The cast of Stranger Things has officially said goodbye.

On Friday, December 10, the Netflix series announced that it had completed filming on the fifth and final season, set to premiere next year, and released a collection of photos from the set as the cast began paying tribute to life to pay tribute -Changing series.

“We just wrapped up Stranger Things “Season 5. I’m still in shock,” Finn Wolfhard wrote on Instagram. “We’ve been filming for a year and I’m going to miss all my friends and our characters terribly.”

Sharing a photo from Season 1 of the cast as babies, he wrote: “When I think of the show, I imagine that first photo. A bunch of goofy young people doing something they think is cool but really have no idea what it’s about.” I feel like we’re still those people, and I’m lucky enough to still be there today to stand side.

In the photo, 21-year-old Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp and Gaten Matarazzo, aged between 10 and 12, pose alongside Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and Natalia Dyer. “I hope you love this season as much as I do,” he added. “See you all next year. 🚲🚲🚲🚲.”

Schnapp, 20, also gave a lengthy farewell to the show and shared 10 “valuable life and career lessons I learned during his decade as Will Byers.”

“Two days ago I completed my last scene as Will Byers and I’m very emotional,” he began the post, before shouting out what he learned from the Duffer brothers, Shawn Levy, Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, Millie Bobby Brown, Matarazzo , McLaughlin, 23, Sadie Sink and Heaton.

Ryder “sparked my love of film by introducing me to her favorite classic films like… Conditions of tenderness To Almost famous” he wrote, while Matarazzo, 22, “taught me that being a nerd is cool” and Bobby Brown, 20, “taught me to embrace my silliness.”

Sink, 22, taught Schnapp to “embrace the child within us and never let go,” and Heaton, 30, “showed me that true masculinity is rooted in love, kindness and gentle compassion.”

“Growing up, I always felt like an outcast, unsure of my place. It was definitely an unusual experience navigating life in the spotlight while carrying that feeling through every awkward phase and embarrassing moment exposed to the world. But I’m “honored to share it with my incredible co-stars who get it in a way that no one else can,” Schnapp continued.

Schnapp described the Netflix show, which he joined when he was just 10, as “more than a job” and continued: “It’s been a lifelong dream. A dream came true thanks to the Duffers. “Thank you for taking the risk when I was just a 10-year-old child and trusting me with something that was so important to both of you.”

“Together, this cast and crew have created something very special, and I couldn’t be more excited for the world to see the final chapter.” Stranger Things is a never-ending story for me – it is forever in my heart.❤️”

Ross Duffer also said goodbye to the show in an Instagram post and reflected on the nearly decade the team has worked on Stranger Thingsand called it “a crucial part of their childhood” for the core cast.

“They have grown up before our eyes and become more than just actors – they have become family,” he wrote.

In a nod to the final season, Ross wrote, “Everyone involved was committed to bringing this story to a satisfying conclusion. They have put their heart and soul into it and we couldn’t be prouder of what they have achieved. We can’t do that.” Wait until we share it with you all next year.

Not much is known about the final season of the series, although Netflix revealed in a teaser in November that there will be a time jump, as Season 4 took place in the spring of 1986 and Season 5 will begin “in the fall of 1987.”

The teaser released on Stranger Things Day also revealed the episode titles for the story’s final eight chapters: “The Crawl”; “The Disappearance of ___;” “The Turnbow Trap”; “Wizard;” “Shock Jock;” “Escape from Camazotz”; “The bridge”; and the series finale is titled “The Rightside Up.”

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Stranger Things Season 5 will premiere on Netflix in 2025.