: Starfighter (2027) to be able to promote the season due to the show's 10th anniversary being a special occasion for him.[61]

Release

The season had its world premiere on November 6, 2025, in Los Angeles,[62] and is set to be released in three parts: the first volume of four episodes debuted on November 26, followed by the second with three episodes on December 25, and the series finale on December 31.[63][64] For the season premiere, the bandwidth was increased by 30% to prevent slow performance, but the site crashed shortly after the premiere.[65]

The series finale will also have a limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada until January 1, 2026. It was previously reported that the finale would not be released in theaters because a lot of people watched the series on Netflix and to give them "what they want". Despite initial pushback, it was reported that the plan to release the finale in theaters had been "in the works for some time", with Ross Duffer stating that it had been in the works for a year.[66]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the fifth season holds an approval rating of 88% based on 57 reviews. The website's critics consensus states, "Stranger Things plays its cards just right in Season 5, solidifying its pop culture classic status with genuinely captivating genre fare."[67] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 71 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable".[68]

References

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