Here’s a shocker for absolutely no one: the series that crashed Netflix last night is now the No. 1 show across the entire world. Stranger Things 5, the long-awaited final season of the streamer’s biggest cultural phenomenon, dropped its first four episodes — and within hours, the platform buckled under the weight of demand. For a moment, it felt like Netflix itself fell into the Upside Down. The surge was expected, but not this quickly. Minutes after launch, social media lit up with the familiar cocktail of excitement and chaos: fans posting error screens, Netflix trending worldwide, and the inevitable “Eddie Munson died for this” memes making their triumphant return. And by morning, the numbers confirmed what the internet already knew — Stranger Things remains Netflix’s crown jewel, and its final season might be its biggest event yet.
