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Stranger Things Ends: Caleb McLaughlin Confirms Finality

2/13/2026

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Caleb McLaughlin, who plays Lucas on Stranger Things, dismisses the "Conformity Gate" theory and says the show is done after ten years because the cast has grown up.
He confirms Eleven is gone, saying, "I think she evaporated," and notes the creators ended with a hopeful Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
Netflix plans an animated series, but McLaughlin reiterates that the main Stranger Things has definitively ended.

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Caleb McLaughlin, who plays Lucas on Stranger Things, dismisses the "Conformity Gate" theory and says the show is done after ten years because the cast has grown up.
He confirms Eleven is gone, saying, "I think she evaporated," and notes the creators ended with a hopeful Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
Netflix plans an animated series, but McLaughlin reiterates that the main Stranger Things has definitively ended.