Stranger Things 5 part 1 is finally here, and we’re ranking all four episodes from the least exciting to the absolute best.

As "Stranger Things" comes to an end, it becomes clear that Will is critical to stopping Vecna once and for all.

Season 5 opens with a flashback to November 12, 1983, six days after Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) went missing. It gives us the first glimpse at what Will was going through while he was in the Upside Down, and it directly ties his disappearance to Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) for the first time.

Season 5 sees Holly Wheeler, Mike and Nancy's younger sister, become a main character. During the first episode of the new season Holly begins chatting to a mystery figure who no one else could see and by the end of the first episode a Demogorgon comes to her house and ends up kidnapping her and taking her into the Upside Down. Or so it seems...

Stranger Things 5 dropped its first four episodes in November, and fans have been waiting ever since. Here's the full India schedule for the upcoming episodes — Volume 2 on December 26 and the grand finale on January 1 — along with episode titles and streaming details.

Holiday movies were all the rage on Netflix last week. Well, holiday movies and Stranger Things. The final season of the Duffer Brothers’ supernatural drama began rolling out on November 26 with the first four episodes,

Netflix's Stranger Things 5 apparel, toys, food and other merch includes the $300 Lego Icons Stranger Things: The Creel House Set.

Less than a week has passed since the premiere of Stranger Things Season 5 on Netflix in the 2025 TV schedule, and the streamer has wasted no time in sharing viewership numbers that reveal just how much of a hit Volume 1 has already been among fans with a Netflix subscription.