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“Everything we’ve ever assumed about the Upside Down has been dead wrong.”
Credit: Netflix
We’re 10 days away from the next installment of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, and Netflix has released a new trailer for what it’s calling Volume 2. This will cover episodes five through seven, with the final episode comprising Vol. 3.
(Spoilers for Season 5, Vol. 1 below.)
Season 4 ended with Vecna—the Big Bad behind it all—opening the gate that allowed the Upside Down to leak into Hawkins. We got a time jump for S5, Vol. 1, but in a way, we came full circle, since those events coincided with the third anniversary of Will’s original disappearance in S1.
In Vol. 1, we found Hawkins under military occupation and Vecna targeting a new group of young children in his human form under the pseudonym “Mr. Whatsit” (a nod to A Wrinkle in Time). He kidnapped Holly Wheeler and took her to the Upside Down, where she found an ally in Max, still in a coma, but her consciousness is hiding in one of Vecna’s old memories. Dustin was struggling to process his grief over losing Eddie Munson in S4, causing a rift with Steve. The rest of the gang was devoted to stockpiling supplies and helping Eleven and Hopper track down Vecna in the Upside Down. They found Kali/Eight, Eleven’s psychic “sister” instead, being held captive in a military laboratory.
Things came to a head at the military base when Vecna’s demagorgons attacked to take 11 more children, wiping out most of the soldiers in record time. The big reveal was that, as a result of being kidnapped by Vecna in S1, Will has his own supernatural powers. He can tap into Vecna’s hive mind and manipulate those powers for his own purposes. He used his newfound powers to save his friends from the demagorgons.
This new trailer picks up right where Vol. 1 left off, with Will surveying the devastation and declaring, “We failed. We never stood a chance.” Joyce assures him all is not yet lost. But our intrepid crew clearly still has a fair amount of tribulation ahead. One tantalizing moment has Dustin declaring that they were all “dead wrong” about what the Upside Down actually is. The Duffer brothers have promised that the final season will answer that question once and for all. We see Kali helping Eleven and Hopper, but it’s unclear whether she will ultimately be friend or foe. Certainly, the team needs all the help they can get.
While we have lost wonderful supporting characters over the previous four seasons, thus far, the main cast has been largely protected. Now all bets are off. Perhaps that’s why fans have reacted so forcefully to a moment in the new trailer between Steve and Dustin, now reconciled, where they tell each other, “If you die, I die.” It’s a callback to S2 when Dustin refused to abandon Steve. But there are fan theories that Steve is on the chopping block as a potential casualty in the final showdown. That would be so cruel to Dustin, who already lost Eddie. Would the Duffers dare take out both characters? I think not, but we shall see.
Volume 2 of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things arrives to Netflix on December 25, 2025. The series finale will be available on December 31, 2025. Netflix is organizing numerous fan events at select theaters for the finale in case you’re keen to see it on a big screen.
Credit: Netflix
We’re 10 days away from the next installment of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, and Netflix has released a new trailer for what it’s calling Volume 2. This will cover episodes five through seven, with the final episode comprising Vol. 3.
(Spoilers for Season 5, Vol. 1 below.)
Season 4 ended with Vecna—the Big Bad behind it all—opening the gate that allowed the Upside Down to leak into Hawkins. We got a time jump for S5, Vol. 1, but in a way, we came full circle, since those events coincided with the third anniversary of Will’s original disappearance in S1.
In Vol. 1, we found Hawkins under military occupation and Vecna targeting a new group of young children in his human form under the pseudonym “Mr. Whatsit” (a nod to A Wrinkle in Time). He kidnapped Holly Wheeler and took her to the Upside Down, where she found an ally in Max, still in a coma, but her consciousness is hiding in one of Vecna’s old memories. Dustin was struggling to process his grief over losing Eddie Munson in S4, causing a rift with Steve. The rest of the gang was devoted to stockpiling supplies and helping Eleven and Hopper track down Vecna in the Upside Down. They found Kali/Eight, Eleven’s psychic “sister” instead, being held captive in a military laboratory.
Things came to a head at the military base when Vecna’s demagorgons attacked to take 11 more children, wiping out most of the soldiers in record time. The big reveal was that, as a result of being kidnapped by Vecna in S1, Will has his own supernatural powers. He can tap into Vecna’s hive mind and manipulate those powers for his own purposes. He used his newfound powers to save his friends from the demagorgons.
This new trailer picks up right where Vol. 1 left off, with Will surveying the devastation and declaring, “We failed. We never stood a chance.” Joyce assures him all is not yet lost. But our intrepid crew clearly still has a fair amount of tribulation ahead. One tantalizing moment has Dustin declaring that they were all “dead wrong” about what the Upside Down actually is. The Duffer brothers have promised that the final season will answer that question once and for all. We see Kali helping Eleven and Hopper, but it’s unclear whether she will ultimately be friend or foe. Certainly, the team needs all the help they can get.
While we have lost wonderful supporting characters over the previous four seasons, thus far, the main cast has been largely protected. Now all bets are off. Perhaps that’s why fans have reacted so forcefully to a moment in the new trailer between Steve and Dustin, now reconciled, where they tell each other, “If you die, I die.” It’s a callback to S2 when Dustin refused to abandon Steve. But there are fan theories that Steve is on the chopping block as a potential casualty in the final showdown. That would be so cruel to Dustin, who already lost Eddie. Would the Duffers dare take out both characters? I think not, but we shall see.
Volume 2 of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things arrives to Netflix on December 25, 2025. The series finale will be available on December 31, 2025. Netflix is organizing numerous fan events at select theaters for the finale in case you’re keen to see it on a big screen.
