The long-awaited end of Netflix's Stranger Things franchise left a swathe of devoted viewers bewildered and disappointed on New Year's Eve — and a behind-the-scenes documentary released this week has given the fandom what it believes is the definitive explanation: the finale was allegedly shaped under chaotic conditions with alleged AI involvement, and not a finished script.
Newly released footage from One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 shows creators Matt and Ross Duffer acknowledging that production began before the final episode was fully written, a landmark admission that has become central to why many fans now describe the ending as 'soulless' and disjointed.
