"Stranger Things 5" is reaching its end.
Fans have been glued to their screens since the release of the fifth season's first and second volume and now are anticipating how the series will conclude.
Many are also wondering if questions about Vecna, a.k.a. Henry Creel, the Upside Down and more will finally be answered.
The beloved science fiction series following the eerie happenings in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s, and a teenage group of friends looking to uncover the town's mysteries, has captivated audiences since it was first released in 2016.
As the series comes to an end, "Stranger Things" star Noah Schnapp, who plays Will Byers, told "Good Morning America" that he hopes fans are "satisfied and content and ready to say goodbye to these characters and these stories."
He added, "I hope they love the final episode as much as we did reading it."
Spoiler alert: If you haven't caught up with "Stranger Things 5" volume 1 and 2 yet, look away now.
Following Vol. 1's climactic ending with Will tapping into his connection with Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) to help save his friends from an army of Demogorgons, the plot deepened in Vol. 2 with Will figuring out how to use his powers.
"Will's powers extend beyond what we've already seen," Bower said about Will in Vol. 2. "And if they were a minor vexation to Vecna in that first chapter become a greater cause of pain in this volume for sure."
Additionally, the biggest revelation about the Upside Down came to light when Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) discovers another realm beyond the Upside Down -- The Abyss.
Vol 2., which dropped Christmas Day, also saw Max (Sadie Sink) and Holly Wheeler (Nell Fisher) continuing their journey out of Vecna's grip and attempting to escape he red void. While Max finally makes it out of Vecna's mind and returns to her body, which had been in a coma for two years after being attacked by Vecna (season 4), Holly does not and returns back into Vecna's web.
Meanwhile, longtime couple Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton), have an "un-proposal" a.k.a. breakup and narrowly escape death in the Upside Down while almost being engulfed in a room of gray sludge.
Yes! The series finale trailer arrived on Tuesday.
It opens with an emotional moment with Jim Hopper (David Harbour) telling his adopted daughter Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) to "fight one last time."
He continues, "Life has been so unfair to you. Your childhood was taken from you. You've been attacked, manipulated, by terrible people, but you never let it break you. Fight for the days on the other side of this. Fight for a world beyond Hawkins. Let's end this, kid."
As Hopper delivers the monologue, pivotal scenes from all of the five seasons of "Stranger Things" play in a montage before we see the crew begin the final battle with Vecna.
See the trailer here.
The names of the "Stranger Things" season 5 episodes are as follows:
The "Stranger Things 5" finale will arrive on New Year's Eve on Netflix. It will be released at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
Volume 1, which will include the first four episodes, is available to stream now on Netflix.
On Christmas Day, Dec. 25, Volume 2 arrived with episodes 5, 6 and 7.
The final episode of season 5 will not only be available to stream on Netflix, but it will also be shown in theaters for fan events on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
Netflix announced in a press release in October that it will bring the finale episode of "Stranger Things 5" to select theaters nationwide.
In a statement from the Duffer Brothers, shared in the press release, they said they are "beyond excited that fans will have the chance to experience the final episode of Stranger Things in theaters."
"It's something we've dreamed about for years," they added.
The "Stranger Things 5" cast also includes Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, Caleb McLaughlin, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono and Amybeth McNulty.
Jake Connelly, Alex Breaux and Linda Hamilton also joined as new members of the cast this season.
Ahead of the final season, some of the cast spoke with "Good Morning America" at the Los Angeles premiere, including Gelman, who plays Murray.
Gelman said the show's characters are what kept audiences drawn to the series over the years.
"I think the characters are so brilliantly written and acted that they have that type of familiarity in a way that makes people both identify with them and adopt them as their own," he said. "They're those types of iconic characters that feel like family.
Brown also shared a message for her younger, season 1 self.
"You're gonna have so much fun," she said. "Enjoy every single second of it. These are gonna be your best friends for life, and don't worry, your hair grows back."
"Stranger Things" season 5 wrapped production last December.
Ross Duffer reflected on the production in a touching Instagram post at the time.
"Everyone involved was determined to bring this story to a satisfying conclusion. They poured their hearts and souls into it, and we couldn't be more proud of what they've accomplished," he wrote.
Yes, the official stage production -- "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" -- is on Broadway, having opened April 22, 2025.
"Stranger Things: The First Shadow" opened to rave reviews in 2023 on London's West End and recently won Olivier Awards in the best entertainment and best set design categories.
The show is set in the same location as the Netflix series -- Hawkins, Indiana -- in 1959 and centers on the origin story of Vecna.
Behind the scenes footage from the London production was captured in a Netflix documentary.
Since the release of "Stranger Things 5" volume 1 and 2, the Tony Award-winning Broadway production smashed the 9-performance house record at the Marquis Theatre with a gross of $2,510,948.00 for the week ending on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, according to a press release from Polk PR.
See a glimpse of the stage production here.
ABC News' Mary Pat Thompson contributed to this report.
