The final season of Stranger Things turned the usually quiet stretch between Christmas and New Year into a high-stakes streaming event, pulling viewers back to Hawkins just as holiday downtime peaked.

Stranger Things fans are still reeling from the epic finale of the show, so much so that some are struggling to accept that the end was actually the end. The emotional rollercoaster that was the last ...

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