The final season of Stranger Things (S5) is set for a three-part release starting Wednesday, November 26, concluding the epic that became Netflix’s first global sensation. Before the Upside Down completes its invasion of Hawkins, fans must remember the stakes: the town is split by Vecna’s dimensional rifts, Max is comatose, and the battle hinges on Eleven and her psychokinetic powers—the very core of the conflict’s origin at Hawkins Lab in 1983.