Does the Stranger Things finale hint at Steve Harrington's death? Find out

Netflixhas released the final trailer for the final episode of the final season ofStranger Things The battle for Hawkins is far from over Eleven and her friends prepare to face Vecna one last time as he unleashes the wrath of two worlds colliding on HawkinsTitled The Rightside Up the finale is the eighth episode in the shows fifth and final season Netflix released the first four episodes of Season 5 on Thanksgiving Day asVolume 1 and then the subsequent three episodes on Christmas as Volume 2Stranger Things finale trailer outThe official synopsis for the finale episode reads ldquoStranger Things finale trailer out Prepare for a final battle as worlds colliderdquoThe trailer has left fans feeling nostalgic as it begins with flashbacks of all the adventures that Eleven and her friends have had over the last five seasonsThe focus shifts to an emotional Jim Hopper who in a voiceover inspires Eleven to fight one last time for the sake of her friends the world and for the days that await them after all of this is over This sets the tone for a showdown driven as much by emotion as spectacleA clip shows the group entering the Hawkins lab inside the eerie and dark Upside Down and the subsequent attacks they face as they try to rescue Holly and the other children Eleven enters Vecnarsquos mind to kill him and possibly score some of the deaths A clip of Dustin crying and looking distraught while being pulled away by a soldier has given rise to speculation about Steves death since they share the closest bond in the showThe final line of the trailer is ldquoLetrsquos end this Kidrdquo spoken by Hopper to Eleven hinting at the epic battle between Vecna and all the characters of the showThe finale picks up from where Volume 2 concluded where Max Sadie Sink reveals Vecnas plan to merge the world with a parallel dimension on the other side of the Upside Down Vecna disguised as Henry Creel makes his victims join hands in a spellbinding seance as they are transported to the AbyssWho dies in the finaleSo far in the series none of the main characters have died However the finale trailer hints at the possibility of Steve and Hopper dying In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter Matt Duffer one of the creators of the show tentatively refuted the possibility He explained that the team did not want to introduce a twist just for the sake of shocking or disturbing fans comparing it to the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones season 3 finaleItrsquos not Game of ThronesItrsquos just a very different type of show than that Therersquos not going to be a Red Wedding situation I think some things happen in the finale that are very surprising but wersquore not trying to shock or upset anyone I hope by the time people get to the end of the finale that it just feels like therersquos something inevitable about what happens and that it doesnrsquot feel painful but feels satisfying Wersquoll seeTouching upon Steves fate briefly he added But as for Steversquos fate I donrsquot know I canrsquot say It would be the next logical step He keeps getting beaten up more and more The only way we could take it further is deathThe final episode will stream at 8 pm ET on Netflix on New Years Eve Wednesday December 31 The final episode has been slightly extended and will now run for two hours and eight minutes up from the previously announced two hours and five minutes