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Megan Garside

What is Conformity Gate? The new Stranger Things conspiracy theory that has fans convinced the season 5 finale was fake and another episode is on the way

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Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler in the Stranger Things season 5 finale.

Stranger Things is taking over the internet, but not in the way you'd think. Following the Stranger Things season 5 finale airing on New Year's Eve, fans are in denial over how the Duffer brothers have chosen to end the show, and are convinced there is one more episode still to come. This theory has been labelled Conformity Gate.

The hashtag is rife over on Twitter, with fans sharing their evidence to support the conspiracy theory. So, what is Conformity Gate? The trend ultimately started because fans are not happy with the ending, and believe that we, as an audience, have been tricked by Vecna and made to see what he wants us to see, and that there are multiple clues in the final season that suggest the ending is not reality.

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