Stranger Things Season 5 closes the door on Hawkins’ darkest era. Explore moments, choices, and sacrifices that shape the unforgettable finale.

With Stranger Things Season 5 Episode 8, aka the finale, on Netflix now, find out if any major characters die in the last ever episode.

Not only was Vecna’s planet-smashing agenda stopped in its tracks, but Stranger Things’ final season finally gave Winona Ryder’s Joyce

Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things‘ started with the arrival of Eleven, a mysterious, superpowered kid in the town of Hawkins, following the disappearance of Will Byers. Over the course of five seasons, a tragic picture of Eleven’s birth and childhood comes to light.

Finally, after what feels like a hundred years, “Stranger Things” has ended.

For years now, there have been theories that Steve could die, and as Season 5 has aired on the 2025 TV schedule, they’ve persisted. Plus, in the latest batch of episodes, his emotional reconciliation with Dustin, and their proclamation of “you die, I die” have certainly upped the emotional stakes of a loss like this.

One moment in Stranger Things season 5 potentially houses a major secret involving the fate of a long-standing character.

Stranger Things Season 5 is definitely taking its sweet time to depict the emotionally devastating moments for which the viewers have been preparing since Eddie’s death in the previous season.