Overview
- Hawke told Jimmy Fallon she offered only obscure hints about potential character deaths, which a fan used to place a large wager that failed.
- She joked that betting on TV outcomes is not how the economy should work, expressing surprise that such wagers were happening.
- Real-money betting around the final season had focused on which favorites might die, with heavy speculation around Robin Buckley and Steve Harrington.
- Co-creators Matt and Ross Duffer previously played up the suspense on The Tonight Show by staging a teasing Funko Pop bit about a character’s fate.
- The episode reflects ongoing fan theorizing and heightened stakes for a culturally dominant series that ended with deliberate uncertainty.