Ahead of the finale, the Stranger Things fandom was brewing with speculation as to how the long-running series would conclude.

The "Stranger Things" Season 5 finale has everyone asking one question: Is Eleven alive or dead? Here’s a breakdown of the ending, who dies and what happens to the Hawkins crew.

The Stranger Things series finale leaves Eleven's fate uncertain. Is she alive or dead? Well, both answers are correct.

In the run up to the finale, though, fans were predicting multiple major deaths for season 5 ( Steve Harrington in particular was a source of worry ), but, as it turns out, aside from Vecna and Kali, only Eleven (seemingly, anyway) lost her life, and the Duffers have explained why.

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Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer break down the show's ending, including the surprising conclusion of Eleven's story, and why they chose that familiar final shot to end on.

At the time, “The Rightside Up” hadn’t yet come out, so I didn’t know that the only characters that would die would be Vecna/Henry Creel, Kali and Eleven, who is presumed dead, but really her fate is up in the air. Here’s what Ross Duffer told us about killing characters: