Netflix has finally released an extended teaser for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, airing late this year.
It's got everything we could hope for in terms of the conclusive showdownspooky shots of the Upside Down bleeding into Hawkins, attacking demo-dogs, flamethrowersplus an armed and dangerous Linda Hamilton taking on the monsters beside our plucky Hawkins crew.(Spoilers for prior seasons below.)S4 ended with Vecnathe Big Bad behind it allopening the gate that allowed the Upside Down to leak into Hawkins.
We're getting a time jump for S5, but in a way, we're coming full circle, since the events coincide with the third anniversary of Will's original disappearance in S1.
The fifth season will have eight episodes, and each one will be looongakin to eight feature-length films.
Per the official premise: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 Wills 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 theyve faced before.
To end this nightmare, theyll need everyone the full party standing together, one last time.In addition to the returning main cast, Amybeth McNulty and Gabriella Pizzolo are back as Vicki and Dustin's girlfriend, Suzie, respectively, with Jamie Campbell Bower reprising his role as Vecna.
Linda Hamilton joins the cast as Dr.
Kay, along with Nell Fisher as Holly Wheeler, Jake Connelly as Derek Turnbow, and Alex Breaux as Lt.
Akers.