<p>The fifth and final season of the sci-fi smash Stranger Things returned to everyone’s screen in some style.</p> <p>Volume One of the final season, which contains chapters 1-4, left us with more questions than answers.</p> <p>That means fans up and down the land are still desperate to know how everything will pan out for Eleven, Mike and the rest of their gang.</p> <p>To build even more suspense, Season 5 is being released in three parts, instead of all at once, which is the norm for Netflix originals.</p> <p>That’s the bad news. The good news is the second of those three parts drops on Christmas!</p> <p>The good news doesn’t stop there either. To celebrate the imminent return of everyone’s favourite DnD-playing, supernatural creature-fighting kids from Hawkins, Sportsbet’s have launched a host of exclusive Stranger Things markets.</p> <p>This gives punters the chance to pop on their directional caps and try and unpack specific plot points for chapters 5-7 before they unfold.</p> <p>Long time fans should know by now that anything can happen and no one is safe when it comes to the Stranger Things universe. So how will the final season play out? Will everyone live happily ever after? Or will everything you thought was going to happen be turned upside down?</p> <p>It’s time to return to Hawkins yet again. Here are our Stranger Things Season 5 predictions.</p> <p><em>*Warning! There are spoilers for Stranger Things Chapters 1-4 below.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Returning Characters – Chapters 5-7</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Arguably the most popular Stranger Things market currently available on Sportsbet. When punters aren’t speculating which characters will meet their demise, they’re theorising who will do the opposite and make a triumphant return.</p> <p>While fan favourite Eddie Munson was considered to be the one to come back in the first four chapters of Season Five, it was in fact 008 or Kali Prasad who graced our screens for a second time.</p> <p>Still, more than one old character can be resurrected, meaning this market is still alive and well.</p> <p>There are currently six options for punters to pick from in this market. They are Eddie Munson, Dr. Brenner (Papa), Barbra Holland, Alexei, Billy Hargrove and Bob Newby.</p> <p>An onscreen resurrection will be required for all of these characters to appear in Season 5, as, unlike 008, they all met their demise at one point or another throughout the series.</p> <p>There is a growing belief among fans that anyone who met their fate at the hands of either Vecna or his Demogorgans, isn’t actually dead, but is instead trapped in the Upside Down.</p> <p>The first person to fall at the hands of the Demogorgans was Barbara Holland all the way back in Season One. Could it be a case of first one out, first one in? The odds seem to think so, as she is the current favourite, ahead of even Eddie Munson.</p> <p><strong>Prediction:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/stranger-things/stranger-things-season-5-volume-2-9893837">Barbara Holland.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Jonathan or Steve? Who Will Nancy End up with?</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This one is for all the Shippers and the Stanners out there. For the entirety of Stranger Things, fans have been fixated on Nancy Wheeler’s relationship status.</p> <p>Her affection has oscillated between Steve Harrington and Jonathan Byers. First, she was with Steve, now she’s with Jonathan, however the tension between her and Harrington is still there for all to see.</p> <p>While most of the fandom want to see Nancy end up with Steve, there is a large consensus that he will die a hero’s death at some point in Season 5, leaving Nancy and Jonathan to live happily ever after.</p> <p>In the first four chapters of Season Five, it was revealed that Jonathan had acquired an engagement ring so he can propose to Nancy.</p> <p>He was already the favourite to end up with Nancy, but with a diamond now in play, the odds have plummeted even further in his favour. Maybe time to start looking elsewhere Steve?</p> <p><strong>Prediction:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/stranger-things/stranger-things-season-5-volume-2-9893837">Jonathan Byers.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>When Will Jonathan Byers Propose to Nancy Wheeler?</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The whole Jonathan/Nancy/Steve situation leads right into this next market. When will Jonathan propose to Nancy?</p> <p>With a ring at the ready, it’s obviously only a matter of time before Jonathan pops the questions, but when will find the right moment?</p> <p>This feels like something that is going to be saved for the final episode of the entire series, so we may have to wait until after Volume 2 to see the eldest Byers brother get down on bended knee.</p> <p><strong>Prediction:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/stranger-things/stranger-things-season-5-volume-2-9893837">Does not propose during Volume 2.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>When Will Max Wake Up from Her Coma?</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Season Four ended with the villainous Vecna condemning Sadie Sink’s Max to a coma, with no signs of her coming to, anytime soon.</p> <p>It seems unlikely that a character of Max’s importance would play no real part in the final season of the show, so we are expecting Eleven and the gang to find a way to wake her up at some point.</p> <p>Volume 1 of Season 5 revealed her to be trapped and roaming in a version of the Upside Down. She currently hides out in a rock-like castle, where for some reason Vecna is too afraid to go.</p> <p>Camelot is a famous castle in literary history, and Chapter Six is called “Escape from Camazotz” which appears to be a direct reference to King Arthur's famous fort.</p> <p>You do the math, if there was ever an episode for Max to bust out of where she is currently stuck and rejoin reality, this is surely it.</p> <p><strong>Prediction:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/stranger-things/stranger-things-season-5-volume-2-9893837">Chapter Six – Escape from Camazotz.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Will Henry Creel be Revealed as Eleven’s Father?</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>A popular fan theory that has grown to the point where it now has its own market – will Henry Creel be revealed as Eleven’s father?</p> <p>The more you think about it, the more it makes sense. The identity of Eleven’s biological father has always remained a mystery.</p> <p>We were simply told that when her mother was pregnant, Dr Brenner (Papa) ran a series of experiments on her, which led to her child (Eleven) being born with special powers.</p> <p>However, what if that’s not why Eleven was born with powers and they are actually a genetic trait, passed down from her father?</p> <p>The timeline would check out, as Creel is old enough to be her father and the whole thing could have been orchestrated by Papa as part of his quest to create the ultimate psychic weapon.</p> <p>This could be a real “Luke I am your father” moment and for a show obsessed with mirroring major pop culture moments from the 80s, directly lifting a Star Wars reference would be the icing on a cake made of 80s nostalgia.</p> <p><strong>Prediction:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelties-and-entertainment/stranger-things/stranger-things-season-5-volume-2-9893837">Yes.</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>