"Stranger Things" season 5 has fans itching with excitement. The science fiction series, released in 2016, follows the eerie happenings of the fictional Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s where a teenage friend group looks to uncover the town's mysteries. Netflix has since announced the show would return for season 5, its final season.

Luckily, the wait is almost over. While there’s no official release date just yet, season 5 of “Stranger Things” is set to premiere later this year. Series cocreator Ross Duffer teased the season 5 release in a December 2024 Instagram post.

When Nine Perfect Strangers launched in August 2021, we were immediately hooked by Nicole Kidman’s mysterious Russian wellness guru character, Masha Dmitrichenko. She welcomes nine strangers from the city to her rural California wellness resort,