This is a code red. We repeat, a code red: Stranger Things Season 5 Volume One is officially in the can. Ross Duffer, one of the series’ creators, has confirmed that Chapters Three and Four are “locked, mixed, scored, colored” and ready to hit Netflix in November. He proceeded to share details about the final two episodes rounding out the opening batch, revealing that one involved “the most logistically insane shoot” of his life, which is “as big as any finale” before it, so it sounds as though the Hawkins heroes have a major mission ahead of them.

At the beginning of August, Ross announced that Chapters One and Two of Stranger Things Season 5 Volume One were finally complete, and now, less than one month later, he has given the update fans have been waiting to hear: the first volume of episodes is ready to be released on Netflix. He also cracked open the curiosity door by teasing what is to come. In a post on Instagram, he described Chapter Three, “The Turnbow Trap,” as “the most classic Stranger Things-y episode of the season,” asserting that “it’s got all of our favorite things.”

In addition, Ross gave a shout-out to Frank Darabont, the legendary filmmaker behind iconic movies like The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, as well as the acclaimed TV series The Walking Dead, for coming “out of retirement” to direct the episode (and a later one). Darabont, who is 66 years of age, hasn’t been attached as a director on a project since 2013, when he helmed four episodes of the neo-noir crime drama Mob City, which he created for TNT. It is unclear whether his involvement with Stranger Things signals a more permanent comeback for him or if the Netflix juggernaut enticed him back to the industry just once more.

‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Featured “Logistically Insane” Episode

In the same Instagram post, Ross revealed that Chapter Four, “Sorcerer,” is a “MASSIVE” episode, which is perhaps not too surprising given its placement at the end of Volume One and slap-bang in the middle of the eight-episode season. It is likely that the creators will want to leave viewers on a significant cliffhanger, with several mysteries still to solve heading into Stranger Things‘ final two volumes. He teased as much, saying it is “as big as any finale we’ve ever done, and the most logistically insane shoot of our lives. We’re still recovering.”

A teaser for the fifth and final season revealed that Stranger Things will undergo a time jump and pick up more than a year after the events of Season 4, which first took place in March 1986. The next chapter will open in the fall of 1987, but the story is expected to continue on from where it left off, with Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven and her cohorts preparing for the final battle against big bad Vecna in the aftermath of the Rifts opening in Hawkins, which bled the Upside Down into the real world and left the town under military quarantine.

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume One (four episodes) premieres on Netflix on Nov. 26, followed by Volume Two (three episodes) on Dec. 25, and the series finale on Dec. 31 — but fans might need tissues, as David Harbour, who plays fan-favorite Jim Hopper, confessed that a lot of the cast were “uncontrollably crying” during the final table read. It sounds like the (nearly) decade-spanning series will have an emotional send-off for the cast, but it will also mark the end of an era of television for the audience. So, don’t worry; it’s okay to cry, too.