How Will Stranger Things End? The Biggest Season 5 Theories
WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 4, vol. 2!
With the final episodes of season 4 now streaming on Netflix, speculation is running rampant on how Stranger Things season 5 will bring the beloved series to an end. Stranger Things premiered in 2016 as an unprecedented success for Netflix, with the sci-fi show quickly becoming one of, if not the streaming service’s most popular original series. As it has progressed, the scope and stakes of the series–including its massive budget–have increased exponentially. With Stranger Things season 4's ending turning Hawkins into ground zero for the Upside Down's incursion, season 5 will see the entire expanded crew team up to face their biggest challenge yet.
Stranger Things season 1 began with 12-year-old Will Byers being abducted by a mysterious creature after a Dungeons & Dragons game with his friends, with superpowered 12-year-old Eleven escaping Hawkins National Lab at the same time. As the events unfolded, Stranger Things’ characters entered a battle with beings from another dimension, the Upside Down, in which the alternate world seeks a complete takeover of Hawkins. The stakes of the Hawkins’ fights with the Upside Down have grown more dire over the course of the series, which has included the deaths of many beloved Stranger Things characters. With the Upside Down increasingly achieving the upper hand over Hawkins, Stranger Things has been building to a massive, world-ending battle for the season 5 ending.
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