Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 5 answers many questions viewers have had about the Upside Down for ages, but we still need other answers.

"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.

These triumphant moments also demonstrate Schapp's growth as an actor over his 10 years playing Will. The coming out monologue is Schnapp's most emotionally intense and verbose in the series. The performance is further accented by Schapp's real-world relationship to the topic, having publicly come out as gay in 2023.

Find all the connections from previous seasons and 'The First Shadow' play that may help you connect the dots as you watch 'Stranger Things 5' Vol. 2

It certainly seems like it, now that Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) has finally escaped Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) in the fifth and final season of "Stranger." By Episode 6 of the season, we have seen a lot of thumb-twiddling, with our characters running around in plot circles; maybe this episode's big ending is a sign that bigger things are coming?

Jamie Campbell Bower, Noah Schnapp and The Duffer Brothers spoke to "Good Morning America" about the final episodes of "Stranger Things."

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,

Stranger Things strives to keep everyone involved in its multipronged tale, such as Eleven, whose speech is still childishly stilted (despite Eight being verbally mature) and who’s mainly asked to periodically stick her hand out to use her supernatural talents.

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

Jamie Campbell Bower reveals his inspirations for Vecna in 'Stranger Things 5,' including Mr. Rogers, 'The Shining,' and the 2020 movie 'Alone.'

The scene is one of several tear-jerkers in the second volume of episodes, released on Christmas Day. In addition to a whirlwind of emotional sequences, the back half of the season is finally beginning to provide some answers about the Upside Down and the evils that Hawkins has been facing this whole time.