Stranger Things season 5 to release in 2025: Release date, India timing, plot and more

Stranger Things is finally coming back this year with its much-awaited fifth and final season. Since it first premiered in 2016, Stranger Things has become one of the most loved sci-fi shows around the world. What started as the strange disappearance of Will Byers has now turned into a full-blown battle between our world and a dark, creepy place called the Upside Down.

Over the years, fans have followed Eleven and her group of friends as they faced scary monsters and uncovered shocking secrets. Now, the story is coming to an end. From the release schedule to episode titles, plot and cast, here’s everything we know so far about Stranger Things season 5.

Stranger Things season 5 release date and time in India

Netflix has confirmed that Stranger Things season 5 will be released in three parts. Fans in India can start watching the episodes at 6:30 AM IST on the following dates:

• Volume 1 (4 episodes): November 27, 2025
• Volume 2 (3 episodes): December 26, 2025
• Final episode: January 1, 2026

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Stranger Things season 5 episode titles

• Episode 1: The Crawl
• Episode 2: The Vanishing of …
• Episode 3: The Turnbow Trap
• Episode 4: Sorcerer
• Episode 5: Shock Jock
• Episode 6: Escape from Camazotz
• Episode 7: The Bridge
• Episode 8: The Rightside Up

Stranger Things season 5 cast

• Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers
• David Harbour as Jim Hopper
• Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven
• Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler
• Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson
• Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair
• Noah Schnapp as Will Byers
• Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield
• Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler
• Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers
• Joe Keery as Steve Harrington
• Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley
• Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair
• Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna
• Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler
• Amybeth McNulty as Vickie
• Nell Fisher as Holly Wheeler
• Jake Connelly as Derek
• Alex Breaux as Lt. Akers
• Linda Hamilton as Dr. Kay

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Stranger Things season 5 plot

This is how Netflix describes the plot of the fifth season of Stranger Things: “The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”