Typically, a season begins with the kids navigating the trials of school and adolescence, only for things to go spectacularly wrong as the Upside Down infiltrates Hawkins. The show pays loving homage to 1980s classics such as "The Goonies" and :Stand By Me," making the blend of genres feel both nostalgic and fresh.

Volume 2 of Stranger Things releases on December 25th at 5 PM PT, and will include three more episodes. The Finale drops on December 31st at 5 PM PT. You can also watch the final episode in theaters. Tickets go on sale on December 2nd. Meanwhile, fans are eager to find out what will happen next.

"Stranger Things" debuted its fifth and final season to a whopping 59.6 million views in its first five days on Netflix. Only four episodes in, and the Netflix behemoth has already set a record, securing the biggest premiere week for an English language show in the history of the streamer.

Netflix caught lighting in a bottle with Stranger Things, and these five TV shows are the most likely to be its next big success.

It's been three and a half years since the most recent season of "Stranger Things" kicked off in May 2022. The first episode of the hit series' fifth and final installment - delayed by dual Hollywood strikes and the mounting production value of a show that's ballooned from surprise breakout to blockbuster franchise - opens in the

Here are five excellent shows to watch while you wait for 'Stranger Things' Season 5, Volume 2.

Stranger Things returned last week after a more than three-year hiatus. Judging by the streaming numbers, fans of the science fiction horror series were anxiously awaiting its return. The first four episodes of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things were released on Nov.

“Stranger Things” Season 5 had a record-breaking debut on Netflix. In its first five days of streaming, the season achieved 59.6 million views. That’s the best premiere-week viewership an English-language Netflix series has ever achieved,

Displate, a company known for eye-catching metal posters with art from all the biggest movie and pop culture mainstays, has a massive collection of small-screen favorites right now. That wide-ranging lineup includes Stranger Things, Batman and so much more. Here are the posters I’m most excited about right now.

"My cat's name is Will," one viewer on social media commented. "Season 1 is fun when he’s in the room."

The series has gone from being a quirky show, rooted in ’80s-era pop culture, into a global phenomenon. But it all comes down to what else Netflix can develop.