Netflix just delivered an early Christmas present for fans of Stranger Things.

To celebrate the final season of the series – and the official conclusion of production – the streamer released ten behind-the-scenes photos from the set from the past year. The fifth season, consisting of eight new episodes, will be released sometime in 2025.

As already reported, Stranger Things Season 5 will feature a time jump to the fall of 1987, more than a year after the events of season four. When we saw the beleaguered residents of Hawkins, Indiana, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Will, Hopper (David Harbour), Joyce (Winona Ryder), Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) were horrified Watch as portals from the Upside Down burst open in their city. They unleash the nightmares of the Upside Down on their city. Meanwhile, Max (Sadie Sink) remained in the hospital in a coma after being killed by Vecna ​​(Jamie Campbell Bower) and then revived by Eleven.

“At the end of that episode, when we were reading it, about halfway through, people started crying,” star David Harbor said during an interview with the series Happy, sad, confused Podcast in October. “Then in the last 20 minutes there was just uncontrollable crying, waves of different people.”

In November, Netflix released a teaser that revealed the titles of all eight episodes, including “The Crawl,” “The Turnbow Trap,” “Sorcerer,” “Shock Jock,” “Escape From Camazotz,” “The Bridge,” and “The Right One.” Page up.

Check out more behind-the-scenes photos below:

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