The final battle begins between the heroes of Hawkins, Indiana and the malevolent forces of Vecna from the Upside Down as the Netflix hit drops episodes at three critical points of the holiday season.

The Season 5 "Stranger" premiere starts at the very beginning. It's a very good place to start.

It finally happened. After years of anticipation, the beginning of the end has arrived. Stranger Things 5, Volume 1 dropped on Netflix last night, November 26, 2025 The response to Stranger Things’ last season was so monumental that it did what few shows ever can: it briefly crashed Netflix itself.

Netflix's Thanksgiving week lineup of new movies and shows include the beginning of the end for Stranger Things and a new Christmas rom-com.

If you need a fantasy fix over the festive period, Netflix has just picked up Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands.

Netflix’s “Stranger Things” may be coming to an end, but the Wheeler family’s fictional home is beginning a new season.

This piece contains major spoilers for the first four episodes of Stranger Things Season 5, aka the entirety of Volume 1. It’s the beginning of the end for Netflix’s Stranger Things, with the first of four episodes of the fifth and final season now streaming.

The movie picked up rave reviews upon its release this summer and will be exposed to a large audience on Netflix this December.