Just days after viewers waved goodbye to the kids of Hawkins, Indiana, Netflix is taking us back again for a different look at the show.

Stranger Things tops Netflix’s U.S. chart with all five seasons in the Top 10, while a gripping new mystery claims the #2 spot.

Matt Duffer echoed this sentiment previously in an interview with Metro, where he said ending the show that way would be the equivalent of saying “it was all a dream”, something they were never interested in doing. So, despite how dramatic the reveal looks, it’s not meant to rewrite or undo the story.

It now has been revealed that is in fac "Purple Rain" by Prince. The song plays as El and Mike say goodbye to the each other in the finale. While we may never know El's exact fate, we do know that the Duffers revealed to Tudum, " [Prince’s] estate does not generally allow that song to be licensed outside the Purple Rain movie."

Stranger Things season 4 volume 2 explains how Henry/Vecna is connected to the Mind Flayer and what happened when he first entered the Upside Down.

Stranger Things might have officially wrapped its run, but Eleven and the gang will be back on screens this year. Netflix has confirmed that animated spinoff series Stranger Things: Tales From '85 is coming to the streamer in 2026, meaning that we will get more adventures with our beloved party.

Starting with the very first episode of Stranger Things, the series creators Matt and Ross Duffer used Dungeons & Dragons to both foreshadow the show’s biggest villains and explain their powers. The protagonists refer to themselves as “the party” and the metaphors have been laid on so thick there was even speculation the series finale would reveal that the entire show was actually just a fantasy cooked up by the group’s Dungeon Master,

Stranger Things season 5 reveals the disturbing pregnant women experiment that reshapes the meaning of Eleven’s final sacrifice and the show’s tragic ending

Stranger Things had too many characters, meaning many, like Dr. Brenner in Season 1 and Hopper in Season 5, had the short end of the narrative stick.