View gallery Image Credit: Netflix Some Stranger Things fans thought they had mourned the last of the Netflix series; others refused to accept that it was truly over. Just days after the season 5 finale dropped on the streamer - and played in theaters - a theory called "Conformity Gate" spread on social media, claiming that episode 9 was coming out. So, is the theory real, or is it completely baseless? Below, Hollywood Life unpacks "Conformity Gate" and what the Stranger Things cast and crew have said about the show's ending.