By the end of Volume 2, the group finally settles on a plan: Vecna has to keep pulling the worlds together, because that is the only way to reach the Abyss. When the Squawk radio tower breaks through a rift, it creates a path upward, which will give Eleven the proximity she needs to reach him.

In just a matter of days, fans will bid farewell to Stranger Things, as the show wraps up its five-season run at the tail end of the 2025 TV schedule.