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After leaving Hawkins, Indiana in ruins during the last season of Stranger Things, Netflix has unveiled the names of the episodes leading up to the final few episodes of the show.

The announcement comes on November 6th, which is commonly referred to as ‘Stranger Things Day’ amongst the fanbase due to it being the day that the main character, Will Byers, went missing in the first episode of the series.

Among the new titles include ‘The Crawl’ and ‘Shock Jock’, with the final episode being named ‘The Rightside Up’, referring to the world the characters have called ‘The Upside Down’. The latest trip to Hawkins will also include a time jump to the year 1987, where will pick up with Eleven, Jim Hopper, and the rest of the Hawkins crew as they try to stop the supernatural force in their town.

This comes after season 4 shocked people by leaving the season on a cliffhanger. While the controller of ‘The Upside Down’ had been revealed to be Jamie Campbell Bower’s Vecna, Eleven’s attempt to stop him tearing Hawkins came slightly too late, leaving Joseph Quinn’s Eddie eaten to death by Demabats and a massive earthquake leaving the town in shambles.

Even though the show’s creators, The Duffer Brothers, have not wanted anything leaking surrounding the next season, actor David Harbour had said that the entire cast was emotional reading the final episode of the show, saying, “The end of this episode when we were reading it — just us reading it — about halfway through, people started crying. Then about the last 20 minutes, it was just uncontrollably crying, waves of different people.”

Even though the titles have given insight into the next season, some pieces have yet to be revealed. Although the second episode was revealed as ‘The Vanishing of,’ the rest of the title has remained hidden, which may imply that one of the central characters may have gone missing. The title also ties into the episode commemorating Will Byers’ disappearance in season one.

While the members of the team had been separated during the last season in California, Hawkins, and Russia, the fate of Max Mayfield is still unknown. With Vecna preying on her throughout most of the past season, she was assumed dead after each of her limbs were broken, after which Eleven used her powers to revive her. Despite being seen on a hospital gurney during the final scenes of season four, it is unclear where she will go in the next season.

While no date has been announced, Stranger Things 5 is set to be released in 2025.

Stranger Things 5 episode titles

• Episode 1: ‘The Crawl’
• Episode 2: ‘The Vanishing of…’
• Episode 3: ‘The Turnbow Trap’
• Episode 4: ‘Sorcerer’
• Episode 5: ‘Shock Jock’
• Episode 6: ‘Escape From Camazotz’
• Episode 7: ‘The Bridge’
• Episode 8: ‘The Right Side Up’