Stranger Things’ delivers a dramatic ending with series finale “The Rightside Up,” leaving the final fate of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) ambiguous—but there are clues.

Now that it’s all over, we know how the story ends—with Vecna and the Mind Flayer defeated, the Upside Down destroyed for good, and Eleven seemingly left for dead following a heroic sacrifice to stop the government from using her blood to restart their experimental program to develop psychic children.

Matt and Ross Duffer explain everything about the 'Stranger Things' series finale, including Eleven's ambiguous fate, the final battle and that rock.

Stranger Things has now ended, and though it gave a definitive ending to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), fans of the show will see her again after the series finale. After five seasons full of action, suspense, mysteries, and 1980s nostalgia, Stranger Things has come to an end, and it did its best to give proper endings to its main characters.

Several Redditors pointed out that Eleven had an entire arc about regaining and training her abilities. Seeing her struggle with basic tasks after past feats makes Stranger Things Season 5 feel inconsistent. Fans expected her to be stronger than ever heading into the final stretch, not stuck fighting limits that seemed long gone.

The Stranger Things Season 5 finale has kicked off a surge of online discourse, with fans pointing out narrative gaps. In the days following the episode’s release, three specific complaints have surfaced as the common points of criticism.

Finally, after what feels like a hundred years, “Stranger Things” has ended.