Series finales are tricky things. Some of the most acclaimed finales are also the most heartbreaking: the fade to black in The Sopranos that resulted in panicked calls from viewers, Hawkeye’s departure in M*A*S*H*, even the somber Ice Age moment in Dinosaurs. But just as heartbreaking are the finales that feel like betrayals themselves, like the “Super-Hell” moment at the end of Supernatural or the graceless finale of Game of Thrones.
But every so often, there’s a series finale that is so unsatisfactory, so egregious, that certain fans are convinced it can’t be true. That’s the theory thrumming through the Stranger Things fandom currently — and it’s led to a fervent belief that we could still get another episode. Inverse spoke to the minds behind the theory, including the fan who coined its name: Conformitygate.
