Netflix’s landmark science-fiction horror series, which has captivated audiences since 2016, unveils its much-anticipated fifth and final season.

The ensemble cast returns to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the autumn of 1987, with the action picking up in the immediate aftermath of Season 4’s cataclysmic events and the town under military quarantine.

Millie Bobby Brown reprises her role as the telekinetic Eleven, who joins forces once more with friends Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and Will (Noah Schnapp) to confront Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), the sinister being threatening the town.

David Harbour returns as police chief Jim Hopper alongside Winona Ryder as Will’s mother Joyce. Joining the cast is The Terminator (1984 and 1991) star Linda Hamilton as Dr Kay, a villainous government figure.

Why watch it: Stranger Things is one of Netflix’s most culturally defining titles, and creators Matt and Ross Duffer have promised intense supernatural confrontations and poignant character resolutions in this final outing. The brothers also vow to answer fans’ last remaining questions about the Upside Down, the shadowy parallel dimension that haunts the characters.

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