Netflix juggernaut Stranger Things ended its nine-year run on New Year’s Eve 2025, but the internet has other plans. A viral theory dubbed "Conformity Gate" has convinced thousands of fans that Netflix is hiding a secret ninth episode, and that today, January 7, 2026, is the day it drops.

On New Year’s Eve 2025, Stranger Things finally said goodbye. After almost ten years and five seasons, the show that hooked a whole generation aired one last, two-hour episode.

After revealing that Vecna’s plan is to have Earth collide with the dimension known as The Abyss, the heroes of our story devised a plan to cut ties between the two by disabling the bridge between them, otherwise known as the Upside Down.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk has shared his thoughts on this controversial series finale, that has everyone talking. Just hours after WWE Monday Night RAW's Stranger Things-themed episode on Jan. 5, 2026, in Brooklyn, current World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk shared his thoughts on Stranger Things' series finale.

Since its premiere, Stranger Things has made fans believe one thing: Eleven is the solution to every big problem.

This story contains spoilers from the series finale of “Stranger Things,” now streaming on Netflix. Gaten Matarazzo was hardly a teenager when Matt and Ross Duffer cast him as the insatiably lovable Dustin Henderson in the first season of “Stranger Things.