So much has happened in the real world since we last saw Stranger Things back in the summer of 2023, you can be forgiven for not remembering where things left off with the kids of Hawkins and the demons that stalk them. With Season Five Volume 1 (four episodes) releasing Nov. 26 on Netflix, we’re here to help.

Vecna Opened the Door to the Upside Down

The fourth season centered the backstory of the villainous Vecna, a.k.a. Henry Cree (Jamie Campbell Bower). Revealed to be “One” to Millie Bobby Brown ’s “Eleven,” Henry was one of Dr. Brenner’s (Matthew Modine) experiments, a child with telepathic powers who became the Pinhead of the Upside Down, and, as revealed in the prologue to the new season, the big bad behind everything that’s happened since the series premiere. Vecna sought

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