Overview
- Matt and Ross Duffer said they — and Millie Bobby Brown — know the canonical ending and have chosen not to disclose it.
- The brothers explained the finale’s ambiguity was intentional to let audiences decide between multiple plausible interpretations.
- Sadie Sink shared her personal view on Eleven’s fate during The Tonight Show, emphasizing it was only her interpretation.
- Netflix set January 12 for One Last Adventure: The Making Of Stranger Things 5, and the Duffers confirmed an early-development spin-off with new characters and a new mythology tied to Vecna’s origins.
- Fan response includes viral theories such as “Conformity Gate” and a widely signed Change.org petition alleging unseen footage.