Stranger Things
Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up
Season 5, Episode 8 · Aired 2025-12-31
Synopsis
As Vecna prepares to destroy the world as we know it, the party must put everything on the line to defeat him once and for all.
Finale desk note
From the desk: The guide closes on “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up” (2025-12-31) — a series bookend worth the package context. Kid stars growing up public, season gaps, and merch-as-event.
In the series
This episode is part of Stranger Things (2016–present) on Netflix.
80s nostalgia as franchise fuel — kids on bikes vs. the Upside Down.
Key cast
- Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven
- Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler
- Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers
- David Harbour as Jim Hopper
- Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson
- Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair