{"id":209957,"date":"2025-12-29T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/209957\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:57:06","slug":"ready-for-stranger-things-season-5-finale-when-how-to-watch-last-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/209957\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 finale? When, how to watch last episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mississippi fans of “Stranger Things”<\/a> might get to the New Year’s Eve Party a little late.<\/p>\n

The series finale will drop on Wednesday, Dec. 31, and it’s going to be extra long.<\/p>\n

Fans have followed the crew from Hawkins as they battled interdimensional threats and shady government agencies through five seasons. The series has provided a healthy dose of 80s nostalgia and sci-fi<\/a> geek outs. Now, the kids<\/a> are all grown up<\/a>, and it’s time to see how (or if) they manage to save the world.<\/p>\n

Ready to see how it all ends? Here’s what we know about the “Stranger Things” Season 5 finale and when you can take one last trip to the Upside Down and watch it on Netflix.<\/p>\n

When can I watch ‘Stranger Things’ final episode?<\/p>\n

Netflix will release the final episode at 7 p.m. CT on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31.<\/p>\n

The first volume of the season’s eight episodes premiered on Nov. 26, and the second batch started streaming on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.<\/p>\n

How long is the last episode of ‘Stranger Things’?<\/p>\n

“The Rightside Up” has a listed runtime of about 2 hours, 5 minutes.<\/p>\n

Get your popcorn and possibly tissues handy ahead of the marathon episode.<\/p>\n

Do you need a Netflix subscription to watch ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 at home?<\/p>\n

Yes. Viewers must have a paid Netflix subscription to watch “Stranger Things” Season 5 on the streaming platform.<\/p>\n

A standard subscription without ads costs $17.99 per month<\/p>\n

A premium subscription, with quality up to 4K, is $24.99 per month<\/p>\n

Will ‘Stranger Things’ finale be in theaters? Where, how to get tickets<\/p>\n

“Stranger Things: The Finale” will be shown in select theaters.<\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0ST5Finale.com<\/a>\u00a0for the full list of locations.<\/p>\n

Mississippi theaters include Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 showings at:<\/p>\n

Malco Grandview Cinema, Madison, MS<\/p>\n

Cinemark Pearl and XD, Pearl, MS<\/p>\n

Not one near you? Check for locations in driving distance in Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama or Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Cast of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5. Who is new?<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at who is coming back for Season 5 of “Stranger Things”:<\/p>\n

Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers)<\/p>\n

David Harbour (Jim Hopper)<\/p>\n

Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven)<\/p>\n

Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler)<\/p>\n

Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson)<\/p>\n

Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair)<\/p>\n

Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler)<\/p>\n

Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers)<\/p>\n

Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley)<\/p>\n

Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair)<\/p>\n

Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna)<\/p>\n

Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler)<\/p>\n

New faces include:<\/p>\n

Contributing: Kim Luciani<\/p>\n

Bonnie Bolden<\/a>\u00a0is the Deep South Connect reporter for Mississippi with USA TODAY Network. Email her at\u00a0bbolden@gannett.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Watch last episode of ‘Stranger Things’ at home, in theaters. Here’s how<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mississippi fans of “Stranger Things” might get to the New Year’s Eve Party a little late. The series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,400,52092,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-209957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-netflix","12":"tag-stranger-things","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}