This story contains spoilers from Season 5, Volume 2 of "Stranger Things, now streaming on Netflix. The biggest show of the streaming era is turning out to be, in large part, about one young man's coming out process.

Stranger Things strives to keep everyone involved in its multipronged tale, such as Eleven, whose speech is still childishly stilted (despite Eight being verbally mature) and who’s mainly asked to periodically stick her hand out to use her supernatural talents.

Tensions are high between David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown in 'Stranger Things' season 5, volume 2, and creators Matt and Ross Duffer tell PEOPLE how Hopper's fear of losing Eleven drives him in t

This story contains spoilers from Season 5, Volume 2 of "Stranger Things, now streaming on Netflix. Jamie Campbell Bower is used to playing the big bad - whether his name is Vecna, One or Henry. But in Volume 2 of "Stranger Things,

Find all the connections from previous seasons and 'The First Shadow' play that may help you connect the dots as you watch 'Stranger Things 5' Vol. 2

While Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 2 has its fans, the episodes drew harsher response than the show is used to seeing

Ever since “Stranger Things” first debuted on Netflix in 2016, it was evident that Noah Schnapp‘s Will Byers was different from his friends. His own father derisively called him queer, as his mother Joyce (Winona Ryder) recounts early in Season 1.

That's right. Stranger Things Season 5 previously threw a stick in the spokes of Hopper and Eleven's relationship when he went on his secret mission into the Upside Down without telling her there was a chance he might not return. Which of course made him multitudes more protective of her whenever they found Kali.

Matt and Ross Duffer tell PEOPLE what book they used in early scripts instead of 'A Wrinkle in Time' — and why they opted to make a change

Now that Volume 2 of 'Stranger Things 5' is out, and we know what the Upside Down is, we ask 13 questions going into the series finale on Dec. 31.