“I don’t believe in coincidences,” said Lucas Sinclaire, but the whole last season of “Stranger Things” seems to end in a ton of them. The Duffer Brothers, the producers of “Stranger Things,” left the audience confused and some viewers upset with how the show came to an end the way that it did.
Personally, I very much enjoyed at least the acting in the show, especially the emotional parts towards the end but the storyline itself was lacking.
One example of this is when Max Mayfield (played by Sadie Sink) woke up from her coma. It’s a very emotional moment where Caleb McLaughlin did a great job of conveying the emotions of Lucas. El or Eleven on the other hand, a character very close to Max (played by Millie Bobby Brown) doesn’t react.
The storyline fell short by pulling in random characters like El’s sister, Kali, Mr. Clarke, and the military. The Military being the most random factor to the story. Yes, it makes it more realistic in some ways, but having the military not even trying to take advantage of El’s powers or trying to work with the main characters was an odd move.
The insufficient ending of “Stranger Things” left some to wonder if there was going to be another episode to conclude the series. This has come to be called the Conformity Gate Theory.
The theory suggests that the ending of the series was an illusion by the main villain, Vecna, or maybe even most of the show was an illusion due to a few plot-holes not answered. The closing episode seemed exceedingly happy especially for a series that has had fake happy endings before.
The show ended a lot more untroubled than most earlier seasons. For example, this season there were not a lot of main characters dying. In earlier seasons the Duffer Brothers weren’t afraid to get rid of characters that were crucial to the story like Eddie Munson, Martin Brenner (Papa), Alexi, and others.
Unless the Duffer Brothers decide to pull through with the Conformity Gate, they will suffer a loss for the previously untouchable show that gives everyone nostalgia.
Since I did not live through the 1980s, I can not say that I feel nostalgia from having watched the series but I do somewhat understand what the time was like. I enjoyed the series very much, and I do hope to see more of the show even if it’s in a potential Nancy Wheeler spinoff in the future.
