{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"TDP  1447: Stranger Things Season Five REVIEW","description":" https:\/\/m.ebay.co.uk\/sch\/i.html?sid=tindogpodcast&amp;amp;_pgn=1&amp;amp;isRefine=true&amp;amp;_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l49496 &amp;nbsp;  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia      &amp;nbsp;     Stranger Things   Season 5    Promotional poster    Showrunners    Matt Duffer Ross Duffer      Starring    Winona Ryder David Harbour Millie Bobby Brown Finn Wolfhard Gaten Matarazzo Caleb McLaughlin Noah Schnapp Sadie Sink Natalia Dyer Charlie Heaton Joe Keery Maya Hawke Brett Gelman Priah Ferguson Linda Hamilton Cara Buono Jamie Campbell Bower Nell Fisher      No.&amp;nbsp;of episodes 8   Release   Original network Netflix   Original release November 26&amp;nbsp;\u2013 December 31, 2025   Season chronology    \u2190&amp;nbsp;Previous Season 4    List of episodes    The fifth and final season of the American&amp;nbsp;science fiction&amp;nbsp;horror&amp;nbsp;drama&amp;nbsp;television series&amp;nbsp;Stranger Things, marketed as&amp;nbsp;Stranger Things 5, was released on the streaming service&amp;nbsp;Netflix&amp;nbsp;in two volumes and the finale. The first set of four episodes was released on November 26, 2025, the second set of three episodes was released on December 25, and the finale was released on December 31. It was produced by the show's creators, the&amp;nbsp;Duffer Brothers, along with&amp;nbsp;Shawn Levy&amp;nbsp;and Dan Cohen. The season stars&amp;nbsp;Winona Ryder,&amp;nbsp;David Harbour,&amp;nbsp;Millie Bobby Brown,&amp;nbsp;Finn Wolfhard,&amp;nbsp;Gaten Matarazzo,&amp;nbsp;Caleb McLaughlin,&amp;nbsp;Noah Schnapp,&amp;nbsp;Sadie Sink,&amp;nbsp;Natalia Dyer,&amp;nbsp;Charlie Heaton,&amp;nbsp;Joe Keery,&amp;nbsp;Maya Hawke,&amp;nbsp;Brett Gelman,&amp;nbsp;Priah Ferguson,&amp;nbsp;Linda Hamilton,&amp;nbsp;Cara Buono,&amp;nbsp;Jamie Campbell Bower, and&amp;nbsp;Nell Fisher.&amp;nbsp;Joe Chrest,&amp;nbsp;Sherman Augustus,&amp;nbsp;Alex Breaux,&amp;nbsp;Jake Connelly,&amp;nbsp;Amybeth McNulty,&amp;nbsp;Randy Havens, and&amp;nbsp;Linnea Berthelsen&amp;nbsp;appear in recurring roles. The season received positive reviews from critics.  Premise  Set in November 1987, a year and seven months after the events of the&amp;nbsp;fourth season, the group seeks to find and kill&amp;nbsp;Vecna&amp;nbsp;following the opening of rifts throughout Hawkins. Their mission becomes complicated when&amp;nbsp;the military&amp;nbsp;establishes a quarantine in town and begins hunting&amp;nbsp;Eleven. As the anniversary of&amp;nbsp;Will Byers' disappearance approaches, the group must unite for a final battle against the forces of the&amp;nbsp;Upside Down.  Cast and characters  Main article:&amp;nbsp;List of&amp;nbsp;Stranger Things&amp;nbsp;characters    Main   Winona Ryder&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Joyce Byers  Birdy as young Joyce   David Harbour&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Jim Hopper Millie Bobby Brown&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Eleven \/ Jane Hopper Finn Wolfhard&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Mike Wheeler  Max Rackenberg as young Mike   Gaten Matarazzo&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Dustin Henderson Caleb McLaughlin&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Lucas Sinclair Noah Schnapp&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Will Byers  Luke Kokotek as 12-year-old Will Miles Marthaller as kindergarten-age Will   Sadie Sink&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Max Mayfield Natalia Dyer&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Nancy Wheeler Charlie Heaton&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Jonathan Byers  Graham Harvey as young Jonathan   Joe Keery&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Steve Harrington Maya Hawke&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Robin Buckley Brett Gelman&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Murray Bauman Priah Ferguson&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Erica Sinclair Linda Hamilton&amp;nbsp;as Dr. Kay[1] Cara Buono&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Karen Wheeler Jamie Campbell Bower&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Henry Creel \/ Vecna \/ One \/ Mr. Whatsit  Raphael Luce&amp;nbsp;as teenage Henry Maksime Blatt as young Henry   Nell Fisher&amp;nbsp;as Holly Wheeler[a]   Also starring   Sherman Augustus&amp;nbsp;as Lt. Colonel Jack Sullivan[2] Emanuel Borria as Sergeant Luis Ramirez Alex Breaux&amp;nbsp;as Lt. Robert Akers Joe Chrest&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;Ted Wheeler[3] Jake Connelly&amp;nbsp;as Derek Turnbow Amybeth McNulty&amp;nbsp;as Vickie Dunne Randy Havens&amp;nbsp;as Scott Clarke Linnea Berthelsen&amp;nbsp;as Kali Prasad \/ Eight     Recurring   Calista Craig as Mary Hope Hynes Love&amp;nbsp;as Miss Harris Eden Stephens as Debbie Miller Gianlucca Gazzo as Glenn Carson Minniear as Thomas Anthony B. Jenkins as Joshua Birdie Borria as Rebecca Alyse Elna Lewis as Wendy   Guest   Clayton Royal Johnson as Andy[4] Hunter Romanillos as Chance[4] Chantell D. Christopher as Doris Caroline Elle Abrams as Tina Turnbow Gray Hawks as Mr. Turnbow Kelly Collins Lintz as Mrs. Turnbow Aiden Armstrong as Danny Harrington Kyle Riggs as Private Chapman Callaway Corrick as Ashley Klein Frederick Koehler&amp;nbsp;as a scientist Karen Ceesay as Sue Sinclair Catherine Curtin&amp;nbsp;as Claudia Henderson Arnell Powell as Charles Sinclair Sydney Bullock as Stacey Tilly Morris as Sara Hopper      ","author_name":"Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/tin-dog.co.uk","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39932380\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/198040740"}