Until the Stranger Things spinoff and animated series come to Netflix, fans can still enjoy the universe with the Stranger Things: The First Shadow play. The stage show — which was written by Kate Refry from an original story by the Duffer Brothers and Jack Thorne — has been running on Broadway since April 2025.

Stranger Things’ fans believe that a secret final episode is about to be revealed, thanks to an elaborate fan theory known as Conformity Gate.

I took my 'Stranger Things'-obsessed 10-year-old to 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' on Broadway. When the finale came, we had some unspoken backstory.

Stranger Things' Sadie Sink weighed in on whether or not she believes Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) survived in the finale of the series.

The 'Bylers' and 'Milevens' believe a new secret ending for 'Stranger Things' is happening. They need to give up the ghost.

So instead, upon seeing that Ted is alive and well, one only has to assume that his grief was entirely focused on Eleven, which then allows for his optimistic outlook to have peak impact. If he'd been too much of an emotional wreck during graduation day, it might have made his D&D-tethered theory sound far more desperate and nutty than idealistic.

The WWE RAW x Stranger Things crossover is officially in the history books, but fans believe it fell short in a significant way. Apart from celebrating the first anniversary of the show’s Netflix debut,

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If I sound like I’ve started to convince myself, I’ll all say is kudos to all the fans who compiled evidence. If it does somehow turn out to be true, then the first person who came up with the theory has eternal fandom bragging rights. And who am I to judge? I'm on Team "I Believe" when it comes to Eleven's fate.