This story contains spoilers from Season 5, Volume 2 of “Stranger Things, now streaming on Netflix. After four-and-a-half seasons of questions prompted by “Stranger Things,” in Volume 2 of the show’s fifth and final season,

Tensions are high between David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown in 'Stranger Things' season 5, volume 2, and creators Matt and Ross Duffer tell PEOPLE how Hopper's fear of losing Eleven drives him in t

With only the series finale left, Stranger Things season 5, volume 2 has teased the imminent death of two major characters ... or has it? Let's investigate.

"I hope by the time people get to the end that it feels like there’s something inevitable about what happens," Matt Duffer tells The Hollywood Reporter in a conversation with brother Ross Duffer about the second part of the final season and how it sets up their endgame.

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 finally arrived on Christmas Day, picking up the story at full speed and pushing every character closer to the end. Here’s what goes down in Volume 2, and how it tees up the series finale.

Following Volume 1's release on November 26 episodes 1-4 and leading to the New Year's Eve finale, the second volume has been highly awaited. Created and directed by the Duffer Brothers (Matt and Ross),

Stranger Things has brought back Kali in Season 5, however, it seems that she could turn into a villain as the show proceeds. Learn more.

We recapped and reviewed Stranger Things 5 episode 6, “Escape From Camazotz,” live here at Winter is Coming. We don’t have to wait long to find out what happens next in the Upside Down. Nancy shoots at the sky, and suddenly, we see a big glowing vortex, followed by an explosion and the emergence of energy bolts that travel across the dimension.

Christmas is always more enjoyable if you ignore the minor irritations and focus on the bigger picture – and the same is true of the blockbusting three new episodes of the final series of Stranger Things that Netflix has drop-kicked into the middle of the festive season.

Ever since her introduction in Stranger Things Season 1, Eleven has been not only an instrumental character but a fan-favorite, so will she die in the finale?