'Stranger Things' final four episodes runtimes confirmed 

The first four episodes averaged to a little over an hour apiece. The TRT (total runtime, of course) for Stranger Things 5 volume one was four hours, 31 minutes. Not nothing. But we now know the four remaining episodes eclipse that.

• Episode 5: “Shock Jock” – 1:08
• Episode 6: “Escape from Camazotz” – 1:15
• Episode 7: “The Bridge” – 1:06
• Episode 8: “The Rightside Up” – 2:08

That’s three hours, 29 minutes on Christmas Day and two hours and eight minutes on New Year’s. That brings the total for the back half of Stranger Things 5 to five hours and 37 minutes. And as I alluded to, a direct flight from Los Angeles to New York City is five hours and 20 minutes, roughly.

Why do I keep harping on the length of these episodes? I dunno, man, maybe it’s the insistence that we spend over 10 hours watching a season of a TV show that should have ended years ago, and on holidays to boot. It better be a satisfying conclusion, that’s all I’ll say now. Sunk cost fallacy and all that.

We’ll know soon enough whether the destination is worth the ride. Catch up with our volume one coverage here. Stranger Things 5 volume two drops this Thursday, December 25, and the final episode lands December 31.

Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Letterboxd.