10 years, 42 episodes, one stage play, and a whole lot of demogorgons have brought us here: the very last episode of Stranger Things. Netflix dropped season 5, episode 8 of the sci-fi series on New Year’s Eve, and, as the world prepared to count down the final hours of 2025, fans gathered around their screens at home—or, for some, in movie theaters—to find out what would happen when Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Will (Noah Schnapp), and the rest of the Hawkins gang as they faced off against Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) one last time.
Clocking in at over two hours long, the final episode of the hit series covers a lot of ground, including the climactic battle for Hawkins, Indiana (and the fate of humanity, no big deal) and its aftermath, closing with a lengthy epilogue that tries to offer a fitting farewell for each of these characters.
