Stranger Things season 5 has lost its audience, particularly with episode 7. Now its Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB scores are falling to reflect that.

While that could in and of itself be considered a plot hole, Stranger Things does provide some wiggle room for Max's recovery. In terms of her broken limbs, she's been healing in a hospital bed for well over a year, and her atrophy offers just enough believability to give the show a pass.

Spoiler alert! When Will Byers comes out to his friends and family in the seventh episode of 'Stranger Things' Season 5, it doesn't feel profound.

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.

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.

Season five's second volume has some familiar padding, but it mostly satisfies as the Netflix show races toward its end.

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,” he takes the character a step further into possibly his creepiest yet, a cult-leader-like performance as Mr. WhatsIt.

Here’s how Matt Duffer explained the major turning point in the history of Stranger Things:

"Being a mother expedited this version of me," said Millie, adding, "Nothing could get in the way of me being who I need to be for my daughter."

Stranger Things’ Season 5 Volume 2 dropped three new episodes on Netflix on Christmas Day, building up to the big fight with Vecna. One of these episodes, Episode 7, titled “The Bridge,” has now become one of the lowest-rated in the show’s history.