New Stranger Things Season 5 Set Photos Tease Emotional Farewell Scene with Finn Wolfhard and David Harbour

(Note: This post contains spoilers for Stranger Things Season 5.)

The final episode of Stranger Things Season 5 is now being filmed in Jackson, Georgia, set in 1989. Newly leaked set images reveal that David Harbour‘s Chief Jim Hopper will survive in Season 5.

According to paparazzo Christopher Oquendo, Harbour and Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler) filmed a “heartbreaking” scene on December 2, 2024, in Georgia.

On X, user @Tate100T shared live footage and images from Stranger Things Season 5, showing “Hopper rubbing Mike’s back—assuring him it’s going to be okay. They both visibly look upset—eventually, Hopper walks away, leaving Mike staring blankly for a while.” Apparently, someone has died.

During the Happy Sad Confused podcast’s 10th-anniversary celebration in New York City, Harbour stated that the final season “is the best episode they’ve ever done.”

“I can be very critical of this show,” he revealed, adding that in Season 5, Episode 8, “they land the plane, and it is the best episode they’ve ever done.”

Season 5 stars Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, Harbour as Jim Hopper, Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Amybeth McNulty as Vickie, Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair, Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman, Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler, Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna / Henry Creel / One, Linda Hamilton, and Nell Fisher as Holly Wheeler.

Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas are expected to survive — and graduate from Hawkins High School. The show’s co-creator Matt Duffer confirms that Season 5 will be the final season, concluding the stories of Eleven, Dustin, Lucas, and Hopper.

Created by the Duffer brothers. The show is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980s and follows a group of friends as they uncover supernatural mysteries and government conspiracies.

Stranger Things Season 5 will premiere on Netflix in 2025.

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