Countdown to July 3, 2024, at 3:00 AM (US Eastern Time – EDT: UTC-4).
The exact release date is yet to be officially confirmed.
Stranger things season 5 release date countdown: Stranger Things season 5 is still under production and has not been officially announced by Netflix. The release date is uncertain due to the pandemic and other factors, but some estimates suggest it could be sometime in 2024.
Stranger Things Season 5 Overview
| Release date | 2024 (expected) |
| Number of episodes | 8-9 (expected) |
| Episode runtime | 60-80 minutes (expected) |
| Setting | Hawkins, Indiana |
| Cast | Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Brett Gelman |
| Plot | The final season of Stranger Things will focus on the battle between the Upside Down and the forces of Hawkins. The gang will have to come together one last time to save their town and the world. |
Stranger Things Season 5 Cast
The main cast members from previous seasons are expected to return for season 5 of Stranger Things. These include Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), and David Harbour (Jim Hopper). Some new or recurring cast members are Jamie Campbell Bower, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Paul Reiser, Brett Gelman, and Matthew Modine.
Stranger Things Season 5 Plot
Stranger Things season 5 is set in the 1980s and is the final season of the series. The big plot of Stranger Things 5 is that the end of the world has reached Hawkins, and Vecna’s four gates have opened, draining the color out of Hawkins and replacing parts of the city with a volcanic hellscape12. The season will focus on Will Byers.
How many episodes could be in Stranger Things Season 5?
Based on the information that is currently available, there could be 8 or 9 episodes in Stranger Things Season 5. The first four seasons have all had 8 episodes, but the Duffer brothers have said that they are considering making season 5 longer. They have also said that they want to make sure that the final season is “epic,” so it is possible that they will add an extra episode or two.
Here is a table of the number of episodes in each season of Stranger Things:
| Season | Episodes |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 |
Stranger Things all Season Highlights
Season 1: In 1983, in the town of Hawkins, Indiana, Will Byers disappears. His mother, Joyce, along with the town’s police chief Jim Hopper, search for Will. Meanwhile, a group of Will’s friends – Mike, Dustin, and Lucas – befriend a girl with psychokinetic abilities who they name Eleven. They discover that Will is trapped in an alternate dimension called the Upside Down.
Season 2: It’s been a year since Will’s return, and things are not quite right in Hawkins. A new threat from the Upside Down emerges, and Will’s visions indicate that it is not yet over.
Season 3: It’s the summer of 1985 in Hawkins. The town has a new mall, and the kids are growing up fast. But danger looms when a new evil threatens to take over Hawkins.
Season 4: The season starts with the characters split up into four different locations (Indiana, California, Nevada, and Russia). The season will focus on Will Byers, and the big plot is that the end of the world has reached Hawkins.
