Stranger Things” is closing out its five-season run with one ratings bang after another, as Volume 2 adds another wave of strong viewership

It seems like only yesterday the first four episodes of Stranger Things season 5 arrived on Netflix, and yet we’ve somehow already reached the end of the road.

The "Stranger Things" series finale will be released on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET on Dec. 31. The series finale will also be shown in movie theaters the same day. Episodes 1 to 4 dropped Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. ET.

The "Stranger Things" finale, Season 5, Episode 8, drops on New Year's Eve, tonight, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.

In the two-hour-long series finale of Netflix's "Stranger Things," here's how everything comes to an end for our friends in Hawkins.

Finally, after what feels like a hundred years, “Stranger Things” has ended.

The final four episodes of Stranger Things Season 5 are massive. Here are the confirmed runtimes and what they reveal about the show’s epic conclusion.

There's evidence that Stranger Things Season 5 is being review-bombed on platforms like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, and it could be in response to Will's big moment in "The Bridge."

Stranger Things” reached its epic conclusion after five seasons and almost a decade on Netflix, with an epic battle in the Upside Down

The final episode promises an emotional showdown, as Jim Hopper urges Eleven to fight for a world beyond Hawkins.