Instead, we get a pep talk from Hopper (David Harbour) to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) about scenes of her struggles throughout the season. Although she has been sidelined for the majority of season five so far, it is certain that the finale stranger things‘Superpowered heroes back at the center of the action.
At the end of the clip, we get a brief glimpse of Abyss getting closer and closer to the WSQK radio tower. Looks like Steve’s slinky-inspired plan to reach out to the world of horror is about to work… we hope?
“I need you to fight one last time,” Hopper says. “Life has been very unfair to you. Your childhood has been taken away from you. You have been attacked and manipulated by terrible people, and you have never let it break you.”
The montage shows us other characters who have also suffered the same fate stranger things They’re put through their paces, especially Will (Noah Schnapp) and Max (Sadie Sink).
But there’s no doubt who Hopper is addressing when he concludes his speech: “Fight for the days on the other side of this. Fight for a world beyond Hawking. Let’s end this, kids.”
As the angry red edge of the abyss looms, a horrified Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) gets the last word: “Mother of God!”
The apocalypse is knocking—are you ready? stranger things Volumes one and two of season five are now streaming on Netflix, with the feature-length finale premiering on December 31.
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