The clock is ticking, Vecna is still looming, and fans have a lot of unanswered questions heading into the final episode.

Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 5 answers many questions viewers have had about the Upside Down for ages, but we still need other answers.

As Stranger Things reaches its end on January 1, 2026, lingering mysteries still demand resolution before the final goodbye.

The fifth season of Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ reveals the long-awaited answers that have been lingering since Will Byers disappeared in the first season in 2016. At the same time, it also raises several questions,

If you've just finished watching all three episodes from Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 2, you might be feeling your brain come alive and possibly the veins in your head pulsating.

The fifth and final season of 'Stranger Things' will drop in three parts between November 26 and December 31. In an exclusive video, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, and Maya Hawke reflect on the series' 10-year run and the "badass" ending.

Already, the stakes have been set up for a finale that no one will forget. Ahead of the Stranger Things finale, Eleven is faced with a terrible choice. Her entire life, she has been a tool for the people who raised her.

Long before season 5 premiered in November, Jim Hopper actor David Harbour assured fans that "the OG storylines" would all be wrapped up in satisfying ways. A tall order, really, given how many characters are still in play and the physics-defying reveals we've seen so far. But anything is possible!

In Volume 2’s “The Bridge,” it is revealed that the Upside Down is actually part of a wormhole connecting Earth and The Abyss, another dimension occupied by Vecna ( Jamie Campbell Bower ), the Demogorgons, Mindflayer, and more.