'Stranger Things' Recap: Ahead of Season 5 Volume 1 debut, here's all you need to know from Season 4

With ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5, Volume 1 set to debut on Netflix today and as the clock tics down to the big release, the makers gave fans an official rewind on all the action that unfolded in the past seasons, before they watch the latest episodes.

Season 4 recap

“Relive Season 4 before one last adventure begins,” reads the official tagline.



Season 4 premiered more than three years ago, in 2022, leaving many fans in need of a rewind before heading back into Hawkins and into the Upside Down.

Netflix’s newly released recap revisits the major events of Season 4, setting the stage for the show’s climactic endgame.

Series official logline

The official logline for Season 5 reads: '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. But he has vanished - his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming - and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone - the full party - standing together, one last time.'

Season 5 to release in 3 volumes

The highly anticipated Season 5 will Season five contains eight episodes in total. For the first time ever, Netflix is releasing a Stranger Things season in three volumes, each arriving at 1 am GMT.

Vol. 1 (Episodes 1 – 4): November 27 2025

Vol. 2 (Episodes 5 – 7): December 26 2025

Vol. 3 (Episode 8): January 1 2026

'Stranger Things' release schedule

Episode 1, 'The Crawl': November 27

Episode 2, 'The Vanishing of…': November 27

Episode 3, 'The Turnbow Trap': November 27

Episode 4, 'Sorcerer': November 27

Episode 5, 'Shock Jock': December 26

Episode 6, 'Escape from Camazotz': December 26

Episode 7, 'The Bridge': December 26

Episode 8, 'The Rightside Up': January 1