[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Stranger Things<\/em> Series Finale.]<\/strong><\/p>\n Stranger Things<\/em><\/a> has come to an end, revealing the fate of everyone\u2019s favorite characters. So, who made it out alive and who didn\u2019t survive? Below,\u00a0 we\u2019re breaking down all of the need-to-know moments from the Stranger Things<\/em> Season 5 finale episode, \u201cThe Rightside Up,\u201d so beware of spoilers ahead.<\/p>\n The series concluded with our heroes defeating Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower<\/a>) and bringing peace back to the world. After the events that led to Vecna\u2019s demise, the action picked up in the summer of 1989, just as our main characters were graduating from high school, bringing their loved ones together. The episode concluded with a nostalgic round of Dungeons and Dragons, while leaving the door open for future stories, which we delve into below.<\/p>\n Fret not, Steve Harrington (Joe Keery<\/a>) made it out of the series alive and well, as did most others. Big bad, Vecna didn\u2019t make it out of the series alive as the final battle in the Abyss rendered the villain headless. While the episode uncovered Henry\u2019s backstory and his ties to the Mindflayer, which ultimately gave him powers, he maintained that he\u2019d decided to join the darkness and wasn\u2019t solely swayed by the otherworldly entity\u2019s evil. This pushed our heroes forward in their battle against him, which left his branchy body impaled on one of the spikes inside the cavern found inside what was believed to be a tree, but was a physical embodiment of the Mindflayer. Joyce (Winona Ryder<\/a>) finished the job by chopping Vecna\u2019s head off, telling the bad guy he\u2019d \u201cf**ked\u201d with the wrong family.<\/p>\n Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Eleven\u2019s (Millie Bobby Brown<\/a>) sister, Kali (Linnea Berthelsen<\/a>), didn\u2019t make it out of the series alive either, as she was shot upon the military\u2019s arrival at Hawkins\u2019 Lab in the Upside Down. The question that looms is whether Eleven herself died as a means of removing the military\u2019s threat of making more superpowered children. We delve deeper into that explanation below.<\/p>\n After the mission to defeat Vecna and save the missing kids who were kidnapped by him was complete, the phase to destroy the Upside Down was put into motion. As everyone returned to the real world, Eleven snuck out of the truck transporting them, placing herself in the doomed realm. She infiltrated Mike\u2019s (Finn Wolfhard<\/a>) mind and told him to explain her choice, even if he didn\u2019t. Ultimately, she chose to remove herself from the world, allowing herself to get swallowed up in the Upside Down as it collapsed, leaving her loved ones distraught, but children safe from a childhood like hers.<\/p>\n But did she die? In the final moments of the episode, a Dungeons and Dragons campaign run by Mike tells the story of his friends, and he mentions a Mage. In this instance, his words apply to Eleven\u2019s story, and he paints a tale in which she was helped by Kali to sneak into the real world undetected, and what everyone else saw was merely an illusion. This was seemingly proven by the fact that Eleven wouldn\u2019t have been able to use her powers in the area with so many suppressors around.<\/p>\n In Mike\u2019s vision, he imagines Eleven carving her own path, settling in a community where the three waterfalls are found. Whether this is real or in his mind isn\u2019t conveyed, but it certainly feels like it leaves the door open for her eventual reunion with the group who love her so deeply. For now, it\u2019s open to interpretation, but let us know your theories below.<\/p>\n Stranger Things<\/em>\u2018 series finale confirmed Jonathan (Charlie Heaton<\/a>) and Nancy\u2019s (Natalia Dyer<\/a>) break-up, but hope didn\u2019t seem lost when they reunited in Hawkins 18 months later for their siblings\u2019 graduation. Steve\u2019s pining after Nancy also seemed to run its course, resolving as he found happiness in Hawkins, whereas Nancy and Jonathan were carving their own paths in Boston and New York, respectively.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Hopper (David Harbour<\/a>) and Joyce finally made their relationship official with a ring (that looks oddly like the one Jonathan almost gave to Nancy). Along with the proposal, which was made over dinner at Enzo\u2019s, Hopper suggested he and Joyce move to Montauk, where he\u2019s been offered a Chief of Police position. For fans of the series, the reference to the New York town could be a small nod to\u00a0Stranger Things<\/em>\u2018 original title, or could it be a sign of more strange things to come? It\u2019s certainly curious.<\/p>\n And Max (Sadie Sink<\/a>) and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin<\/a>) got their happy ending after going through so much with her long-term trance between Seasons 4 and 5. Despite their past history of being on-again-off-again, Lucas and Max were on solid ground when it came to their romance and Mike\u2019s vision, which noted they\u2019d only grow stronger in love. As for Mike and Eleven, the pair is clearly destined, but their separation under necessary circumstances left the fate of their relationship unclear by the series\u2019 end.<\/p>\n Stranger Things<\/strong><\/em>, Streaming Now, Netflix<\/strong><\/p>\n More Headlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wfmz.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Stranger Things Series Finale.] Stranger Things has come to an end, revealing the fate of everyone\u2019s favorite characters. So, who made it out alive and who didn\u2019t survive? 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