The platform thus bets on high-consumption dates and sustains the conversation about the famous series until the last minute.__IP__In parallel with the calendar, the most anticipated detail was revealed: the duration of the final episodes. Buenos Aires, December 22 (NA) – The farewell of 'Stranger Things' is beginning to take on a definitive form, and this time with a key fact that set social media ablaze, as the duration of the final episodes of the series is now known. While Netflix advances with the staggered premiere of the fifth and final season, as reported by the Argentine News Agency, the confirmation of the runtime for each episode reinforces the idea of an ambitious finale, designed as a true global event. According to the official schedule, the final episode will premiere on Wednesday, December 31, a symbolic date chosen to close out the year — and the story — with a bang. The episode will be available from 5 PM Pacific Time, which in Argentina corresponds to 10 PM. Before that climax, Volume 2 will arrive on Thursday, December 25, with three episodes that will resume the central conflict between Eleven, her friends, and Vecna. Netflix's strategy is not coincidental, as for the first time, the season was divided into three 'events'. Volume 1, with four episodes, is already available; Volume 2 will launch on Christmas; and the final episode is reserved for New Year's Eve. Episodes five, six, and seven each exceed an hour—1 h 8 min, 1 h 15 min, and 1 h 6 min, respectively—while episode 8, the definitive finale, will have a duration of 2 hours and 8 minutes, solidifying its status as the longest in the entire series. With this extended format, 'Stranger Things' definitively says goodbye to the classic television format to embrace a nearly cinematic scale. Set in the autumn of 1987, the finale promises to resolve the fate of Hawkins and the Upside Down with an epic confrontation.
