Nine years since Stranger Things crept into our world, the retro, nerd-savvy, and heartfelt adventure series is drawing to an extended and much anticipated close: four episodes of the eight-episode final season are on Netflix in time for Thanksgiving. The rest of Season 5 is pegged to other end-of-year holidays—Christmas and New Year’s Eve—but rather than giving us any big victories or tragic deaths, Season 5, “Vol. 1” takes its time setting up the chess pieces (perhaps “filling out the D&D character sheets” is more appropriate) for the epic final battle against Vecna—and it will mean coming full circle back to Will Byers, Eleven, and a bunch of kids just like them.

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Where does Stranger Things Season 5 begin?

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