Stranger Things Season 5 Finale Trailer Sets Up What Looks Like the End of the Upside Down

Netflix has released the trailer for the Stranger Things Season 5 finale, teasing the extremity of the long-running show.

Warning! Spoilers for Stranger Things up to this constituent follow:

The trailer begins with a teary-eyed Jim Hopper (David Harbour) asking Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) to “fight 1 past time.” We past get a bid of clips from anterior episodes arsenic Jim admits that Eleven was robbed of her puerility and faced horrors nary kid should face. We extremity up successful the contiguous and the upcoming finale, wherever Eleven, Hopper, Kali Prasad, besides known arsenic Eight, and Murray Bauman look to decision Vecna erstwhile and for all. Eleven prepares to participate the bath astatine Hawkins Lab successful the Upside Down, which volition amplify her powers.

Meanwhile, Gaten Matarazzo’s Dustin and Caleb McLaughlin’s Lucas look retired implicit a hellscape. Vecna is hooked up to his horrible pulsating lair successful The Abyss, where, presumably, he’s utilizing the kidnapped children arsenic vessels to efficaciously regenerate Earth with the Abyss, the alternate magnitude from which each the horrible monsters of Stranger Things originated. Cue an explosion, an aggravated shriek from Dustin (perhaps 1 of the main characters is caught up successful the explosion), and a funny changeable successful which a curtain closes — virtually — connected our protagonists.

The trailer ends with what looks similar our heroes’ program — outlined successful Episode 7 — successful action. Operation Beanstalk, arsenic it’s called, volition fto Vecna gully the 2 worlds unneurotic and hold until the Squawk vigor operation pokes done 1 of the rifts, truthful Eleven tin marque her move. Eleven volition past participate Vecna’s caput and ambush him, portion the others ascent the beanstalk into the Abyss to rescue the kids. That’s the plan, anyway. “Mother of god,” Dustin says arsenic helium looks into the sky.

And that’s wherever the trailer ends — with the Squawk vigor operation poking done 1 of the rifts. The Stranger Things Season 5 finale, Episode 8, is called The Rightside Up, and has an authoritative runtime of 2 hours 8 minutes. It volition beryllium screened successful theaters nationwide astatine the aforesaid clip it is shown connected Netflix, astatine 5pm PT connected New Year’s Eve. Co-creator Ross Duffer has told fans they should lone spot it successful theaters if they’re chill with crying successful a crowded room. The Duffer brothers person besides told fans not to expect a Game of Thrones-style bloodbath, adjacent arsenic determination are large questions implicit who mightiness dice successful the last episode.

As we’ve reported, Stranger Things is suffering from reappraisal bombing aft Season 5 Episode 7 met with little assemblage scores than the Netflix bid has typically seen. But immoderate fans are striking backmost with 5-star reviews successful a bid to reverse the trend.

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