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Season 4 of “Stranger Things” was a two-part spectacle. The reasons behind this split were pragmatic<\/a>, as the showrunners couldn’t deliver all nine episodes at once, opting for a climactic break-off point instead. Season 5 of the hit Netflix show, however, is set to be released in three<\/em> parts \u2014 the first two volumes on November 26 and December 25, respectively, with the series finale concluding the saga on December 31. This three-part split is a deliberate strategy to allow some breathing space between Volumes One and Two, given that the first part, which contains four episodes, ends with an emotionally significant climax.<\/p>\n In the December 2025 issue of SFX Magazine<\/a>, Ross Duffer spoke about the challenges that came with the massive scale of episode 4, and how the finale is supposed to be the most emotionally hard-hitting chapter:<\/p>\n “I’m also excited about the first volume because, in season four, we weren’t aware that it was going to get split in two […] Volume One really exists as its own mega-movie. It has its own climax. So episode four [titled ‘Sorcerer’] is pretty f***ing massive. It’s definitely the hardest thing that we’ve ever done on a technical level. Episode four was the most challenging episode we’ve ever made, and that includes the finale \u2013 though on an emotional level, the finale was the hardest. I don’t know how many days I found myself crying, and I’m not someone who cries very often outside of watching Pixar movies.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n It makes sense for the final season to be a tearjerker or embrace a bittersweet sentiment. The show’s season 5 trailer doesn’t paint a pretty picture of Hawkins<\/a>, which automatically heightens the stakes for every character involved.<\/p>\n\n