Stranger Things, Netflix and Season 5
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It’s something of a historic moment for Netflix. Stranger Things isn’t the first popular show to air a big series finale on the streaming giant, but it’s one of the biggest and certainly the longest-running Netflix series to make it all the way to the finish line.
Stranger Things fans crashed the streaming platform Netflix on January 7, 2025, to find out if the Duffer Brothers had indeed made a secret ending to the massively popular show. The theory, dubbed Conformity Gate, became viral on social media after the series finale premiered on December 31 and failed to satisfy the entire fandom.
This is not the first time Netflix has crashed due to Stranger Things, with the app crashing when Season 5 Volume 1 debuted in November.
Netflix released the Stranger Things finale on December 31, but massive traffic briefly crashed the app. Fans flooded X with memes, and jokes blaming Vecna