As “Stranger Things” closed out its five-season run, the tentpole series had a seismic impact on both Netflix and the overall the TV landscape

Conformity Gate comes as " Stranger Things " released its final episode on Dec. 31. The finale left some fans disappointed and wanting more. And Conformity Gate believers think that an additional episode will show the current finale was just a fake-out and that the beloved main characters didn't defeat Vecna after all.

Stranger Things episode 9 does not exist, but plenty of other real Stranger Things projects do. Here's what's coming from Netflix next.

Netflix’s Stranger Things ended with a finale that united fans in a rare moment of shared culture. As creators Matt and Ross Duffer wrapped their story in the two-hour “The Rightside Up,” they gave a climactic battle in the Abyss against the Mind Flayer and Vecna that felt both grand and intimately tied to the

After the series finale of the Netflix megahit, fans have been spiraling over a viral online theory that the flagship series may not be finished. But the Duffers have already confirmed: "This is finite.

“Stranger Things” star David Harbour has unexpectedly dropped out of an acting project. Harbour, who played Jim Hopper on all five seasons of “Stranger Things,” stepped back from his role in “Behemoth!,” an upcoming drama from “Michael Clayton” director Tony Gilroy. Variety confirmed the news earlier this week.

In any case, Linda Hamilton deserved better from her time on Stranger Things. My only hope now is that if the live-action spinoff in development takes place after Season 5, Dr. Kay is brought back for it. She has the potential to be a good character, but the now-concluded flagship show failed to utilize her properly.

Prince's 'Purple Rain' leads the surge in Spotify streaming for the 'Stranger Things' finale songs in the last episode of Season 5.