It’s almost time to face the final battle for Hawkins, with Stranger Things season 5 nearly upon us.
The first five minutes of season 5 have officially been unveiled, going back to the beginning to show us what happened to poor Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) when he went missing all those years ago in season 1.
Fans have been clinging on to any tidbits of information coming our way, including the long-awaited reveal of the episode runtimes (some of which are still to come), and the episode titles.
Plus, everyone’s been dissecting the recent trailer for any shots of the finale and any clues about which characters might meet their demises before the series bows out.
For now, here’s everything you need to know about the Stranger Things season 5 release schedule, episode titles, and runtimes.
Stranger Things season 5 release schedule
Stranger Things season 5 will be released in three parts. Volume 1 is coming on 26th November, Volume 2 will arrive on 25th December, and the finale will be here on 31st December.
That means the release schedule is as follows:
Volume 1
- Chapter One: The Crawl – 26th November
- Chapter Two: The Vanishing of… – 26th November
- Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap – 26th November
- Chapter Four: Sorcerer – 26th November
Volume 2
- Chapter Five: Shock Jock – 25th December
- Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz – 25th December
- Chapter Seven: The Bridge – 25th December
The finale
- Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up – 31st December
Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers in Stranger Things season 5. Matt Kennedy/Netflix
What are the Stranger Things season 5 runtimes?
The Duffer Brothers recently revealed the runtimes for volume 1. We don’t have the official runtimes for volume 2 just yet, but we do have a clue about how long the finale will be. Safe to say, the original theories about the finale being three hours long were not correct!
Here’s what we’re looking at so far:
- Chapter One: The Crawl – 1 hour and 8 minutes
- Chapter Two: The Vanishing of… – 54 minutes
- Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap – 1 hour and 6 minutes
- Chapter Four: Sorcerer – 1 hour and 23 minutes
- Chapter Five: Shock Jock – TBC
- Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz – TBC
- Chapter Seven: The Bridge – TBC
- Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up – about two hours
Stranger Things season 5 release time
Usually, Netflix releases arrive at 8am UK time, but Stranger Things season 5 will buck this trend, with episodes dropping at 1am GMT.
Here’s what time that works out to some time zones around the world:
- 2am CET (Central Europe)
- 10am JST (Japan)
- 5pm PST (United States)
- 8pm EST (United States)
- 12pm AEDT (Australia)
Netflix also has a comprehensive list of when the episodes will be released depending on which country you’re in.
Buckle in – it’s almost time to return to the Upside Down.
Stranger Things 5 part 1 premieres on Netflix on Wednesday 26th November 2025.
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