1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,519 Hi, we are Enrique, Sofia, Jimena, Candela, and Luna. 2 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:23,660 And today we are going to present our podcast about the theories of the ending of Stranger Things. 3 00:00:25,379 --> 00:00:30,899 Stranger Things is a science fiction show about a group of friends in Hawkins, Indiana. 4 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:37,039 In 1983, a boy named Will disappears into a strange world called the Upside Down. 5 00:00:37,659 --> 00:00:40,079 His friends find a girl with powers called Eleven. 6 00:00:40,439 --> 00:00:43,780 Together, they fight monsters and evil forces for many years. 7 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,520 To our podcast about the Stranger Things in Season 5. 8 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:54,200 After 10 years, the show has ended, but fans are still discussing what really happened. 9 00:00:55,299 --> 00:00:59,479 Season 5 was the final battle against Bekna, the main villain. 10 00:00:59,479 --> 00:01:07,019 and the season was released in two parts first in november then on christmas day and the last 11 00:01:07,019 --> 00:01:14,500 episode shocked millions of viewers the end the ending showed characters living happy normal lives 12 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:23,560 after 18 months time jump but the biggest mystery is about 11 she appeared to die saving everyone 13 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:33,000 in the upside down. However, her fate is unclear. In the final scene, Mike tells a story suggesting 14 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:40,280 Eleven might be alive somewhere far away. The creators made this ending intentionally unclear. 15 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:47,640 They wanted viewers to decide for themselves what happened, like an open ending, and this created 16 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:54,760 massive discussion online today we will explore five popular theories from youtube tiktok and 17 00:01:54,760 --> 00:02:01,959 instagram about what really happened 31 11 is alive this theory says 11 didn't really die 18 00:02:01,959 --> 00:02:08,120 she's fake her dead her sister's kelly used illusion powers to to create a fake 11 while 19 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:15,319 everyone watched the fake 11 die the real 11 skype invisibly because the military would never stop 20 00:02:15,319 --> 00:02:22,280 looking for her, baiting her death. Eleven could finally live a normal life. Fans found a lot of 21 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:30,840 clouds, and Eleven didn't have the Eleven tattoo in the bed, and her nose didn't bleed when using 22 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:38,199 her power, which always happens. At the end, Mike tells a story about Eleven living a part of you 23 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:44,120 in a small town with a waterfall. That is real or just a happy story? I don't know. 24 00:02:45,319 --> 00:02:55,560 so i don't think the theory that eleven is dead is true i bet if she's alive and i think 25 00:02:55,560 --> 00:03:03,479 her sister kylie used her powers to create an illusion that eleven was there in that moment 26 00:03:04,439 --> 00:03:12,280 because we don't see the eleven tattoo and she's floating but when eleven uses her powers 27 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:22,199 blood comes out of her nose and we don't see that so i think 11 was hiding and at that moment 28 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:32,680 escape to like create a new life to be more comfortable and safe 29 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,439 in my opinion i think this theory is true because there are many two 30 00:03:38,439 --> 00:03:44,360 close and they are make senses and mike says we have to choose to believe it or not and i 31 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:50,039 just believe it because 11 is alive there are many clouds and there are many senses 32 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:57,960 i think 11 isn't alive because when mike finished telling the supposed open ending 33 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:06,680 i didn't seem very logical to me and besides it's possible that despite the kryptonite 11 made one 34 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:14,840 last effort to talk with Mike one last time. It doesn't make any sense to keep 35 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:20,639 saying Eleven is alive in the end of the 5th season. The story clearly tells us 36 00:04:20,639 --> 00:04:28,399 that her sacrifice is permanent and her powers owe her a ghost and this 37 00:04:28,399 --> 00:04:35,480 time that ghost is the end of her life and there are not really clues 38 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:41,480 about her survival and it doesn't make any sense that she is lost. 39 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:47,480 The theory number two is the theory of the secret ninth episode. 40 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,480 This theory claimed episode was eight wasn't the real ending. 41 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:59,480 A secret ninth episode would be released on January the seventh of 2036. 42 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,480 Why people believe this? 43 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:10,279 this the number seven appeared many times in the season and january 7th is the orthodox christmas 44 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:18,120 and all season 5 episodes were released on holidays mysterious social media posts seemed 45 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:26,120 to hint at something on that date however netflix confirmed there is no secret episode 46 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:34,279 and January 7th passed with nothing new. The theory was false, but fans still talk about it. 47 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:42,040 The theory of 9th episode actually makes a lot of sense, more than the theory that says that 48 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:51,000 11 is alive, because Stranger Things has changed its format before, especially for Big's endings, 49 00:05:51,000 --> 00:06:01,000 And there are still many storylines that aren't finished, and one more episode would give time to close them properly. 50 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:11,000 A ninth episode wouldn't feel unnecessary, it would feel planned, it would help give the story and the characters the ending that they deserve. 51 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:18,000 I think there could be a ninth episode because nothing about the ending seems to add up. 52 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:25,120 they haven't finished explaining everything and several things didn't make sense in light of what 53 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:32,720 we have seen in the previous 40 seasons i don't think this theory holds up it's more likely that 54 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:39,920 the missing tattoo was just a filming mistake rather than a hiding clue also streaming platforms 55 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:46,079 usually announce all episodes in advance for marketing so keeping a whole not episode secret 56 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:52,339 until january 7 seems really on the list well honestly i think there won't be another episode 57 00:06:52,339 --> 00:07:00,839 because in the end the ending feel like real ending we don't give any hint that there will 58 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:13,079 be another episode mostly because everyone has um like a happy ending except 11 that dead 59 00:07:13,079 --> 00:07:21,980 um so i don't think there will be another episode because basically they give a the series a final 60 00:07:21,980 --> 00:07:31,779 ending and i think there won't be another episode theory is the false ending that is a 61 00:07:31,779 --> 00:07:38,399 illusion this theory claims that the happy ending was fake it was created by beckner to trick 62 00:07:38,399 --> 00:07:44,519 everyone. Begna actually won, and everything we saw was an illusion. Believers say the ending was 63 00:07:44,519 --> 00:07:52,620 too perfect. After five seasons fighting, suddenly everyone had normal, comfortable lives. This felt 64 00:07:52,620 --> 00:08:00,319 wrong. Evidence? Students at graduation stood like Begna victims. The graduation gowns were orange, 65 00:08:00,540 --> 00:08:06,699 representing imprisonment. Some props changed the colors between scenes, showing the breaks 66 00:08:06,699 --> 00:08:13,420 in the illusion. The theory says that Begna created this social reality so people will 67 00:08:13,420 --> 00:08:20,379 stop fighting but the creators confirm this is not true and the ending we saw was real. 68 00:08:20,379 --> 00:08:27,019 Oh my gosh, this theory is crazy but that makes sense. The girls insult her head and 69 00:08:27,019 --> 00:08:34,700 they use a lot of clothes like her costumes and her graduation outfits. This theory is very true 70 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:40,500 too and have that lot of clothes to go with it makes sense to me because the attitudes 71 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:47,179 of many characters don't match how they've been throughout the series not their appearance 72 00:08:47,179 --> 00:08:54,899 or anything else so in my opinion it could be a fake ending and everything is an illusion 73 00:08:54,899 --> 00:09:03,360 created by the vain million called venus i cannot buy this theory because it will make 74 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:09,600 entire journey feel pointless if everything was just an illusion all the characters growth and 75 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:17,360 sacrifices wouldn't matter anymore also um the creators explicitly confirm that the ending we 76 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:23,759 saw is real meaning beckner didn't actually people's ending theory doesn't really work 77 00:09:23,759 --> 00:09:31,039 because stranger things usually give us clear endings and not state one with not solid clues 78 00:09:31,039 --> 00:09:37,039 clues if everything were just an illusion by pegma it would feel like a cheap trick 79 00:09:38,159 --> 00:09:44,799 it would erase the meaning of the battles and the losses we already saw and a final should 80 00:09:44,799 --> 00:09:50,320 give answers not take everything back making it all an illusion would confuse the story 81 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:57,039 instead of making it stronger so it doesn't make really sense 34 82 00:09:57,039 --> 00:10:08,919 the theory says the upside down is not another dimension but a war home like a bridge that 83 00:10:08,919 --> 00:10:17,279 connects two places in space and time this hole connects hawkins to the abyss 84 00:10:17,279 --> 00:10:26,960 where the mind flyer and the monster slide the upside down got stuck on november 6 85 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:40,960 1983, when the day of 11 made the wormhole and that's why Hawkins looks frozen in the time. 86 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:47,960 I think there's really nothing beyond the wormhole because they would have tried to explain it. 87 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:54,960 It could be a space with nothing but the wormhole or maybe it's a space 88 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:04,320 with thousands and millions of wormholes. I don't know what it could be but it would have been an 89 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:11,440 interesting topic to explore in the series. I'm not convinced by this theory because it feels 90 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:18,480 like a repetitive plot point. We've already seen Will connect to the Heath Mine for seasons and 91 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:25,919 And suddenly giving him Eleven-like powers feels like a shortcut rather than natural character development. 92 00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:37,000 And it would be more impactful if Will defeated Begner using his own courage and knowledge of the Upside Down instead of just copying Eleven's powers. 93 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:47,659 Thank you so much for your listening and we hope you found it interesting. Bye! 94 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:50,710 Thank you.