Stranger Things Season 5 ended with the group defeating Mind Flayer and Vecna. They also successfully got rid of the Upside Down, but with Eleven's sacrifice.

After the group made it into the Abyss, fought the Mind Flayer and defeated Vecna to thwart the plan to merge planets, things looked up for our ragtag group of heroes. They had rescued all 12 kidnapped children and were heading back into the Rightside Up with the wormhole ready to collapse behind them.

Nicknamed 'Conformity Gate,' the conspiracy theory rabbit hole goes deep but ultimately leads nowhere.

Questions remain about the fate of Eleven, and talk of a secret 9th episode on Jan. 7 has bubbled up on social media.

While Netflix did not respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment, the Stranger Things Instagram account now includes the caption, “ALL EPISODES OF STRANGER THINGS ARE NOW PLAYING,” even as fans continue to fill the comment section begging for an episode nine. Warning: Spoilers below.

Of course, most of the kids in the gang have their own biological parents, and those dynamics evolve over the course of Stranger Things. Their parenting styles shift from the more hands-off approach that was common in the '80s—a stark contrast to the “helicopter” parenting style that is now the norm in many households today.