Stranger Things Season 5 has arrived, and it’s clear that the 2025 TV schedule will be wrapping up with a ton of dead bodies in and around Hawkins, Indiana. We just have to keep the faith that none of our core heroes will be amongst the fallen. (Okay, none is probably too grand a hope in this case, if the finale is meant to make fans sob .)

Will Byers has had a rough go of it in Stranger Things, but the final season may be making things easier by confirming a major theory.

Stranger Things Season 5' will premiere in phases. While Volume 1 is set to release on November 26, 2025, Volume 2 has been set for Christmas release

There’s a long-standing fan theory since Vecna’s ( Jamie Campbell Bower) Season 4 introduction that has swirled about, but will Season 5 confirm what viewers have been assuming? Only time will tell for certain, but in case you’re unaware of the theory, we’re breaking it down below.