Season 4 of "Stranger Things" was a two-part spectacle. The reasons behind this split were pragmatic , as the showrunners couldn't deliver all nine episodes at once, opting for a climactic break-off point instead. Season 5 of the hit Netflix show, however, is set to be released in three parts — the first two volumes on November 26 and December 25, respectively, with the series finale concluding the saga on December 31. This three-part split is a deliberate strategy to allow some breathing space between Volumes One and Two, given that the first part, which contains four episodes, ends with an emotionally significant climax.

In the December 2025 issue of SFX Magazine , Ross Duffer spoke about the challenges that came with the massive scale of episode 4, and how the finale is supposed

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