{"id":220456,"date":"2025-12-31T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220456\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T20:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:07:07","slug":"the-stranger-things-finale-is-completely-surprising-and-satisfying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220456\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; Finale Is &#8220;Completely Surprising&#8221; and &#8220;Satisfying&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The final episode ever of Stranger Things airs in a mere matter of hours (8 pm ET, to be specific), and there are a ton of theories floating around about what might happen. Some options?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The gang simply follows the plan \/ blows up the Upside Down so Dimension X can&#8217;t merge with the human world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blowing up the Upside Down triggers time travel which takes everyone back to before Hawkins Lab was even created. (More on that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a69893058\/stranger-things-ending-time-travel-theory\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We find out that Will has been possessed by Vecna ever since he started using his powers, and the Mind Flayer makes a triumphant return. (More on that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a69892955\/mind-flayer-final-stranger-things-season-5-trailer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a69893103\/is-will-possessed-by-vecna-stranger-things\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But no matter what happens, executive producer Shawn Levy promises we&#8217;ll be completely surprised. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stranger-things-series-finale-is-completely-surprising-exclusive-11875245\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a>, Shawn said fans will &#8220;get a lot&#8221; of information in the final episode, including &#8220;an even deeper understanding of Henry Creel and Vecna.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also called the episode a &#8220;masterpiece&#8221; and said &#8220;You will get outcomes. Outcomes that are deeply satisfying, but many of which are completely surprising&#8230; I just want to assure all of the people around the world who have walked the long road with us for nearly a decade, this finale is what you&#8217;ve been waiting for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are a lot of loose ends to cover (where, or where is the Mind Flayer!) so cannot. wait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You Might Also Like<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final episode ever of Stranger Things airs in a mere matter of hours (8 pm ET, to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,114184,59097,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-220456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-mind-flayer","12":"tag-shawn-levy","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}