Breaking down the ending of ‘Stranger Things’ season 5 volume 1

Watching

• Stranger Things. We’ll have to wait until Christmas to see what happens next for the gang in Hawkins, but the first four episodes of the fifth and final season, which dropped on Netflix on Thanksgiving, set up the chess pieces needed for the upcoming final battle against Vecna. We break down the surprise episode title reveal and the epic ending of the fourth episode here.

• Eternity. In David Freyne's romantic dramedy starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner, a woman must choose between the two loves of her life, once and for all. Read more about the film’s unexpected twists here.

• The Secret Agent. Kleber Mendonça Filho's award-winning drama takes place in 1977 Brazil, with Wagner Moura playing an academic thrown into clandestine operations. The film is true to Mendonça Filho’s aesthetic—roomy and unhurried, but relentlessly alert at the same time. Read more about it here.

Talking About

• This week, Kim Kardashian launched a MasterClass about how she turned her unlikely fame into a fortune by following 10 simple “Kimmandments.” TIME spoke with the media mogul ahead of the class’s launch. Read more.

• Pantone, the self-described “global color authority,” announced its annual color of the year for 2026: Cloud Dancer, a “billowy, balanced white.” Read more. 

• The White House has faced pushback from artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Kenny Loggins for using their music in social media posts. Sabrina Carpenter is the latest to object to her work being co-opted by politics she disagrees with. Read more.