As "Stranger Things" closed out its five-season run with a long-awaited return this holiday season, the tentpole series had a seismic impact on both Netflix and the overall the TV landscape, setting records for the streamer from the jump.

Stranger Things is on the all-time most-watched list! Season 5 is going to be a monster hit, but we won’t know its final ranking on the Netflix top 10s until early April 2026.

After building up momentum in Volume 1, Stranger Things Season 5 came to a screeching halt in Volume 2. The second part of the final season of Netflix’s mega-hit sci-fi series spent far too much time stalling the action with grueling, cheesy heart-to-hearts, riddled with awkward dialogue, all nuance and subtext be damned.

Some compared the Netflix series to "Game of Thrones" and said its ending was "predictable," while others said it "landed the plane" and concluded in "the best way possible"

Stranger Things has officially come to an end on Netflix after five wonderful seasons. After taking a few days to digest the finale and final moments of the hit