Stranger Things season five, volume two has left fans puzzled after the villain Vecna repeatedly mentioned a character named Meg. In episode five, Vecna tells a group of abducted children: 'Just as the black thing threatened Meg's family, so does the darkness threaten yours.' However, no character named Meg appears in the show.
Meg is a reference to Meg Murry from the 1962 novel 'A Wrinkle in Time' by Madeleine L'Engle. The book is heavily referenced in the fifth season, with Holly Wheeler seen reading it and Vecna using the narrative to create his alter ego Mr Whatsit, a nod to the character Mrs Whatsit in the novel.
In the novel, Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and friend Calvin are transported across dimensions by supernatural beings to rescue their father. They travel to a dark planet called Camazotz, which is threatened by a malevolent force known as the Black Thing. Vecna's plan mirrors this, as he tells the children an evil darkness is spreading and that they have special powers to stop it.
Stranger Things fans are now speculating whether the series will mirror the novel's ending, where the children return home safely. The final episode of Stranger Things is set to air on New Year's Day on Netflix UK and Ireland.
