[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Stranger Things , Season 5, Volume 1.]

Stranger Things brought back a familiar face in Volume 1’s final moments as Kali, a.k.a. Eight ( Linnea Berthelsen ), reemerged as a prisoner of the new series addition, Dr. Kay ( Linda Hamilton ).

Viewers last saw the character in Season 2 when Eleven ( Millie Bobby Brown ) ventured out on her own to find herself and encountered a “sister” on the road, bonding over their shared years at Hawkins’ Lab as test subjects with special abilities. While the pair went their separate ways, Kali’s presence is a reminder that Season 5 is an open door to characters you may have written off.

Held prisoner by military bigwig Dr. Kay, Kali has been restrained and hooked up to monitors in an expansive base

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