This past New Years Eve, Stranger Things released their finale to wrap up the entire show. With it being somewhat controversial on the ending, some fans still speculated if there was a different ending coming soon. With some calling their theory ‘Conformity Gate’, becoming one of the most talked about conspiracy theories in Stranger Things history. With the plot holes within volume 2 and the finale being a bit too comfortable, some fans thought a secret 9th episode would release on January 7th.
“I didn’t really believe in that whole conformity gate thing, I thought the ending wasn’t that bad honestly. It would’ve been cool for something like that to happen but I had my doubts,” junior Carter Lickteig said.
With the highly anticipated finale coming up short for many Stranger Things lovers, this conspiracy theory is backed by a lot of ‘coincidences’ that happened throughout the entirety of season five. Some fans say that the number seven played a huge role in the show. But other fans, like Lickteig, believed that it was only a conspiracy and that there was no way all of that filming and emotion for a big finale would be for nothing, and that a secret episode would be released. A lot of fans like him, saying that it would have been cool to see another ending also, but not surprised it didn’t happen.
“I really believed in conformity gate, with all of those things linking up to each other and the finale being more off than ever, I would have only thought there must’ve been a different ending not released yet,” junior Ben Talbott said.
With a lot of the theories having a lot of evidence backing it up, with some actors leaving two main hints behind another ending that the fans didn’t know about before. First, the actor for ‘Vecna’ ,Jamie Campbell Bower, teases one last episode. Second, another character in the show ‘Lucas Sinclair’ saying he doesn’t believe in coincidences and looks into the camera, with that happening a lot during volume two.
With January 7th passing, it looks like a secret ending episode is not coming out. All of the main characters living a happy life, Stranger Things wrapped up in a good sense, besides Eleven dying, or surviving. Many fans are still in denial, and some have to finally accept that there is no other ending to the show, and that the long 10 year lasting show is finally over.
