After 10 years, "Stranger Things" wrapped up with a divisive series finale that has many fans confused and frustrated. Out of this tumultuous reaction to the final episode has grown a new movement ...

"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." When Nobel Prize laureate TS Eliot said these lines, he couldn’t possibly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Either Stranger Things fans are suffering from a mass, finale-trauma-induced shared psychosis over the term “Conformity Gate” or ...

So, what exactly does this theory suggest? The Conformity Gate hypothesizes that the “happy ending” shown in the season 5 finale actually isn’t real at all. Instead, fans believe Vecna — or the Mind ...

Stranger Things has wrapped up its run after nine years. The final episode of the Netflix superhit sci-fi series premiered on New Year’s Eve, showing the Nerds and the whole gang defeating Vecna in ...

Ever since the final episode of Stranger Things streamed on Netflix on New Year’s Eve, a fan theory dubbed “Conformity Gate” has been circulating on social media. It claims that “Chapter Eight: The ...

Less than a week after the final episode of Stranger Things aired, fans are already convinced that the show isn’t really over. A viral theory known as “Conformity Gate” has taken over TikTok, X and ...

A group of “Stranger Things” fans are not ready for the story to be over. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The viral theory dubbed ...

Stranger Things is over. The main characters’ stories all came to a conclusion, whether fans liked their ending or not. But there is a growing number of people who bizarrely believe that the Stranger ...

Vecna himself reckons the idea of a 'fake' Stranger Things finale was 'f**king crazy' ...

Amanda M. Castro is a Network TV writer at Collider and a New York–based journalist whose work has appeared in Newsweek, where she contributes as a Live Blog Editor, and The U.S. Sun, where she ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hannah Abraham covers entertainment, culture and business. Netflix released One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 on ...