
Season 5
20258 episodes · Final season
The final season returns to Hawkins as the battle with the Upside Down reaches its endgame.

Netflix · 2016–2025
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5 seasons · 42 episodes
S1·E147 minWill Byers disappears after a night of Dungeons & Dragons, and Hawkins begins to unravel.
July 15, 2016
S1·E255 minMike shelters a mysterious girl while Joyce receives unsettling phone calls.
July 15, 2016
S1·E351 minHopper digs into the lab's past as the search for Will intensifies.
July 15, 2016
S1·E449 minA grim discovery forces the town to confront what happened to Will.
July 15, 2016
S1·E552 minThe boys theorize about alternate dimensions while Hopper follows a paper trail.
July 15, 2016
S1·E646 minAlliances fracture as danger closes in on Eleven and the party.
July 15, 2016
S1·E741 minEleven attempts to locate Will through a sensory-deprivation experiment.
July 15, 2016
S1·E854 minThe season culminates in a rescue mission into the Upside Down.
July 15, 2016
S2·E148 minA year later, Will still feels the Upside Down while a new arrival shakes up Hawkins Middle.
October 27, 2017
S2·E256 minHalloween night brings visions for Will and tension for Eleven.
October 27, 2017
S2·E351 minDustin finds a strange creature while Will's connection deepens.
October 27, 2017
S2·E446 minJoyce and Hopper seek answers as Will's condition worsens.
October 27, 2017
S2·E558 minHopper investigates tunnels beneath Hawkins while Eleven searches for her past.
October 27, 2017
S2·E651 minThe Mind Flayer's influence forces hard choices.
October 27, 2017
S2·E745 minEleven meets others from the lab's shadow network.
October 27, 2017
S2·E847 minThe group mounts a plan against the entity controlling Will.
October 27, 2017
S2·E962 minA final stand aims to close the gate and free Hawkins.
October 27, 2017
S3·E150 minSummer 1985 opens with the Starcourt Mall and shifting friendships.
July 4, 2019
S3·E250 minStrange events around the mall draw suspicion while romance complicates the party.
July 4, 2019
S3·E349 minA disappearance at the pool pulls Nancy and Jonathan into a new investigation.
July 4, 2019
S3·E452 minThe group tests a theory about possession as Hopper and Joyce chase a lead.
July 4, 2019
S3·E551 minThe Mind Flayer's influence spreads through Hawkins.
July 4, 2019
S3·E659 minMultiple fronts collide as the threat beneath Starcourt grows.
July 4, 2019
S3·E755 minInjuries and revelations raise the stakes for everyone.
July 4, 2019
S3·E876 minThe season finale centers on Starcourt and the fate of Hawkins.
July 4, 2019
S4·E176 minIn 1986, the party joins Hellfire Club while a new horror stalks Hawkins.
May 27, 2022
S4·E275 minA curse-like force targets teens in Hawkins as investigations begin.
May 27, 2022
S4·E363 minEleven trains to reclaim her powers while Hopper endures captivity.
May 27, 2022
S4·E478 minMax confronts trauma as Vecna's grip tightens.
May 27, 2022
S4·E574 minEleven undergoes Project Nina while the California group races for help.
May 27, 2022
S4·E673 minHopper attempts a dangerous escape as Hawkins digs for answers.
May 27, 2022
S4·E798 minEleven's past at Hawkins Lab comes into focus.
May 27, 2022
S4·E885 minConfrontations escalate across California, Russia, and Hawkins.
July 1, 2022
S4·E9139 minA coordinated final assault targets Vecna.
July 1, 2022
S5·E1The final season opens as Hawkins remains under the shadow of the Upside Down.
November 26, 2025
S5·E2A child goes missing, and Hawkins is sent back through a search it has lived before.
November 26, 2025
S5·E3A plan takes shape, and carrying it out asks more of the group than anyone expected.
November 26, 2025
S5·E4The search for answers leads back to old ground and to older questions.
November 26, 2025
S5·E5A voice on the radio cuts through the quarantine and shifts what Hawkins believes.
December 25, 2025
S5·E6A way out is attempted from a place that does not let people leave.
December 25, 2025
S5·E7A crossing is made, and the group divides over what to do with it.
December 25, 2025
S5·E8The series finale brings the story of Hawkins and the Upside Down to a close.
December 31, 2025

8 episodes · Final season
The final season returns to Hawkins as the battle with the Upside Down reaches its endgame.

Millie Bobby Brown
A girl with telekinetic and psychic abilities who escaped Hawkins National Laboratory.

Finn Wolfhard
Leader of the party, Dungeon Master, and Eleven's closest friend.

Noah Schnapp
The boy whose disappearance starts the story and who remains deeply linked to the Upside Down.

Gaten Matarazzo
Inventive, loyal member of the party known for science smarts and radio skills.

Caleb McLaughlin
Pragmatic and brave party member, later connected to Max Mayfield.

Sadie Sink
Skateboarder who joins the party in Season 2 and becomes central to later battles.

Winona Ryder
Will and Jonathan's mother, relentless in protecting her family from the Upside Down.

David Harbour
Hawkins police chief who becomes Eleven's adoptive father figure.
Official final trailer for Stranger Things Season 1 (Netflix).
Official final trailer for Stranger Things 2 (Netflix).
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Official on-set look at Stranger Things 5.
Official trailer for the Stranger Things 5 making-of documentary (Netflix).
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Published March 10, 2026
A beginner-friendly explanation of the Upside Down without deep spoilers.
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Published February 2, 2026
A high-level overview of Hawkins National Laboratory based on on-screen facts.
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