Stranger Things Season 5 saw unprecedented hype before its premiere. It would not be wrong to call the series the most popular show on Netflix right now. For three long years, fans waited to see how things would pan out in Hawkins in the final season.But despite being the most hyped season of the show so far, it has received the lowest-ever Rotten Tomatoes score from critics. Stranger Things Season 5 is rated 85% on Tomatometer at the time of writing.All the previous seasons of the fantasy horror drama had a rating of more than 89%. On the plus side, having 85% as the ‘worst’ rating speaks volumes about the show’s popularity and success.Stranger Things Season 5 gets the lowest-ever Rotten Tomatoes score in the series View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe highest rated Stranger Things season on Rotten Tomatoes is Season 1 with a score of a whopping 97%. It is followed closely by Season 2 with a rating of 94%. Seasons 3 and 4 share the same RT score of 89%. Shortly after its premiere, Season 5 has earned a critics' rating of 85%.The score changes over time as more reviewers watch the show. Since the final season is being released in three parts, the rating might change significantly as the rest of the episodes come out. Considering how people are emotional over the show’s end, Season 5 might actually surpass the ratings of all other seasons once the finale airs on December 31, 2025.Stranger Things Season 5 brings back our favorite heroes: Mike, Eleven, Jim, Joyce, Will, Dustin, Lucas, Nancy, Jonathan, Max, and Steve. The group is ready for a final showdown against Vecna in the Upside Down. The official synopsis of the final season reads:“Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding.” View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe synopsis further states:“As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”The show stars David Harbour as Jim Hopper, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, and Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna.The first four episodes of Stranger Things Season 5 are now streaming on Netflix.