One of the lingering questions Stranger Things fans having coming out of the Season 5 finale relates to the series’ famous monsters, the demogorgons. Or, perhaps put more accurately, the lack of them.

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 Season 5 Volume 2 has just been released, and while it revealed the reality of the Upside Down, it also explored a few character arcs.

Yes, there are spoilers ahead for the final episode of Stranger Things .

Stranger Things' killed off a crucial main character in the series finale — but are they actually still alive?

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 released on Netflix amid a lot of expectations. Though the new episodes dug deeper into themes like relationships and identity, Noaf Schnapp as Will Byers' coming out scene holds a major keay for the final fight against Vecna.

In the first episode of the long-awaited fifth and final season of Netflix's STRANGER THINGS, we see our lead characters preparing

Will’s isolation was evident from the first season as he was artistic and sensitive. This developed throughout the series until the climactic moment when he comes out to his family, found and home-grown alike. His decision to come out was important to his development as a character, but it was also necessary to the main plot of the show.