The end is finally here. Just a week after the heart-stopping events of the Christmas volume 2 release, Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 3 (The Finale) has

Season 5 of Stranger Things has one volume remaining, with Volume 3, which serves as the series finale, arriving tonight, Wednesday, Dec. 31, New Year's Eve. All of these episodes premiere at unusual times, compared to the previous seasons, landing on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT .

The buildup has been exhausting, but for all its rough edges, this chunk of Stranger Things 5 has successfully set the table. Read our review.

Netflix has ruined another once-great TV show with an absolutely abysmal batch of new Stranger Things 5 episodes.

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The final episode, titled “The Rightside Up,” runs over 2 hours and promises to wrap up the Hawkins story with an epic showdown against Vecna and the Upside Down.

The series release was plagued by some controversy, after the drop of Lily Allen’s West End Girl album, which in a blend of ‘fact and fiction’ detailed her fraught divorce from star of the show David Harbour, who plays trusty cop Hopper in the series.

Over 140,000 Stranger Things fans have signed a petition urging Netflix to restore alleged cut scenes from Season 5, Volume 2. Here is what they want, what the creators have said, and when the finale streams.