In this episode, we dive into the ending of Stranger Things — the final chapters of Season 5 and the closing moments of a story that’s been with us for almost a decade.

We talk through the big choices, the character deaths, the emotional fallout, and the journeys of Will and Eleven as everything finally comes into focus. But most of all, we spend time with that final scene — the way it reframes the entire series and quietly reveals what this show has really been about from the very beginning.

We also look at the critical reaction, how fans are processing the finale, and why we think they stuck the landing and where it didn't work.

This isn’t just a recap. It’s a conversation about why this story mattered.

In this episode, we break down Wake Up Dead Man, the darkest and most searching Benoit Blanc mystery yet.

We dig into the whodunnit, unpack the film’s stacked ensemble cast, and explore why this entry feels less like a clever puzzle and more like a moral reckoning.

More than solving a crime, Wake Up Dead Man wrestles with guilt, confession, and the cost of truth. It takes faith seriously—not as sentiment or satire, but as something fragile, demanding, and deeply human.

A mystery that lingers. A cast firing on all cylinders. And one of the most thoughtful films about faith we've ever seen.

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?