Sadie Sink Has A Brutal Take On That Stranger Things Finale Debate

This article contains major spoilers for the finale of Stranger Things.

Stranger Things fans are still split right down the middle about what really went down in the last ever episode of the award-winning Netflix series.

In the Stranger Things finale, viewers saw that Eleven had sacrificed herself by staying behind in the Upside Down as it imploded.

However, in an epilogue, Mike gave a speech theorising that Eleven had actually managed to escape, prompting much debate about whether the character had really died after all (then, of course, there are those who still think that whole final act was an illusion created by Vecna, but let’s not even go there right now).

During a recent interview on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Sadie Sink – who plays Max in the final three seasons of Stranger Things – shared her opinions on the subject, and her take was actually pretty brutal.

“I think she’s dead,” Sadie admitted, and was immediately greeted with groans from the studio audience. “Is that like a hot take or something?”

She continued: “I think Mike’s story is just one last story, and then they say goodbye to childhood. But that’s just one final tale, and that’s it. I think it’s just like a coping thing.

“I feel like it’s stronger [that way], right? That’s my interpretation, sorry.”

The creators of Stranger Things, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, recently said they wanted to leave it up to individual viewers to determine whether there was any truth to Mike’s story.

One thing they did clarify, though, was that Eleven did not contact Mike using her powers, with Matt Duffer insisting: “The only thing I’ll debunk is that Eleven does not communicate with Mike in any way.”

All five seasons of Stranger Things are now available to stream in full on Netflix, with a documentary about the creation of the latest run coming next week.