Now, obviously, there’s precedent for Stranger Things racking up streaming numbers. It’s always been popular, and the first two volumes of season five proved fans hadn’t lost interest despite the extended passage of time since 2022’s season four.

It's almost time for the very last installment of "Stranger Things." Will you watch on Netflix, or in theaters?

So instead, upon seeing that Ted is alive and well, one only has to assume that his grief was entirely focused on Eleven, which then allows for his optimistic outlook to have peak impact. If he'd been too much of an emotional wreck during graduation day, it might have made his D&D-tethered theory sound far more desperate and nutty than idealistic.

David Bowie is the latest artist to see a streaming bump thanks to the Netflix series Stranger Things.Bowie’s "Heroes" plays over the closing credits of the show's series finale, and according to Billboard,

The gate to the Upside Down has closed after 10 years and 5 seasons—but these films and series will fill the supernatural, nostalgic void left behind.

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That Stranger Things series finale had me sobbing like a baby. I’m gonna miss all the wild adventures in Hawkins, Indiana, like biking around with the ragtag bunch of misfits, while defeating evil forces.