Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 1 Premieres In India: Streaming Time, Runtime, And Episode Details

The much-awaited fifth and final season of Stranger Things

is finally here. After a long wait, the widely popular Netflix series’ Vol. 1 finally premiered on Netflix, marking the beginning of the show’s final chapter.
Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 1, consisting of the first four episodes, premiered in the US on November 26, 2025. For the audiences in India, the series was out on November 27 at 6:30 AM.

Stranger Things Season 5 Release Date and Time

Following the Vol. 1 release, fans have to wait for a month to catch the second part, which will premiere on December 25. The final part, consisting of the highly anticipated finale, will arrive on December 31. All the episodes will release at 8 PM ET, which translates to 1 AM GMT, 2 AM CET, 10 AM JST,

and 12 PM AEDT in other regions.

For Indian audiences, Stranger Things Season 5 release schedule is as follows:

Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-4): November 27, 6:30 AM IST
Vol. 2 (Episodes 5-7): December 26, 6:30 AM IST
Vol. 3 (Episode 8): January 1, 2026, 6:30 AM IST
The runtime for the first four episodes indicates that the final season begins with much longer and more detailed episodes:
Episode 1 – 1h 8m
Episode 2 – 54m
Episode 3 – 1h 6m
Episode 4 – 1h 23m
Stranger Things Season 5 Episode Title Reveal
Ahead of the premiere, the makers also revealed the official episode titles. Let’s take a look:
Volume 1
Episode 1 – The Crawl
Episode 2 – The Vanishing of …
Episode 3 – The Turnbow Trap
Episode 4 – Sorcerer
Volume 2
Episode 5 – Shock Jock
Episode 6 – Escape from Camazotz
Episode 7 – The Bridge
Final Episode
Episode 8 – The Rightside Up
As per reports, the series finale will be around two hours long and is set to be screened in more than 350 theatres across the US and Canada, releasing at the same time as the streaming premiere.

What to Expect From This Season?

Set a year after the events of the fourth season, the group returns to find and kill Vecna. The official synopsis of the season states, “The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna.”
Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Cara Buono return one last time in the final series alongside newcomers Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, Alex Breaux, and Linda Hamilton.