A conspiracy theory that goes by the name ConformityGate suggests that what was released on New Year’s Eve as the final episode of Stranger Things was, in fact, not the final episode, and that a secret new episode will be released (eventually) that will be the real ending and explain why the episode we got was all wrong. I’ve heard all this before.

Stranger Things” actress Jennifer Marshall, who played Max’s mother Susan Hargrove in Seasons 2 and 4 of the hit Netflix series, has posted via social media about not appearing in the show’s final season - and how the decision came as she was diagnosed with cancer.