Netflix's official synopsis for "Stranger Things: Season 5 reads; "The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown."

In November, Netflix announced the season five episode titles to tease the story arc of the season: “The Crawl,” “The Vanishing of [ censored for now ]” “The Turnbow Trap,” “Sorcerer,” “Shock Jock,” “Escape From Camazotz,” “The Bridge” and “The Rightside Up.”