5 Biggest Unanswered Questions After The Stranger Things ...

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Real talk: Stranger Things has finally come to an end after five seasons and nearly a decade, but the fandom still have burning questions following the finale.

Television Science Fiction Shows 5 Biggest Unanswered Questions After The Stranger Things Series Finale By Joe Roberts Jan. 1, 2026 8:45 pm EST Netflix This article contains major spoilers for the finale of “Stranger Things. (let that sink in)

” Being the biggest streaming show in the world comes with a lot of pressure, and there was simply no way the Duffer Brothers were ever going to wrap up “Stranger Things” and satisfy everybody.

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But the show’s final episode proved to be more divisive than even they likely expected. Some found the “Stranger Things” finale to be almost immaculate , while others felt it copped out with the most obvious character deaths possible .

Then, there are the lingering questions that were bound to accompany the end of the series. Unfortunately, “Stranger Things” the fandom have been left with perhaps more burning questions than they’d anticipated.

Why This Matters

For five seasons, viewers have waited for answers, and while the finale certainly provided its fair , it is sort of surprising just how many things were elided, overlooked, or unaddressed entirely. Despite a full 40-minute epilogue section designed to tie up loose ends, the finale flopped to account for some pretty major aspects of the story. Whole characters just seemed to disappear, and logical inconsistencies are just never broke down, all of which continued an yikes “Stranger Things” trend of not fr explaining what is inarguably one of the most convoluted, lore-rich plots in all of TV.

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Key Takeaways

• Heck, you had to have seen the stage-play spin-off to understand a lot of what happened in “Stranger Things” season 5 .
• For now, it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting any official answers to our lingering questions about the show.
• What happened to the monsters of the Upside Down in the Stranger Things finale?

The Bottom Line

What we can do, but, is round up every thread “Stranger Things” left hanging in the hope that the Duffer Brothers at some point address each and every one of them. What happened to the monsters of the Upside Down in the Stranger Things finale?

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