An era is coming to an end on Netflix in the 2025 TV schedule with the final season of Stranger Things, but the streamer isn’t releasing every remaining episode in one batch this holiday season. Volume 1 debuts with the first four episodes of the fifth and final season on Wednesday, November 26 for fans with a Netflix subscription. Actor Joe Chrest, who has been playing Ted Wheeler since the very first episode all the way back in 2016, spoke with CinemaBlend about one thing he won’t miss about the show after wrapping his time on it.
Chrest, who also opened up about why Ted’s not such a bad dad to Mike and Nancy despite being “sacked out all the time,” has been a memorable part of the cast thanks to some very quotable lines. The A Friend of the Family alum of course couldn’t drop all the details about the final round of the Upside Down when we spoke, but he did weigh in on what it’s been like to keep such massive, high-stakes secrets for so long:
