The first episodes of the show's fifth and final season are out on Wednesday night. Critic Eric Deggans says the Duffer Brothers keep the plot moving along — even though, so far, many of the storylines feel familiar.

Wondering what songs are in "Stranger Things" Season 5, Volume 1? Here's everything you need to know. And yes, Kate Bush is there.

Season 5 opens with a flashback to November 12, 1983, six days after Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) went missing. It gives us the first glimpse at what Will was going through while he was in the Upside Down, and it directly ties his disappearance to Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) for the first time.

Working on Stranger Things season 5 forced Schnapp to reflect. He joined the show when he was 11 and experienced his formative years in the public limelight alongside his cast mates, like Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb McLaughlin.

It has been a decade since the Stranger Things phenomenon began, and the Duffer brothers had had ample time to craft a strong finish to their breakout hit series. But the beginning of the show’s fifth and final season feels like a frantic race to the end.

Stranger Things season 5 volume 1 is available on Netflix now. Further episodes follow on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin TV.

You can follow the above time schedule to track down the latest episodes and watch the latest season as soon as it arrives on the streaming platform. Almost every episode of Stranger Things Season 5 will be at least one hour long.

Ross Duffer, the co-showrunner of the series, says the streaming service is expanding its bandwidth by 30 percent in anticipation of the premiere.

As the highly anticipated 'Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 1' release approaches, fans are showcasing their love for the series with themed food and social media posts, eagerly awaiting the return to the Upside Down.