Overview
- The two-hour series finale premiered December 31 on Netflix with a limited North American theatrical run.
- Creators Matt and Ross Duffer have emphasized that the fate of a central character was left intentionally ambiguous.
- Sadie Sink offered her personal interpretation during a Tonight Show interview, without providing any definitive answer.
- A viral “Conformity Gate” theory and a Change.org petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures are urging an alternate or hidden ending.
- Outlets report no evidence or confirmation of a secret ninth episode, while Netflix’s next confirmed release is a behind-the-scenes film on January 12, with additional spinoffs in development.