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Stranger Things – Season 5, Episode 8 Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up

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82% Tomatometer 17 Reviews
As Vecna prepares to destroy the world as we know it, the party must put everything on the line to defeat him once and for all.
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Stranger Things — Season 5, Episode 8

Stranger Things — Season 5, Episode 8

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Drawing all its threads to a close, Stranger Things plays it safe and sound in this series finale with a fitting end that sails into the sunset of televisual history, not with a bang, but with a sentimental salute.

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Linda Holmes Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast) Jan 8, 2026
The whole thing felt to me like an exercise in trying to have it both ways and all ways. And that epilogue to me, honestly, felt like a 90210 episode. Go to Full Review Peter Travers The Travers Take Jan 2, 2026
2.5/4
No matter how much their series stumbles, blunders and lurches to a foregone, overextended conclusion, these now grown-up Hawkins kids will always have a place in our hearts, starting with the immortal Millie Bobby Brown Go to Full Review Karl Quinn The Age (Australia) Jan 2, 2026
4.5/5
...the Duffer Brothers stamped their very personal mark on things, to ensure that finally Stranger Things should stand the test of time as something more than a masterful act of pastiche. Well played. Go to Full Review André Didyme-Dôme Rolling Stone en Español Sep 11, 2026
Stranger Things 5 ​​is an uneven, disorienting, and somewhat overwhelming season that finds its emotional balance almost at the end, and that's what saves it. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Ronald Young Jr. Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast) Jan 8, 2026
...when it got to the end, it felt like this whole season was more about saying goodbye to Stranger Things, the show, than it was about closing out the story well. Go to Full Review Tim Stevens The Spool Jan 7, 2026
As my reviews of the show have returned to again and again, the show gets its characters and understands the emotional touchpoints of both. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis As Vecna prepares to destroy the world as we know it, the party must put everything on the line to defeat him once and for all.
Executive Producer
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Dec 31, 2025
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