{"id":2227303,"date":"2026-01-08T17:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2227303"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:52:14","slug":"netflix-speaks-on-secret-episode-theory-of-stranger-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflix-speaks-on-secret-episode-theory-of-stranger-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix speaks on secret episode theory of \u2018Stranger Things\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"K26XZ22DMBGAVAZOIOXFJKLHPM\">After the episode 8 finale of the show aired on New Year\u2019s Eve, many audience members felt the show was unfinished \u2014 which led to a rabbit hole of rationalization that fans have dubbed \u201cconformity gate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MOXPSGZC6FGSLFVZND3APRLE4U\">This fan theory suggests the finale was a fake ending created by the shows villain, Vecna, to hide his control of the characters and the audience. If this were true, a new episode 9 was supposed to air on Jan. 7. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FKSBSIH55JFONDFGUUKQF4UQD4\">See fan theories online <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tiktok.com\/t\/ZThNFRXEn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/tiktok.com\/t\/ZThNFRXEn\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CTU3ALOFYBA23NQRLV5DFN5MJ4\">However, Netflix set the record straight to fans who were convinced the five season show wasn\u2019t over. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YL77RTWRKFA3XLEY4U6WYQCLII\">On Wednesday, the text in the bios of the official <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strangerthingstv\/?igsh=cXd1dHJhcWlsOHU%3D\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strangerthingstv\/?igsh=cXd1dHJhcWlsOHU%3D#\">social media pages<\/a> for \u201cStranger Things\u201d reads \u201cALL EPISODES OF STRANGER THINGS ARE NOW PLAYING.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AEIRZH5EXBCA3NAFYFTNSOUDA4\">Despite the shows confirmed end, the universe of \u201cStranger Things\u201d is expanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RKNQ2PBONFFBRHYZQWEIKXLKT4\">In 2023, it was first announced that Netflix was working on an animated spinoff show, &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81398721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81398721\">Stranger Things: Tales From \u201985.<\/a>&#8221; This spinoff will include characters from the original show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GBSWA4XAMVEVJPOVIDUEAQP6XQ\">In addition to the animated series, Netflix is also working on a live-action spinoff. It is still unnamed and will feature a new list of characters and plots, People <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stranger-things-spinoffs-everything-to-know-11878565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stranger-things-spinoffs-everything-to-know-11878565\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"_wrapper_1onzu_9 _masslive_1onzu_53\" data-gaid=\"_R_1n5b8m_\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.masslive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the episode 8 finale of the show aired on New Year\u2019s Eve, many audience members felt the show was unfinished \u2014 which led to a rabbit hole of rationalization that fans have dubbed \u201cconformity gate.\u201d This fan theory suggests the finale was a fake ending created by the shows villain, Vecna, to hide his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227304,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227303\/revisions\/2227304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}