Why Mike’s Theory Is The ACTUAL Ending of Stranger Things Season 5

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  @rockystoney2021 · 7 months ago

  She is alive. The mere fact that the image of Eleven without her nose bleeding after talking to Mike, it was left intentionally to show she did not die. Mike's theory is the real ending. The duffers left ambigous ending to shake our emotions, but they left the real ending hiding in plain sight.

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• TR

  @trinaq · 8 months ago (edited)

  I've just realised that both the first and fifth seasons ended the exact same way. Eleven sacrifices herself to save her friends, with Mike being convinced that she's still out there. They honestly feel like two completely different shows if you watch them back to back.

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• MA

  @Mademoiselle_Katie · 8 months ago

  Mike and El deserved the waterfalls together.

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• GA

  @gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258 · 8 months ago

  The only reason Kali was brought back was to pretend eleven died. If you think as a writer then that's the only reason they highlighted her powers the whole show show it's clearly true she survived.

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• SH

  @ShyPearls · 8 months ago

  Has anyone mentioned S4 Finale!?  Eleven heals Max from death. Eleven could have healed Kali just enough to slow the bleeding and buy them some time to pull off the illusion. Eleven wasted no time getting into the mind flayer and take down Vecna- why? She knew Kali was hanging on.

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• SU

  @Sunshine-qr4cs · 8 months ago (edited)

  Eleven is alive.<br>-They didn&apos;t really tell Murray that Kali is indeed dead.<br>-Kali said her story shouldn&apos;t end there, meaning they really have a plan.<br>-Hopper&apos;s reaction while Eleven was sacrificing herself was very composed<br>-Eleven has no blood on her nose<br>-How did Eleven manage to go to that spot with so many soldiers around?<br>-We all know how Eleven contacts someone the way she contacted Mike for the last time. She should be somewhere safe, concentrating with a blindfold. She has never done that while standing lol.<br>-Eleven&apos;s &quot;kryptonite&quot; was all around her, yet the Eleven standing on the gate didn&apos;t seem affected by it.

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• MI

  @Michelala · 8 months ago

  My head canon is that Hop knew she survived. It would be very Hop to have Go Bags stashed in various places in the tunnels with cash, supplies and fake IDs for him and El at the very least. Hop is nothing if not diligent in keeping El safe and that would include means of escape. After the battle, as life starts to return to normal, Hop would gather these Go bags and discover one of El’s was missing. He is the only one who could keep that kind of secret and knowing El is out in the world finding a life of her own would be enough for him to move on.

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• KQ

  @kqirxanz · 8 months ago

  i just am so annoyed that loads of the story is left for the fans to decide

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• NE

  @nebulacrust007 · 7 months ago (edited)

  I am convinced that El is alive. Not because of Mike&apos;s theory. But because Hop appears to have moved on. A man can never move on if he lost his 2 daughters. I am sure he was in contact with El.

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• RA

  @Raquel-tc8ur · 8 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-RbZ6qQzj0&amp;t=865">14:25</a> to support your point even more, we’ve seen how Kali’s powers have evolved to allow voices to become “invisible” too. When Kali makes max and the kids invisible right under Henry’s nose, they talk as if he’s not standing right there, because he can’t hear them due to kali’s invisibility illusion!

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• MY

  @mykidsaresupercute · 8 months ago

  Kali had remote viewing as one of her powers. So it was easy for her to get the timing right.

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• MY

  @mykidsaresupercute · 8 months ago

  Mike searching for her would make an excellent spin off. I would watch!

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