This Theory for How 'Stranger Things' Ends Has Me Completely Convinced Mehera BonnerDecember 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM 0 Obsessed With This 'Stranger Things' Ending Theory Courtesy of Netflix Buckle up, there's a new theory for how the last episode of Stranger Things is going down, and it's pretty compelling. As a reminder, fans originally theorized that the Upside Down was a wormhole, which ended up being correct. And part of that theory centered around a speech Mr. Clarke gave at the beginning of the season: "Just think of all the places mankind could go—another galaxy, another time even.
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Mehera BonnerDecember 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Obsessed With This 'Stranger Things' Ending Theory Courtesy of Netflix
Buckle up, there's a new theory for how the last episode of Stranger Things is going down, and it's pretty compelling. As a reminder, fans originally theorized that the Upside Down was a wormhole, which ended up being correct. And part of that theory centered around a speech Mr. Clarke gave at the beginning of the season:
"Just think of all the places mankind could go—another galaxy, another time even. So why aren't we doing it now? If wormholes did exist, they would be extraordinarily unstable. Their enormous gravitational force would rip them apart at the very moment they formed."
In other words, Mr. Clarke specifically hinted at time travel when talking about the wormhole, which...does not seem like a passing comment. Enter a new theory on Reddit (care of user byrd82) speculating that the gang's attempt to destroy the Upside Down will trigger time travel to before it was even created, and before Hawkins lab ever even existed.
"The ripple effects are massive in the best way. Eleven is never taken from her mother. Her mother is never tortured, never broken, never loses her child. Jane grows up normally. Hopper's daughter never gets cancer because she's never exposed to radiation from the lab, which means Hopper never becomes the grief-hardened man we meet in season one. Eddie is alive because there's no Vecna, no satanic panic, no town looking for someone to blame. Barb never dies. Max's brother is still alive because he's never possessed, never pushed down that violent path. The Upside Down itself never fully forms because it was born from humans messing with time and dimensions in the first place."
The theory also speculates that the kids still become friends but "They meet the way they were always supposed to: school, bikes, D&D, being weird kids in a small town. They're still friends because they were always meant to be friends. Same group, different origin. Destiny without suffering."
As the theory notes, for this to work, the Duffer Brothers would have had to film the final moments of the series when the kids were still kids. In other words, this would have had to be the plan pretty much from season one. But...stranger things have happened (sorry).
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Published: December 31, 2025 at 08:36PM on Source: RED MAG
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