The wait is finally over: the Stranger Things series finale premieres tonight. The fifth season (which is also the final one) began its victory lap with Volume 1, which contained four monster-sized episodes. They dropped the night before Thanksgiving. The next three episodes, featured in Volume 2 of Netflix's smash-hit series, hit the streamer on Christmas Day.
Now, Volume 3 is upon us. If you ever needed a reason to pop a bottle of champagne, this would be it.
Stranger Things 5 brings audiences back to Hawkins, Indiana. The year is 1987, and the town is under the watchful eye of a large military presence. And Vecna? Well, at the start of the season, he was nowhere to be found.
If you've watched the first seven episodes of Season 5 on Netflix, you know what's been going down with Eleven, Hopper, Mike and the gang. But I'm not here to shell out spoilers.
What is clear is that the crew of Hawkins heroes is in for one heck of an adventure -- and that's not taking into account every other adventure, monster fight and race for survival they've already been through. I know therapy wasn't as prevalent in the '80s, but goodness, do these folks need some serious psychoanalysis.
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Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Maya Hawke, Sadie Sink, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Jamie Campbell Bower, Brett Gelman and Priah Ferguson all star in Stranger Things 5. Linda Hamilton and Nell Fisher are among the newcomers this season. Read on to find out more info on the release schedule for Stranger Things 5. Note the premiere times for the episodes are different this time around.
Stranger Things 5, Volume 3 episode schedule
Season 5 of Stranger Things has one volume remaining, with Volume 3, which serves as the series finale, arriving tonight, Wednesday, Dec. 31, New Year's Eve. All of these episodes premiere at unusual times, compared to the previous seasons, landing on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
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