Find all the connections from previous seasons and 'The First Shadow' play that may help you connect the dots as you watch 'Stranger Things 5' Vol. 2

By the end of Volume 2, the group finally settles on a plan: Vecna has to keep pulling the worlds together, because that is the only way to reach the Abyss. When the Squawk radio tower breaks through a rift, it creates a path upward, which will give Eleven the proximity she needs to reach him.

After four-and-a-half seasons of questions prompted by “Stranger Things,” in Volume 2 of the show’s fifth and final season, creators Matt and Ross Duffer offered answers aplenty, while also setting up the potentially tragic stakes of the series finale.

The stakes are at an all-time high as Eleven and her friends return to defeat Vecna for one last time in Stranger Things 5. The first volume left the viewers in shock with unexpected twists and turns. With new episodes arriving soon on Netflix, updates ...