Could the internet actually be onto something, or are the rumors baseless? Here's what we know about the speculation surrounding the 'Stranger Things' finale.

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.

Stranger Things, Netflix’s decade-defining sci-fi phenomenon, has officially ended after nearly 10 years. What began in 2016 in the fictional town of Hawkins with bikes, walkie-talkies, and middle-school heroes grew into a global pop-culture machine filled with Demogorgons,

Apparently, a fake countdown clock went viral on TikTok, leading to a website that was just an internet troll having some grim fun at the expense of the ridiculous conspiracy theories floating around about a secret episode to Stranger Things ' fifth and final season.

Stranger Things has come to an end, and as the Upside Down industrial complex prepares to churn out more strange things, the show’s biggest fans have a simple question: Where is the real series finale,

There is no another finale of Stranger Things. The countdown clock on the website was fake and created to fool fans.

Although Bower plays major Stranger Things villain Vecna/Henry Creel, it's clear that, behind the scenes, he's open to some comedy. While appearing on Jimmy Fallon's talk show, Bower performed a sketch of a workout video, packed with references to the show.