With the first volume of Stranger Things Season 5 dropping on
Netflix in India at 6.30 am on Thursday, the streamer crashed for a section of
viewers.
The disruption lasted for about five minutes, caused by the overwhelming
demand for the series, after which the platform resumed normal functioning.
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Though the service recovered within minutes, glitches persisted for
certain users. Many who rushed to stream the sci-fi series found themselves
staring at a “Nailed It!” error screen that read- “Something went wrong. Sorry,
we’re having trouble with your request. You’ll find lots to explore on the home
page,” according to Variety.
“Some members briefly experienced an issue streaming on TV devices, but
service recovered for all accounts within five minutes,” a Netflix spokesperson
told Variety.
This isn’t the first time Stranger Things has overwhelmed Netflix. When
the last two episodes of Season 4 debuted in July 2022, the platform briefly
went down, according to Variety. The streamer also encountered service
issues during the Mike Tyson–Jake Paul fight, one of its first attempts at live
streaming.
Set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Stranger Things began in
2016 with the disappearance of Schnapp’s Will Byers in the pilot episode. This
sparked a chain of events which culminated in Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown)
defeating Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), the murderous antagonist from an
alternate dimension, using telekinesis in the final episode of Season 4.
The cast of Season 5 also includes Joe
Keery as Steve Harrington, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Natalia Dyer as
Nancy Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin
Henderson, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler, David
Harbour as Jim Hopper, Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, and Priah Ferguson as Erica
Sinclair.
The fifth and final instalment of the
Netflix supernatural series will include eight episodes titled The Crawl,
The Vanishing of…, The Turnbow Trap, Sorcerer, Shock Jock, Escape from
Camazotz, The Bridge and The Rightside Up.
The first four episodes are currently
streaming on Netflix, while episodes 5 to 7 will premiere on 26 December. The
series finale will drop on 1 January, 2026.
