The wait is officially over, and Stranger Things season 5 volume 1 is here – with a jaw-dropping ending that has left fans desperate for the next instalment.
Meanwhile, Linda Hamilton's Dr Kay has been holding a very important person from Eleven's (Millie Bobby Brown) past prisoner, with Will (Noah Schnapp) having some incredible powers to stop the Demogorgons from massacring his friends.
What happened to Will Byers and how did he stop the Demogorgons?
The final scene of episode 4 shows Will seemingly using his connection to Vecna and the Demogorgons to stop the monsters in their tracks and prevent them from killing his friends.
Will we see Will and Eleven defeat Vecna together? Stranger things have happened...
The first scene of episode 1 made it clear that Will and Vecna have been connected since his disappearance in season 1. Throughout season 5, Will has also felt a connection to the Demogorgons, literally seeing through their eyes and even feeling their emotions. By the end of episode 4, and with Robin's (Maya Hawke) help, Will has strengthened that connection to the point that he can actually control them.
As Will prepares to fight back against Vecna and the Demogorgons, a montage of his happiest childhood memories plays out, over Robin telling him that he's had the answers all along – and that's when he manages to stop the Demogorgons. Perhaps Will's growing confidence, which may lead to the strengthening of his powers, is the key to defeating Vecna for good.
Who is Kali – AKA Eight – and why is Dr Kay holding her prisoner?
It's revealed that Dr Kay is holding Kali, AKA Eight, prisoner in the Upside Down, likely to find out more information about Eleven and her powers. Dr Kay is woefully ill-informed about the events in Hawkins, believing that Eleven has taken Holly and the other missing children. She seems to believe that if she tracks down Eleven, she'll find the missing children.
Following her escape from Hawkins Lab, Kali sought revenge on those who had hurt her. When Eleven tracked her down in Pennsylvania, she was living as part of a gang that would punish people from their pasts for wronging them.
During their siege on the military facility in the Upside Down while looking for Vecna, Eleven and Hopper find Kali. It's unclear how Dr Kay got her hands on Kali, or what exactly she's done to her, but it seems that Eleven and Hopper (David Harbour) are about to rescue her – if they can escape from the facility alive, that is.
What happened to Max Mayfield, and is she alive?
She appears to Holly at the end of episode 3 and, in episode 4, explains exactly what's happened to her. She says that she should be dead, and, for a moment she was. Then, she felt something calling to her and woke up in Vecna's memories, including seeing his experiences at high school (which links season 5 to the play The First Shadow) - and even witnessing the moment he "cursed" her.
Soon afterwards, Vecna finds her, chasing her through his memories, until she reaches a cave that he seems terrified of and won't step foot in, leading her to build a home for herself there. While she had given up on finding a way to escape, Holly's arrival has spurred her on to create a new plan. For now, Holly needs to return to Vecna's house to bide her time and convince him that nothing is out of the ordinary.
What does Vecna want with Holly and the Hawkins children?
It's unclear why Vecna started with Holly – perhaps due to her proximity to Will, being Mike's (Finn Wolfhard) younger sister. However, evidently his plan doesn't end with her, as he also targets multiple other children, including Derek Turnbow (Jake Connelly) who helps the gang to fight back.
Unfortunately, the military have figured out the pattern of kids going missing, rounding up the children and holding them at the MAC-Z – however, the gang work that to their advantage, sending Derek right into the heart of their operations and planning to tunnel underneath to rescue the children that Vecna has targeted – a la The Great Escape.
One major flaw in Vecna's plan is that he's clearly underestimated the children of Hawkins, as well as Will. As shown throughout the four episodes in volume 1, Will has learnt a lot more about his connection to Vecna, and is now on the front foot as he learns to fight back.
Perhaps that will be Vecna's fatal flaw, and what will ultimately lead to his downfall. To know for sure, though, we're going to have to wait patiently for volume 2, but actor Campbell Bower has given us a hint of what to expect.
He added: "As a fan, I'm really, really, really happy and in love with how this ends. It's really beautiful, and it's a very fitting end to a show that we all know and love."
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