A viral fan theory called “Conformity Gate” suggests another episode of "Stranger Things" could arrive today, Jan. 7. Here’s what the clues mean and what Netflix and the Duffers have said.

Another fan theory about "Stranger Things" Season 5 has emerged, this time speculating there is a bonus episode coming. It has quickly been debunked.

After the series finale of the Netflix megahit, fans have been spiraling over a viral online theory that the flagship series may not be finished. But the Duffers have already confirmed: "This is finite.

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

Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton has once again rekindled the Eleven buzz laid out at the end of Episode 8 of Season 5.

The five-season saga of Stranger Things has come to an end, and fans with a Netflix subscription may have spent the first week of the 2026 TV schedule processing the finale in their own ways. Whether that means believing in the #ConformityGate theory of a secret extra episode,

However, in one of the ending scenes, the teens are playing Dungeons when Mike (Finn Wolfhard) shares his theory on what happened to Eleven. He believes that his girlfriend Eleven and her sister, Kali, used their powers to hide Eleven and create an illusion that she was killed by the detonated bomb that destroyed the Upside Down.