Stranger Things season 5 release dates have been revealed, and Netflix has turned my 2025 festive season plans upside down

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Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:46:22 +0000

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Netflix has finally confirmed how and when it'll release Stranger Things' fifth and final season.

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Things season 5's multiple release dates have been revealed It'll arrive in three parts between late November and New Year's Eve/New Year's Day Netflix
is hoping it'll be the biggest festive TV hit of 2025

Good news, everyone! Stranger Things season 5 's release date has finally
been revealed. Unfortunately, you'll have to tweak your 2025 holiday season plans if you want to stream it as soon as it arrives.

We already knew that Stranger Things 5 was set to be released in 2025 and, according to a major online leak, it was suggested that Stranger Things ' final season would arrive this November . Well, that turned out to be partly true.

Announced towards the end of Netflix Tudum 2025 , the smash hit show's final season will launch on the world's best streaming service in not one, not two, but three parts. That's the first time that Netflix has chosen to release a new series, or the latest season of one of its TV Originals, on three
separate dates.

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As the above Instagram post confirms, Stranger Things season 5 volume 1 will air on November 26 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET in the US. That's the first of three US holidays that the incredibly popular Netflix series' final chapter will land on too indeed, Thanksgiving 2025 in the US will take place on November 27. Clearly, Netflix is hoping volume 1, which comprises four episodes, will be the most-watched TV show over US Thanksgiving weekend.

That's not the only major holiday Netflix is targeting, though. Volume 2 of Stranger Things 5 , which contains three episodes, will debut on Christmas
Day (aka December 25) at 5pm PT / 8pm ET in the US. Lastly, the final-ever episode (aka volume 3) of Stranger Things will hit the service on New Year's Eve (December 31) in the US at the same time that season 5's other installments are due to be released. Why Stranger Things 5's release format will turn people's Holiday season plans upside down I suspect many fans reacted like this when season 5's release format was announced (Image credit: Netflix)

I fully understand why Netflix is dropping new episodes in this way. The streaming titan wants the final season of one of its most successful series
to dominate the TV landscape. It makes sense, then, to release the
forthcoming season's eight episodes, all of which are movie-length according to Stranger Things star Maya Hawke, at a time when people will have plenty of downtime over the festive season.

The problem I have with this release format, though, is that it's going to turn many people's festive plans *ahem* upside down.

Take me, for instance. I live in the UK and, considering the eight hour time difference between the US' Pacific Time Zone and the UK's, new installments
of Stranger Things 5 won't land on the platform until 1am GMT.

That means myself and many other British fans will have a very late night if we stay up to watch new episodes as soon as they arrive. If we don't, we face the prospect of having to avoid major spoilers online or from family/friends who might have seen the latest episodes before us. Holding back those season
5 finale spoilers like... (Image credit: Netflix)

The same is true of fans in other European nations, the Middle East, Asia,
and countries like Australia and New Zealand.

Stranger Things season 5's finale might air in the US at 5pm PT / 8pm ET on December 31, so American viewers have the chance to stream it before they welcome in 2026. Many of us won't have that opportunity, though. Do we cut short our New Year's Eve plans with family and/or friends to head home and stream it straight away to avoid spoilers? Or do we ring in 2026, stay off social media until we watch it, and then stream one of the best Netflix shows ' last-ever episode, potentially with an almighty hangover?

I get that the world's various time zones mean that somebody is going to unhappy about staying up late or getting up early if they want to watch their favorite show's new season ASAP. Nevertheless, season 5's release structure, coupled with the unusual times that new episodes will air Netflix usually releases new shows and/or seasons at 12am PT is a, well, strange thing to
do. I guess I'll be staying off social media (and the booze!) over the Christmas holidays until I find the time to stream season 5's final four episodes. You might also like Netflix wants to turn Saturday morning cartoons upside down with a new animated Stranger Things spin-off Stranger Things season 5's 12-month shoot yielded 650-plus hours of footage for its eight 'blockbuster movie' episodes Marvel reportedly casts Stranger Things star Sadie Sink in Spider-Man 4 , but I don't want her to tackle the roles she's rumored to play



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