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Dive into some of the biggest unexplained mysteries lurking within Hawkins. From unexplored character motivations to confusing timelines, we uncover the most baffling and overlooked plot holes that even the Upside Down can’t explain. Get ready for a trip through Stranger Things where some questions just never got answers!
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00:00All his research into the gate, how he created it, what it really is, I'm still deciphering it.
00:06Yeah, this shit'll fry your brain.
00:08Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at the long-standing questions that were and
00:13were not answered in the final season of Stranger Things. Major spoilers ahead for all five seasons.
00:20Because that makes no sense.
00:22And everything in this place makes sense.
00:26Relationships. Resolved.
00:27One of the first Stranger Things romances we see develop is the love triangle between
00:32Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan.
00:34Nancy Wheeler, will you not marry me?
00:44The latter mutually break up in episode six.
00:48And in the finale, the former couple are single and Steve is dating.
00:52Is it the lectures on Steinem that draw you or the high concentration of women?
00:56Can't it be both?
00:59While Robin doesn't explicitly state she was talking about Vicky when she mentioned, quote,
01:03overbearing partners, there's no reason to assume they broke up.
01:07Hopper and Joyce got their happy ending and finally went to Enzo's.
01:11Joyce Byers, will you spend the rest of your life with a tired, grumpy, stubborn old man who loves you very much?
01:25As for the youngsters, Max and Lucas are still going strong.
01:29Dustin's overwhelming grief for Eddie affected his closest friendships, so it makes sense if he and Susie broke up offscreen.
01:37Unfortunately for Biler shippers, Mike doesn't get together with Will after Elle's sacrifice.
01:42However, we love that Will is comfortable with himself enough to start dating.
01:46But it isn't long before he finds his place there.
01:49And with that, deep happiness and acceptance.
01:58Misadventures in Russia.
02:00Unresolved.
02:01Many viewers found season four's Escape from Russia storyline to be uninteresting.
02:06And even in season five, there are still parts that are unclear.
02:09While imprisoned at the Kamchatka facility, Jim Hopper gets out of his shackles by asking another inmate to break his ankle.
02:17Of which he seemingly recovers from rather quickly.
02:27Before he, quote, perished in the Starcourt Mall explosion, Joyce promised Hopp she'd protect Eleven.
02:33But as soon as she hears he's alive, she teams up with Murray to break him out, leaving the kids on their own.
02:39Well, I'm not exactly an expert in parenting.
02:45But for what little it's worth, I think you did the right thing.
02:49The responsible thing.
02:50When Joyce and Murray crash a plane in Alaska, they don't sustain any substantial injuries either.
02:56These aren't actual plot holes, but the overlooked details left some scratching their heads.
03:03Season four's Upside Down Escape.
03:17Unresolved.
03:18In the season four finale, Nancy, Steve, Robin, Eddie and Dustin bring the fight to the Upside Down.
03:24Four times, Max.
03:38But after Vecna opens the fourth gate, we don't see how they escaped.
03:43We know what happened to dearly departed Eddie Munson, but how did the others get back to the real Hawkins?
03:48The episode jumps ahead two days, where they're helping the residents of Hawkins heal after the, quote, earthquake.
03:55It's okay if you want to save him, you know.
03:57No, he'll be more loved than a new home.
03:59Season five begins with Rockin' Robin explaining the state of Hawkins under military quarantine as we catch up with the characters.
04:06However, how they all managed to escape is never addressed.
04:09And now, I'm stuck here with you, my fellow quarantine compatriots.
04:14And if I can be brutally honest, I couldn't be happier.
04:18Because when you really think about it, why would you want to live anywhere else?
04:23Dr. K and the military.
04:25Unresolved.
04:26After Elle sacrifices herself and closes the last portal, Dr. K and her army simply vanish from the story.
04:33Hopper, who's later reinstated as police chief, and the others don't face any legal consequences after taking out multiple soldiers.
04:50The pregnant women being injected with Collie's blood were more than likely killed in the explosion.
04:55It makes sense that they'd leave Hawkins, since the person they were hunting just died,
04:59especially given their mission wasn't exactly public knowledge.
05:03And you believe 11 have taken these kids?
05:06For what purpose?
05:08Killing them, protecting them, the reason doesn't matter.
05:11Many fans agree that Dr. K wasn't an interesting or well-written character.
05:16But after the suffering she caused, not just to our heroes, but to her own soldiers,
05:20viewers would have been satisfied to see her get a not-so-happy ending, like Lieutenant Akers.
05:33Will's connection to Vecna resolved.
05:38You were the first, and you broke so easily.
05:47The inaugural season of Stranger Things centers on Will Byers' disappearance.
05:52He spends season 2 being tormented by the Mind Flayer,
05:55and when he moves to California at the end of season 3, he no longer feels the connection.
06:00But by the end of season 4, he's back in Hawkins and senses Vecna.
06:04In season 5, Vecna tells Will he was chosen for his weak mind,
06:19revealing how he unknowingly helped build the tunnels that formed in season 2.
06:23How do you think the tunnels came to be, William?
06:29You built them.
06:32Will has a lot of epic moments in the final season.
06:35Saving friends by tapping into the Hive Mind, Vecna-ing Demogorgons,
06:39invading Henry's mind, and coming out to his loved ones.
06:43I... I don't like girls.
06:46After the absolute hell he's gone through, he deserved every one of them.
06:50Dr. Owens' Whereabouts Unresolved
06:54Dr. Sam Owens played a major part in season 2
06:57as Dr. Martin Brenner's colleague and eventual successor.
07:00I'm more of a Mounds guy, but I gotta say, peanut butter and chocolate, come on.
07:05It's hard to beat that.
07:06Alright, so tell me what's going on with you, tell me about this episode you had.
07:09He made a cameo in the season 3 finale, and returned in season 4 in a prominent role.
07:15But the fate of the Hawkins' National Laboratory director-turned-ally remains unknown.
07:20He was last seen in season 4's penultimate episode,
07:23Restrained in the Lab, imploring Lieutenant Colonel Jack Sullivan not to kill Eleven.
07:28And we'll see if these murders keep happening.
07:31If you're right, the killing ends, and you can pull the plug on her.
07:34In fact, I'll do it myself.
07:36But if you're wrong about this,
07:38God, are we gonna need her.
07:40Jack,
07:41don't do this.
07:44I'm begging you.
07:45Of course, we know Sullivan's men fail to take her down.
07:48But what about Owens?
07:49Did he escape and go into hiding?
07:51Or was he ultimately killed?
07:53We'll just never know.
07:55Take him.
07:56You son of a bitch!
07:58Now!
07:58You son of a bitch!
08:00Collie, aka 8.
08:02Resolved.
08:03Season 2's infamous penultimate episode,
08:05The Lost Sister,
08:06saw Eleven going rogue and running away from Hawkins.
08:10She ends up in Chicago, Illinois,
08:12where she meets her sister, Collie, aka 8.
08:15While many viewers maligned the episode for taking a pointless detour before the season 2 finale,
08:20people still wondered if she would return, or at least get a mention.
08:24They found me.
08:26Found my friends.
08:30I killed them.
08:32And they took me.
08:34In episode 4 of season 5,
08:38Elle finds Collie in the Upside Down Lab,
08:41where Dr. K extracted her blood for years,
08:43infusing it into pregnant women in an attempt to create more kids with powerful abilities.
08:48This was not about revenge.
08:51Dr. K needed me.
08:54She needed my blood.
08:57And her need was endless.
09:00Despite her long absence from the series,
09:02Collie played a big role in the final season,
09:05revealing Henry as the source of their powers and influencing Elle's sacrifice.
09:10And with your blood, they will create more children.
09:12Children who will suffer as we have.
09:14And with these children, they will open up more gates.
09:17More worlds.
09:18Henry's time at Hawkins High.
09:21Unresolved.
09:22When Vecna was introduced in season 4,
09:24we got glimpses into his backstory as Henry Creel,
09:27a young boy with abilities who moved to Hawkins, Indiana in 1959.
09:31Like you.
09:32I didn't fit in with the other children.
09:35Something was wrong with me.
09:38All the teachers and the doctors said I was broken.
09:42After he kills his mother and sister and his father is framed,
09:46Dr. Brenner takes him to the Hawkins lab,
09:48where he stays into his adulthood.
09:50But in season 5,
09:52Max learns that he attended Hawkins High School with the parents of his victims,
09:56including Joyce, Hopper, and the Wheelers.
09:58Was that Joyce?
10:00Yep.
10:00And through that door, Hop's sneaking a joint.
10:03And that way, Mr. Wheeler is filling up Mrs. Wheeler.
10:05I wish we had time to sightsee, but we've got a plate of couch.
10:08However, it's never really been implied that the adults knew him at all.
10:12Which begs the question,
10:13did they ever find out that Vecna was actually their old classmate?
10:16The origins of Henry, a.k.a. One, a.k.a. Vecna,
10:20are explained in the Broadway play The First Shadow.
10:23But not acknowledging this in the show is an odd choice.
10:26And that's when I understood.
10:28I was trapped inside Henry's mind.
10:31His memories.
10:32Upside Down Origins.
10:34Resolved.
10:35Over five seasons of Stranger Things,
10:37the Hawkins crew discovered quite a few different realms,
10:40mainly the Upside Down.
10:41Holly isn't on the other side of the wall.
10:46Then where is she?
10:48I don't know.
10:50Exactly.
10:51But wherever she is, it's not the Upside Down.
10:53Season 4 already confirmed that Eleven unintentionally created the Upside Down
10:57on November 6th, 1983,
10:59when Dr. Brenner told her to make contact with a Demogorgon in the void.
11:03Don't focus on them.
11:06Yes, Papa.
11:11This is why it's frozen on that specific day,
11:19which is also the day Will went missing.
11:21But Season 5 adds to the lore,
11:24revealing that what they thought was an extra-dimensional realm
11:26is actually a wormhole used as a bridge between Earth and the Abyss,
11:31where the Mind Flayer resides.
11:32Still confused?
11:34You're not alone.
11:34More specifically, an interdimensional bridge that rips through space-time.
11:38It is wildly unstable, but held together by exotic matter,
11:42which we found dead center right above the lab.
11:46In theoretical physics, they call this type of bridge a...
11:48Wormhole.
11:49And this wormhole connects Hawkins to here,
11:52another world that I've coined the Abyss.
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12:12Henry and the Mind Flayer
12:13Resolved
12:14In Episode 6,
12:16Max and Holly find Henry's traumatic memory in the cave
12:19that he's too scared to relive.
12:21As a kid, he found a scientist wounded in a cave,
12:24and in trying to help him, got shot in the hand,
12:28prompting Henry to hit him with a rock.
12:34In the finale, Henry forces his way into the cave to capture the children,
12:41and we see the full memory.
12:43The briefcase held a mysterious glowing rock housing Mind Flayer particles,
12:47which made its way into Henry.
12:54When the scientist tells him to resist being consumed,
12:59he flexes his new powers and kills him instantly.
13:02Henry didn't create the Mind Flayer,
13:05he was its vessel,
13:06and the two essentially became one humanity-hating entity.
13:10Were your lingering questions finally answered in Season 5?
13:26Let us know in the comments below.
13:27See you next video.
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