It certainly seems like it, now that Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) has finally escaped Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) in the fifth and final season of "Stranger." By Episode 6 of the season, we have seen a lot of thumb-twiddling, with our characters running around in plot circles; maybe this episode's big ending is a sign that bigger things are coming?

"I hope by the time people get to the end that it feels like there’s something inevitable about what happens," Matt Duffer tells The Hollywood Reporter in a conversation with brother Ross Duffer about the payoff moments in the final season,

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

Sitting down and looking at his best friend Mike (played by Finn Wolfhard), mom Joyce (Winona Ryder), brother Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) and more, Will is his most vulnerable self. After making it clear that he is gay, his friends and family proudly support him and tell him they will always be by his side.

Though the second part of the show's fifth season is being released Christmas night, the series finale won't be available to fans until New Year's Eve.

Stranger Things appears to have resolved its Nancy-Steve-Jonathan love triangle in the final season — get details on the latest developments.

Stranger Things has been hinting at this reveal throughout Season 5. Look no further than its references to A Wrinkle in Time, which features wormhole-like tesseracts. Or how about Mr. Clarke fully teaching a class on Einstein-Rosen Bridges, aka wormholes?

We’re recapping and reviewing Stranger Things 5 episode 6, “Escape From Camazotz,” live here at Winter is Coming. Keep refreshing to follow along with us as you watch!

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

The play reveals that the cave system was where Henry first ventured to Dimension X — now dubbed "The Abyss" in Stranger Things. That's the alternate dimension where the Mind Flayer and Demogorgons are from, as opposed to the Upside Down, which Volume 2 reveals is a bridge connecting the Abyss to our world.