Nearly a decade after Eleven first appeared on our screens, 'Stranger Things' Season 5 aired its finale on New Year's Day. The series, which premiered on 15 July 2016, with eight episodes, has now completed its journey as one of Netflix's most-watched original shows.
Now, in 2026, the final installment of 'Stranger Things' was supposed to be a celebratory farewell to fans who have been following the story of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and the Hawkins kids for a long time. Instead, 'Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up' has stirred a heated controversy and discussions within the fandom, as viewers found it hard to accept how the Duffer Brothers chose to conclude a story that had been building up for almost ten years. The main source of the fans' anger is a collective heartbreak over Eleven's fate, as the finale opted for a bittersweet departure rather than the peaceful resolution viewers were rooting for.
