Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up

"**Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up**"
"Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up"
Stranger Things episode
	Promotional poster by Kyle Lambert
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 8
Directed by	The Duffer Brothers
Written by	The Duffer Brothers
Cinematography by	Caleb Heymann
Editing by	Casey Cichocki; Dean Zimmerman;
Original air date	December 31, 2025
Running time	128 minutes
Guest appearances
	Linnea Berthelsen as Kali / Eight; Alex Breaux as Robert Akers; Jake Connelly as Derek Turnbow; Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler; Randy Havens as Scott Clarke; Amybeth McNulty as Vickie Dunne; Sydney Bullock as Stacey Albright; Karen Ceesay as Sue Sinclair; Catherine Curtin as Claudia Henderson; Frederick Koehler as Scientist; Arnell Powell as Charles Sinclair;

"Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up" is the series finale of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things. The eighth episode of the fifth season and the 42nd overall, it was written and directed by series creators The Duffer Brothers. The episode was released on December 31, 2025, on Netflix and in select theatres across the United States and Canada. Its title parallels "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down", the title of the first season's finale.

In the episode, the group enters the Upside Down one last time in a desperate attempt to complete "Operation Beanstalk" by Steve Harrington to save the world. While the others focus on rescuing the kidnapped children, Eleven, Will, Max, and Kali aim to confront and end Henry Creel / Vecna. "The Rightside Up" received positive reviews from critics, who praised the visual effects and the performances of Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown and Jamie Campbell Bower, while audience reception was polarized.