Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 1 has finally arrived — and we have a lot to talk about. The highs. The weird choices. The heartbreaks. The mysteries. 

We’ll get into all of it:

• What worked and what didn’t about our beloved cast aging out of the roles.

• The pairings — Will and Robin, Steve and Dustin, Hopper and Eleven

• The new theories this season practically begged us to argue about.

• The lingering mysteries that still haunt Hawkins.

• And underneath it all… what the show is really trying to say about friendship, memory, loss, growing up, and the monsters we drag with us.

If you’ve watched the season, you’re in the right place. If you haven’t… turn back now, because Vecna isn’t the only one who doesn’t believe in spoiler warnings.

This is Stranger Things Season 5 — the beginning of the end — and today, we’re pulling it apart, stitching it back together, and asking the only question that really matters:

What does it all mean?