Stranger Things Showrunners Confirm The One Character Reunion Fans Want, Will Never Happen

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The most controversial thing about Strange things The series finale is that Eleven’s ultimate fate is up to the viewer. She appears to make a heroic sacrifice (dying with the Upside Down) to prevent the government and anyone else from continuing the research that began with Henry Creel. Later, Mike realizes that she could not have used her powers and shares a theory that Eleven managed to escape and that her death was just a mental illusion created by Callie.

Some fans were happy because this left the door open for a Mike/Eleven reunion in the future. due to bad luck, Strange things The showrunners confirmed that would never happen.

Eleven will never see Mike again

On paper, the main advantage of Eleven’s fate being ambiguous is that Strange things It can go both ways: fans are disappointed that no major character dies permanently and think she sacrificed herself, and fans who wanted a happy ending for everyone can believe she’s still alive. However, for many fans, Eleven’s happy ending includes her finally reuniting with Mike, the love of her life. Unfortunately, Ross Duffer confirmed in a recent interview with Variety that even Mike has accepted the fact that he or any of his friends will never see Eleven again.

“If she was alive, the way I see it is no,” he said. “Any contact would risk bringing her back out into the open and starting the cycle again. So, in the story that Mike is telling, I don’t think he’s seeing a version where they reconnect.”

to Strange things Fans who imagined a later, more cheerful ending for these two characters, this is very bleak news. The co-showrunner just confirmed that even if Mike’s theory is true and if Eleven manages to survive her apparent death in the series finale, she will never be able to get back with Mike again. Furthermore, Ross Duffer confirmed that Mike is well aware that he will never see the love of his life again, which is probably why he seemed sadder than the rest of his friends in the last episode.

The father/daughter reunion will never happen

To add salt to the wound, this means Eleven will never get to see Hopper again either. a lot Strange things Fans thought it was strange how easily Hope accepted the death of his surrogate daughter and moved on with his life, with some speculating that he was emotionally stable because he was secretly in contact with Eleven. However, Ross Dover’s words mean that she will also have to avoid contact with her adoptive father forever.

What the Duffer brothers (who said they generally try to avoid online chatter) may not realize is that they’ve just done the worst part of… Strange things The series finale is even worse. Large swaths of fans hated that Eleven got such a terrible end… after spending her life in abuse and isolation, she had to effectively go into permanent exile in order to keep her friends and family safe. Previously, fans were clinging to the idea that she would eventually reunite with everyone (most likely in a movie or spin-off series), but Ross Duffer personally put the nail in the coffin of those hopes.

When fan fiction is better than the show

Sadly, the fan reaction to this interview proves that the Duffers can’t have it both ways. That is, they couldn’t leave too much about the series finale (including whether Eleven will live or die) to the audience while also shooting down fan theories about what happened after the credits rolled. As a result of their stadium-wide press tour, a growing number of fans have come to realize that the theories they’ve come up with are undoubtedly more useful and entertaining than those the show’s presenters have come up with. If fan fiction is better than the actual product, what’s the point of Netflix spending half a billion dollars to create such a disappointing final season?

Considering that the final season is the lowest-rated of the entire series, it seems like the Duffers may need to seriously brush up on their writing skills. Otherwise, the next one Strange things The series they were so excited about might end up as dead and lifeless as everything else in the Upside Down.