Season 5 arrives later this year, more than three years after the Upside Down began creeping into Hawkins. The delay can be attributed to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes of 2024, as

Everyone (like me) who's been waiting nearly three years for the last season of Stranger Things has finally learned when we'll get to visit Hawkins, Indiana, and the Upside Down again. Netflix is giving fans a big holiday present and the end of this year with a three-part release of Stranger Things season 5.

A new Stranger Things video was unveiled at Tudum that pinpointed when fans will finally be able to catch up again with the Byers and myriad other Hawkins residents. But rather than aiming for a summer start or timing it to Halloween, as was fitting in years past, the streaming giant is going all out with an end-of-year holiday push, as seen below: