After five seasons, nine years and about 1,000 renditions of Running Up That Hill, Stranger Things is nearly at an end. Although Will vanished into the Upside Down within the first five minutes of the show,

i hate when actors are nonchalant about the roles that made them famous,” one viral tweet said in response to the interview clip.

A viral Stranger Things theory suggests Vecna may not be the show’s true Big Bad. Fans now believe the Mind Flayer, or a deeper creature linked to it, could be pulling the strings from day one, and Season 5 is dropping clues that flip the entire story upside down.

This post contains major spoilers for Stranger Things 5, Volume 1, and what new things it revealed to us about Vecna. If you want to avoid them, watch the episodes first and then return here faster than a demogorgon chasing a child and read our spoiler ...

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Stranger Things is nearly finished, as Season 5 Vol. 2 of the popular Netflix series arrives today. Stranger Things Season 5 is the final entry of the Netflix show created by Matt and Ross Duffer, also known as the Duffer Brothers.