Overview
- Netflix released the Season 5 Volume 2 trailer, confirming three episodes on Dec. 25 at 5 p.m. PT and a feature-length series finale on Dec. 31 on Netflix and in theaters.
- The footage suggests a rethink of the Upside Down’s rules, with Dustin declaring that everything assumed about it has been “dead wrong.”
- Eleven recruits Kali/Eight to help find and kill Vecna, signaling a long-awaited partnership shown in the new trailer.
- Will’s connection to Vecna and the Upside Down is positioned as crucial to what comes next, with the creators indicating he could harness that link in the fight.
- The endgame heightens personal stakes—including a Steve–Dustin “If you die, I die” vow and a Hawkins under military quarantine—while EP Shawn Levy promises a standout finale and a resolution to the Nancy–Jonathan–Steve triangle.