Stranger Things Season 5 Finale Has No Post-Credits Scene — But a Hidden Episode 1 Easter Egg Packs an Emotional Punch

Stranger Things closes out with exactly the kind of gut-punch the show loves: one last D&D session with the party, a quiet bookend to where this whole thing started. But the Duffers tucked in a couple of tiny, nerdy nods at the very end that are easy to miss unless you stick around and squint.

The finale reaches back to the very first roll

Remember the opening of the series? Mike, Will, Lucas, and Dustin huddled around the table, trying to fry the Demogorgon with a Fireball. Will needed to hit a 13. The die went airborne, Mike's mom cut the night short, and we never saw the result. On his way out, Will quietly told Mike how it went.

'It was a seven.'

'The Demogorgon, it got me.'

That line was the first hint that Will was about to vanish into the Upside Down. Cut to the series finale: there is no post-credits scene, but the last thing you see after the credits is a close-up of a Stranger Things Players Manual with a die sitting beside it. Look closely and, yep, it’s showing a seven. The show never forgot that roll.

One more tiny wink on the way out

There’s another blink-and-you-miss-it detail when the gang packs up the Wheeler basement for the final time. As they slide their books back on the shelf, the spines on Mike and Will’s stack line up to read 11. It plays like a little nudge that Eleven might have made it out the other side.

• No post-credits scene, but the credits end on the Players Manual with the die sitting at seven, paying off Will’s first-episode roll.
• When the party leaves the Wheeler basement, Mike and Will’s book spines align to spell 11 — a cheeky hint that Eleven survived.

Stranger Things is streaming on Netflix now.