Runtimes for Stranger Things 5 Volume 1 revealed

Series cocreator Ross Duffer on Monday revealed the official runtimes for the first four episodes of Stranger Things season five, confirming part of Netflix’s three‑part release schedule for the show’s final chapter. The first volume of the eight‑episode season will arrive on Nov. 26, 2025, and the episodes Duffer posted appear to be labeled as works in progress on a private Netflix screen, he wrote in the post “ACTUAL runtimes.”

Duffer’s clip shows the following lengths for Volume 1: Chapter One, The Crawl, 68 minutes; Chapter Two, The Vanishing of…, 54 minutes; Chapter Three, The Turnbow Trap, 66 minutes; and Chapter Four, Sorcerer, 83 minutes. Those four episodes will be available on Netflix at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on Nov. 26. The streamer will release Volume 2, comprising episodes five through seven, on Dec. 25, 2025, and the eighth and final episode on Dec. 31, 2025.

The announcement puts to rest widespread speculation that every episode of the season would run well over 90 minutes. Duffer’s post covers only the first volume, and runtimes for the three Christmas episodes and the finale have not been disclosed. The Duffer brothers previously indicated that episodes four and...