Stranger Things Season 5 — What Time Does Episode 1 Stream on Netflix?

Do you remember the last time you checked in with the kids from Hawkins, Indiana?

It’s been over three years since Stranger Things season 4 premiered, but the show will return this week for its fifth and final season.

However, Netflix is splitting this season into three volumes, including a significant gap between the first two. Presumably, Netflix believes more people will stream it that way.

To help you navigate the split, Watch With Us has put together the Stranger Things season 5 episode release schedule.

What Times Does ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Episode 1 Stream?

The first episode of Stranger Things season 5 will be released alongside the second, third and fourth episodes on November 26, at 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST. That will be the first volume of season 5, and the episode titles are below:

• Chapter One: The Crawl
• Chapter Two: The Vanishing of [Spoiler]
• Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap
• Chapter Four: Sorcerer

The identity of the character who goes missing in episode 2 is being withheld for now.

What Time Does ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Vol. 2 Start Streaming?

It’s going to be a black Christmas in Hawkins as Stranger Things season 5 vol. 2 debuts on December 25 at 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST. This volume will be comprised of episodes 5-7, and their titles are below:

• Chapter Five: Shock Jock
• Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz
• Chapter Seven: The Bridge

What Time Does ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Vol. 3 Start Streaming?

Thankfully, it will only be a few days between Vol. 2 and Vol. 3. The final episode of Stranger Things season 5 will drop on December 31 at 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST. As before, the episode title is below

• Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up

Will the Final Episodes of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Be in Theaters?

Only the series finale of Stranger Things will get a limited theatrical release from December 31, 2025, to January 1, 2026. So if you want to see the last adventure on the big screen, you’ll only have a limited time to do so.

Which Cast Members Are Returning for ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5?

Almost all of them, as you can see below:

• Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers
• David Harbour as Jim Hopper
• Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper
• 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
• Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman
• Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna / Henry Creel / One
• Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler
• Amybeth McNulty as Vicky Dunne
• Nell Fisher as Holly Wheeler
• Jake Connelly as Derek Turnbow
• Alex Breaux as Lt. Robert Akers
• Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler
• Sherman Augustus as Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan

Additionally, Terminator 2: Judgment Day actress Linda Hamilton is joining the cast this season as Dr. Kay, the leader of a military team that’s been sent to Hawkins to find and retrieve Eleven.

Stranger Things seasons 1 – 4 are streaming on Netflix. Season 5, Vol. 1 begins on November 26.