OTT Week: Stranger Things Finale, Haq Lead Packed New Year Releases

• Stranger Things Season 5 Finale (Netflix, Jan 1) concludes the series with Hawkins facing Vecna's ultimate plan, merging worlds and testing the Party's limits.
• Haq (Netflix, Jan 2), a courtroom drama inspired by the Shah Bano case, stars Yami Gautam Dhar as Shazia Bano fighting for women's rights and secular law.
• Run Away (Netflix, Jan 1), a Harlan Coben thriller, follows a father's desperate search for his daughter amidst murder and buried family secrets.
• Other releases include "Cheetahs Up Close With Bertie Gregory" (JioHotstar, Jan 2), "Ricky Gervais: Mortality" (Netflix, Dec 30), and "The Good Doctor" (Netflix, Jan 1).
• The week features a diverse slate of thrillers, dramas, rom-coms, and documentaries, offering both weighty confrontations and escapism.

Why It Matters: A significant week for streaming with major finales, impactful dramas, and diverse new content across platforms.