Each part lands at 5pm PT or 8pm ET in the US. The means that here in the UK, each part will actually be available from 1am. The exact date and time to mark in your calendars for part 2 is Friday, 26 December, 1 am. What a way to end Christmas Day, am I right?

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What do you need to know going into Stranger Things season 5?

In case you haven’t already done a big old rewatch of the first four seasons of Stranger Things, here’s a quick recap of important points you’ll need to know going into season 5.

Season 1 introduced us to friends Mike Wheeler, Will Byers, Lucas Sinclair and Dustin Henderson. After Will disappears, taken by a “demogorgon,” his mother, Joyce, and later, his brother, Jonathan, become convinced he’s communicating with him through the lights. Meanwhile, Mike and his friends meet Eleven, a mysterious girl with supernatural powers, who can seemingly communicate with Will. Mike’s sister, Nancy, and her boyfriend, Steve Harrington, soon get roped into it all when her friend Barb also goes missing. They all team up with Jim Hopper, the local chief of police, and together, they help find Will in the Upside Down and bring him back.

In season 2, we learn more about Eleven’s backstory – she was taken from her mother at birth and trained in a secret government facility by Dr. Brenner, whom she calls Papa, along with a group of other supernaturally gifted kids. She’s now secretly living with Hopper in his cabin. Meanwhile, Will is still connected to the Upside Down and a giant spider-like monster that they dub the Mind Flayer eventually enters his body and begins “spying” on his friends and family, looking for a way to get into the Right Side Up. We also meet Max, a new member of the group, and Murray, a conspiracy theorist who helps Nancy and Jonathan spread the word about the lab (and realise their feelings for each other). After a big battle in Hawkins lab, the group manage to defeat the demogorgons and demodogs and get the Mind Flayer out of Will.