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Season 5 – Stranger Things

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Nov 2025

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Mysteries unravel in a small Midwestern town in the 1980s, involving supernatural forces, secret experiments and one strange girl.

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Critics Consensus

Stranger Things plays its cards just right in Season 5, solidifying its pop culture classic status with genuinely captivating genre fare.

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Audience Says

This fifth season of Stranger Things unleashes mind-bending plot twists and throws us back with the pack, delivering a long-awaited payoff that's unlikely to please all fans.

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Nadira Goffe

Slate

Jan 5

The show probably should have hung up its hat a season or two earlier—but it’s never easy to say goodbye, a sentiment that the Stranger Things finale ultimately proved.

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Jason Clark

Slant Magazine

Jan 3

2/4

The show's fifth and final season boils down to a series of "Remember when?" moments.

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Judy Berman

TIME Magazine

Dec 30

Stranger Things has devolved into a joyless, uninspired, unidirectional slog.

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Josie Meléndez

Cinemania World Podcast

Jun 23

3/5

An emotional send-off.

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DJ BenHaMeen

For All Nerds Podcast

Jun 5

3/5

If you've been watching from the beginning this season manages to provide a fitting ending, with some real tearjerker moments in between the horror hijinks, which are mainly background noise at this point.

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Josh Davis

Pop Culture Leftovers

May 21

For those who stuck it out, the cast are like old friends. And the finale is like a warm hug from the Duffer Brothers to fans. Pop some popcorn, open a Coke, let yourself be 12 years old again, and just enjoy the ride.

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Rosanne R

@RT5689032178 2h

The finale held no emotion. If a show is ending after this long and this much hype and foreshadowing there has to be a shock. There was 0 shock in this episode other than the fact it was lackluster… NOTHING HAPPENED. This finale did nothing but TRY and tie loose ends but it simply put, FAILED. This was so unbelievably disappointing.

Tomato B

@GummyBee 22h

With any series you expect the ending to fall apart. This is a very common trend with TV series. But I am happy to say that stranger things nailed the ending. That alone earned it huge points in my book.

Sheri Q

@Quinny489 23h

I don't think they could have ended the show any better. It was emotional without feeling manipulative, and every major character got a satisfying conclusion.

Paola C

@Polly657 3d

It was a slog to get through. Like every season except for the first, this one also suffered from being bloated, repetitive and long-winded. Didn't help that every episode was well over an hour long and felt like it. It would've been fine if it was atleast visually nice to look at. But good god, so many scenes were shot so terribly and looked so bad. Overall it was by far the worst season imo.

Ansh AJ

@RT85621263 3d

The action is clean. The most remarkable thing that I liked about is the acting of all the characters especially ELEVEN. The directors took an odd concept to make a series on but they did a great job in that.

Marci M

@Marci567 4d

As a day 1 watcher, I was very satisfied with the ending. As a piece of entertainment, there really wasn’t much over the past decade that surpassed it. Definitely feels like the end of an era in television in many ways.

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Eleven

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Mike Wheeler

Gaten Matarazzo

Dustin Henderson

Caleb McLaughlin

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Episode 1

Aired Nov 26, 2025

Chapter One: The Crawl

The gang evades the military to search the Upside Down for Vecna but overlooks a threat closer to home.

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Episode 2

Aired Nov 26, 2025

Chapter Two: The Vanishing of

After a vicious attack at the Wheeler home, Mike and Nancy confront the cost of secrecy, while El and Hopper embark on a rescue mission.

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Episode 3

Aired Nov 26, 2025

Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap

Will gains unique insight into Vecna's next move, giving the crew an opportunity to set a trap; Holly explores her new surroundings.

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Episode 4

Aired Nov 26, 2025

Chapter Four: Sorcerer

The military tightens its grip on the town as Mike, Lucas and Robin orchestrate a daring escape; El confronts the enemy face to face.

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Episode 5

Aired Dec 25, 2025

Chapter Five: Shock Jock

The gang hatches an electrifying plan to reconnect Will to the hive mind; tensions flare during a search of the Upside Down's Hawkins Lab.

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Episode 6

Aired Dec 25, 2025

Chapter Six: Escape From Camazotz

As Holly and Max fight to escape Vecna's mind, El must find a way into Will's; Joyce wrestles with guilt; Jonathan and Nancy face a turning point.

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Episode 7

Aired Dec 25, 2025

Chapter Seven: The Bridge

On the anniversary of Will's disappearance, the party reunites to prepare for a battle with world-altering implications.

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Episode 8

Aired Dec 31, 2025

Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up

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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