The following review contains some light spoilers for Stranger Things season five, volume one.

It’s been a staggering three years since the last season of Stranger Things . In that water cooler conversation-dominating fourth installment, the Duffer brothers brought us Sadie Sink’s Max running up that hill to Kate Bush, before ending with Joseph Quinn’s Eddie Munson’s death via Demobats, Max landing in a coma and Vecna’s gates ripping through Hawkins in extraordinary fashion. The stage was set for a mind-melting final showdown—and now, it’s finally here, albeit in three installments: volume one, comprised of the first four episodes, which are now on Netflix ; volume two, with the next three, arriving on Boxing Day; and a two-hour-long finale which streams on New Year’s Day.

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