The Runtime of the Stranger Things 5 Finale Is Revealed: Here’s How Long the Final Episodes Are

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 will begin streaming in India on December 26, 2025, with all episodes available on Netflix from 6:30 am IST. The highly anticipated final installment consists of three episodes with a combined runtime of approximately three and a half hours, promising an epic and emotional farewell.

The release follows the US premiere on December 25 at 8 pm ET. In addition to streaming, Netflix has announced a special theatrical screening of the finale in around 500 theaters across the United States, running from December 31, 2025, through New Year’s Day.

Volume 2 includes three extended episodes: “Shock Jock” with a runtime of one hour and eight minutes, “The Bridge” lasting one hour and six minutes, and the series finale, “The Rightside Up,” which runs for two hours and eight minutes. The unusually long episodes make the final chapter feel closer to a trilogy of feature films than traditional television episodes.

The story resumes with Vecna escalating his reign of terror after abducting twelve children. As the threat intensifies, the Hawkins group races against time to uncover the town’s mysteries and rescue the victims before irreversible damage is done.

Netflix released a teaser trailer on December 16, offering a glimpse of intense confrontations and new challenges for the characters. In the teaser, Dustin hints that the group’s understanding of the Upside Down has been “completely wrong,” suggesting major revelations await in the final stretch.

One of the teaser’s standout moments shows Max being pursued by Demogorgons in a hospital setting, while Lucas struggles to protect her. Elsewhere, Eleven seeks help from her sister Eight in a desperate attempt to track down and defeat Vecna. The core themes of friendship, sacrifice, and survival remain at the heart of the story.

The final volume sees the return of main cast members Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, and Sadie Sink. Supporting cast members Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, and Jamie Campbell Bower also reprise their roles.

With its extended runtimes, high emotional stakes, and holiday release window, Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 is shaping up to be a grand and memorable farewell that blurs the line between streaming television and cinematic storytelling.