Despite lackluster romances in Stranger Things 5, this love story stands out as genuine and well-deserved in the final season.

When Lin-Manuel Miranda hosted the second episode of Season 42 on October 8, 2016, the 1980s-set supernatural show had only just became a monster hit. Season 2 was still a year away, but SNL had Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers ( Mikey Day and Alex Moffat) present a sneak peek at what comes next.

The five-season saga of Stranger Things ended with the core group of kids moving on from their childhoods, but a new behind-the-scenes video reveals that Caleb McLaughlin made some time to help the children on set to have a good time while filming a gruesome sequence.

The Stranger Things series ends by mirroring its beginning, returning to a Dungeons & Dragons game in the Wheelers’ basement. Will, Dustin, Lucas, Max, and Mike reunite for one final role-playing campaign before putting away their D&D books and leaving the basement one by one, symbolizing the close of their shared childhood chapter.

Stranger Things finally reveals the truth about the Mind Flayer and Vecna, but it screws everything up by the end.

After building up momentum in Volume 1, Stranger Things Season 5 came to a screeching halt in Volume 2. The second part of the final season of Netflix’s mega-hit sci-fi series spent far too much time stalling the action with grueling, cheesy heart-to-hearts, riddled with awkward dialogue, all nuance and subtext be damned.

Stranger Things ended with a glimpse into the future that revealed that Max and Lucas stay together AND finally get to go on their movie date. And while we only saw them cuddling in the audience, the Duffer brothers just went ahead and revealed what movie they were seeing.

After nearly a decade, Stranger Things is at an end. Over the course of five seasons we got to know a beloved cast of characters, unravel more mysteries than yo