There's no Stranger Things season 5 finale post-credits scene, but there is an easily missed hidden Easter egg with an emotional link to the first episode of the Netflix show

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The Stranger Things finale features an easily missed callback to episode 1 of the whole show

Winona Ryder as Joyce and Noah Schnapp as Will in Stranger Things season 5
(Image credit: Netflix)

The Stranger Things season 5 finale ended the hit Netflix show on a seriously emotional note, with the party gathering to play D&D one final time in a poignant mirror of the show's first scene.

But, there was another callback to the show's beginning, too, thanks to a very easily missed Easter egg right at the end of the credits. While there's no Stranger Things finale post-credits scene, there is a shot of a Stranger Things Players Manual, with a dice lying next to it.

Of course, this was foreshadowing that Will would soon be kidnapped and taken to the Upside Down… but, when that Players Manual is shown at the end of the finale credits, you can see the dice did indeed land on seven.

That's not the only hidden detail in the finale, either. When the party puts their books away before leaving the Wheeler basement for the last time, the spines of Mike and Will's books line-up to spell 11, potentially teasing that Eleven did indeed survive the end of the series.

Stranger Things is streaming on Netflix now. For more, check out our Stranger Things season 5 finale review, or our Stranger Things season 5 finale ending explained for a breakdown of everything that happened in the final episode.

Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.

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