Spinoffy?!
Matt Duffer: Spinoffy, yeah. You pinned us down. So annoying. I do want to explain, just because people’s expectations go in certain directions: The spinoff is going to delve into that and explain that, and you’re going to understand it. But it’s a completely different mythology. So it’s not a deep exploration of the Mind Flayer or anything like that. It’s very fresh and very new, but yes, it will answer some of the loose threads that are remaining.

Where are you with the spinoff?

Ross Duffer: We’re going to start working on it again on Monday. We’ve been working on it on and off. We’ll take a few days off.

On Monday?!
Matt Duffer: You don’t understand. My favorite part of the show is working on it. It’s not releasing it — that’s just stressful, no matter how it goes when you release it. It’s maybe my least favorite part of the process. I like the creative part. I like making it. So, we’re actually really excited, and it’s very exciting to work with a clean slate: completely new characters, new town, new world, new mythology

these guys are somethin else

They gon milk tf out of this franchise so don’t be surprised if 2/3 spin offs get announced and maybe a movie

If fans gotta use their imagination to connect dots to make stuff make sense or you gotta do magazine interviews to explain scenes...the writing is bad

Nobody cares dude it’s Netflix.

People who use Netflix don’t want or care for great things.

Going by the responses on here and the overall internet...yes tf they do. Just because you cool with slop, don't mean others have to be

Ktt folk are far and above Netflix users

I hate slop but the masses love it. That’s my point

Yep s*** really does remind me of GOTs ending.

Rico Jr on Twitter

Did they get asked about Mike and El at the end?

Speaking of the Eleven ending, and the ambiguity of whether she’s alive, can you talk about when you had that idea and why you wanted to do that?

Ross Duffer: A couple things: Eleven represents, in a lot of ways, the magic of childhood. And we knew for our kids to be able to grow up, the magic had leave Hawkins. There was never a version that we had written where it was Eleven down in that basement. It was never going to be that simple and that easy. It was finding a way to come up with an ending where it was not that simple, but also bittersweet, and that there was hope there.

One discussion online this morning is whether Mike made the whole thing up, or Eleven actually told him what her plan was. Or, that during the graduation, Mike realized that Eleven never could have gotten from the truck to the gate because of the kryptonite, so that’s not really her and was a projection. Discuss!

Matt Duffer: The only thing I’ll debunk is that Eleven does not communicate with Mike in any way. But what you just said at the end — yes, at graduation, he’s hearing the speakers distort because the principal is so angry, and it makes him realize that there was the kryptonite. So how could she have possibly made it all the way to the gate? Not only that. How could she have possibly used her powers to bring him into the void?

But there are a lot of other questions. Could Kali have actually done that? Could she have possibly been alive? We like that it’s up to the audience. Obviously, we tell you what the characters choose.

Honestly

Further confirms that the final planet should have been in darkness and cold for the vibes

Also never understood the point of this, creatively or in narrative. Why does it change into a weaker form? Was everything seen prior just a projection? It looked superior enough to not die to guns and fire.

Oh wow

Episode 7 was meh but i enjoyed the finale

Eh finale was okay nothing special tbh

right 😭😭😭😭 Netflix literally has a trailer for it on youtube themselves so they literally have a filmed copy they’re choosing not to show us for some reason 😭😭😭

i really liked the finale tho plot holes aside i enjoyed it a lot and cried

did they show what happened to the Wheeler’s dad? I must’ve missed it

I don't think so