Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Netflix’s Stranger Things is back with the first four episodes of its fifth and final season.

Stranger Things Season 5 is just days away from returning in the 2025 TV schedule with three of the final four episodes. There was little doubt when Volume 1 released right before Thanksgiving that it ...

This post contains major spoilers for Stranger Things 5, Volume 1 and Max’s fate in it. If you don’t want to see them before you running up that hill, go watch and then come back down. (Instead, you ...

Stranger Things is back and – other than one incredibly jarring, cringey joke – it’s back with a vengeance. The first four episodes of Season 5 are live on Netflix, and I’ve been mostly loving the ...

Stranger Things 5 finally dropped its first volume on Netflix, unleashing another thrilling sci-fi horror adventure. So far, this new season has followed the heroes of a quarantined Hawkins as they ...

We kind of felt like this might happen. But in Stranger Things 5, Volume 1, Will Byers unlocks Elven-like powers of his own right when he needs them the most. But, in a twist of fate, Will’s powers ...

Volume 1 of Stranger Things 5 wastes no time establishing that Vecna’s (Jamie Campbell Bower) ambitions go far beyond simply opening a massive rift to the Upside Down. The season opens with a chilling ...

Sci-Fi Shows Stranger Things season 5 pulls in 59.6 million views in 6 days, making it the biggest English-language premiere week "in the history of Netflix" Sci-Fi Shows Stranger Things season 5 ...

Stranger Things 5, Volume 1 is here, and it’s bringing us a massive ending that includes a new character with powers. If that’s a spoiler you’re interested in hearing more about, turn on your heel ...

Max’s physical body is in the real world in a coma. Meanwhile, her mind is in Matrix-like dimension created by Vecna. It consists of his past memories. This is also where Vecna, as Mr. Whatsit, ...