“Watching the finale together was emotional, cathartic, and a little surreal, like the last day of summer camp, but with more tears and better lighting,” Cara Buono, who plays Karen Wheeler on the show, captioned a Wednesday, Dec. 31 Instagram carousel.

Stranger Things concluded its original story with a movie-length Season 5 finale, leaving fans with closure but also questions.

Eleven had decided to sacrifice herself, alongside sister Kali (Linnea Berthelsen) to prevent the government to ever experiment on her or other children again.