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Laura Hurley

Stranger Things’ Most Untrustworthy Character Set Up The Best Emotional Arc For The Series Finale, But I’m Nervous

Kali, Eleven, and Hopper looking ahead in the Upside Down in Stranger Things Season 5.

Warning: major spoilers are ahead for Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 5, available streaming now with a Netflix subscription.

Netflix has officially released the second volume of Stranger Things’ fifth and final season, leaving just the two-hour series finale at the very end of the 2025 TV schedule to tie off a lot of loose ends. An epic final battle was set up in the final minutes of Episode 7, with the majority of the characters heading into the Upside Down with a desperate mission to stop Vecna for good before he can merge two worlds.

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