Netflix‘s hit series “Stranger Things” is set to come to a close with the upcoming fifth season. One of the most highly anticipated final seasons in streaming history will begin streaming on November 26, but for some lucky fans, it will be debuting even sooner.
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Schedule
Season 5 of “Stranger Things” will be split into three parts, with release dates staggered across several weeks during the 2025 holiday season.
Volume One of the final season, which includes episodes 1-4, will begin streaming on November 26, 2025.
Volume Two, which includes episodes 5-7, will begin streaming about a month later on December 25, 2025.
Episode 8, which will be the series finale, will then begin streaming on December 31, 2025.
All of the episodes will begin streaming at 8 p.m. ET.
Everything You Need to Know About Season 5
The fifth and final season kicks off in the fall of 1987.
“Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna,” the official synopsis reads. “But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”
Season 5 Sneak Peek
While episode one of the last season won’t begin streaming until November 26, a very limited number of lucky “Stranger Things” fans will have a chance to watch the first episode of the upcoming series two weeks early.
Netflix has announced that it will be holding two exclusive late-night screenings of “Stranger Things” season 5, episode 1, titled “Chapter One: The Crawl,” on November 13 in a central London theater, two weeks before the episode’s global debut. The first episode will be 68 minutes long.
There will be two screenings on the night, with one starting at 10:15 p.m. ET and the other starting at 12:30 a.m. ET.
How to Get Tickets
The good news is that the event is absolutely free. However, the bad news is that tickets are extremely limited and will be distributed through a random drawing.
In order to be eligible for the drawing, fans will need to register for an account at the ApplauseStore ticket portal and enter the drawing using the promo code “ST5FANS.” Fans will be able to select which of the two screenings they want to attend.
This drawing is limited to fans who are 18 or older.
The winners will then be randomly selected and notified through their email.
The deadline to enter the drawing is at 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, November 10th, 2025.
