The official teaser trailer for Season 5 previews a final battle with Vecna, whose complex origin story is the focal point of the play "Stranger Things: The First Shadow."

From left to right, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Charlie Heaton, and Gaten Matarazzo in 'Stranger Things' season 5.

Netflix has released the trailer for the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things.” Created by the Duffer Brothers, “ Stranger Things 5 ” picks up in the aftermath of Vecna leaving Max in a coma and spreading the Upside Down into Hawkins. At the end of the explosive trailer, Vecna arrives to go to war against the gang.

As of July 2025, Netflix hasn't officially revealed the duration of individual episodes in Stranger Things Season 5. That said, several interviews featuring the Duffer Brothers and cast members have provided us with an idea. Most Season 5 episodes are reportedly going to be shorter than the way-too-long Season 4 episodes. The estimate as of now is:

Amid the swirling speculations about what the end of Stranger Things will bring, a different kind of mystery lingers — one measured in minutes, not monsters. The previous season redefined episodic storytelling with feature-length chapters.

While Quinn doesn’t appear in the “Stranger Things” season 5 trailer, there is a nod to Eddie in the teaser. Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) kneels in front of Eddie’s tombstone, which has been vandalized with the words “Burn in Hell.”

That new Stranger Things Season 5 teaser was jammed packed with insane footage — but as it turns out, apparently none of it is really a spoiler, according to one of the Duffer Brothers themselves. “Don’t worry about spoilers,