How to Prep for 'Stranger Things' Season 5
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Thursday, 27 November 2025 - 2 minutes
Stranger Things Season 5 drops TODAY at 9am AWST!
If you’re panicking about not having time to binge the whole series again… relax, The Duffer Brothers have revealed the four episodes you really need to rewatch to be fully prepped for the final showdown back in Hawkins.
Their essential list is:
Season 2, Episode 4 – “Will the Wise”
Season 2, Episode 6 – “The Spy”
Season 4, Episode 7 – “The Massacre at Hawkins Lab”
Season 4, Episode 9 – “The Piggyback”
These episodes go deep into the mythology of the Upside Down.
Season 5 brings everyone - Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, Max, Hopper, Joyce - all of them - back to where it all started… for one final battle with Vecna.
And we. Are. READY.
Season 5 rolls out in three parts: Volume 1 drops today, Volume 2 on Christmas, and The Finale on New Year’s Eve.
Fire up the Eggos and settle in!
Source: YouTube/StrangerThings/Netflix
