This post contains major spoilers for Stranger Things 5, Volume 1, and what new things it revealed to us about Vecna. If you want to avoid them, watch the episodes first and then return here faster than a demogorgon chasing a child and read our spoiler-free review of Stranger Things 5 instead .

In Stranger Things 4 ‘s finale, Vecna told Eleven and her friends that they had not won. He said their encounter was the beginning of the end and that they had already lost. We then saw what he meant. Even though they had stopped him that night, the temporary death of Max allowed him to open huge portals right through Hawkins, Indiana. Only, Vecna was nowhere to be found at the start of Stranger Things 5 , Volume 1. Some even questioned if he was still alive. They got their answer when

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