Overview
- Netflix releases Episode 8 on January 1 at 2:00 CET, completing a three-part schedule that dropped Episodes 1–4 on November 27 and 5–7 on December 26.
- The final chapter runs 128 minutes, with a new trailer and images previewing the send-off.
- Audience scores fell to series lows after Volume 2, while a viral petition of roughly 200,000 signatures presses for alleged deleted footage that a cast member says does not exist.
- Netflix quietly corrected an editing error by removing a modern Under Armour logo spotted in a Season 5 scene set in 1987.
- Despite discontent, the season leads Netflix charts in dozens of countries and logged massive early viewing, as creators say the ending will resolve outstanding questions.