The final moments of Stranger Things season 5 deliver a full-circle moment for the main characters in the Wheeler's basement, with the Duffer brothers revealing that that was the plan from the very beginning.

Stranger Things fans are hoping Netflix will make the show’s stage play, The First Shadow, available to stream. The show’s finale season featured several references to the play, which is currently playing in London and New York City. [Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for Stranger Things‘ series finale.]

“Stranger Things” is getting review-bombed online following the negative fan reaction to the Season 5, Volume 2 episodes that dropped on Christmas. Heading into the series finale airing New Year’s Eve, Season 5 is now the show’s lowest-rated season on Rotten Tomatoes.

Seasons 4 and 5 of Stranger Things consistently positioned Vecna as the villain, yet there were always complexities to his story. There was little getting around the fact that he'd committed heinous acts (he wiped out all the Hawkins Lab kids, after all), but questions arose early on about the extent to which he was in control.

While it was still epic, the series finale has proven to be deeply divisive, with the Duffer Brothers now defending and explaining the final scene.

When deciding how to end one of the best Netflix shows after 10 years, Stranger Things creators Ross and Matt Duffer say they actually took a leaf out of Peter Jackson's book and used sci-fi fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as inspiration.

Following the Stranger Things Season 5 finale, fans still have a lot of questions left about the show. One major question is why there wasn’t a scene with Hopper and Joyce realizing that Vecna/Henry Creel was someone they knew from high school.