Stranger Things Star Matthew Modine Gets Vocal About His Feelings on the Finale and His Support of 'Conformity Gate'

The finale play of Stranger Things was thing of a world-changing lawsuit successful popular civilization — but not everyone successful the formed liked the absorption the amusement went successful play 5. In fact, prima Matthew Modine precocious opened up astir his feelings connected the ending of the series.

Modine — who played Dr. Martin Brenner, aka “Papa,” the idiosyncratic who trained and nurtured Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven opening successful play 1 — precocious shared a video of himself connected Instagram, and successful the comments, a instrumentality asked if helium liked the bid finale. “Nope,” helium bluntly replied to the fan.

From there, helium was asked by different viewer, “Does Papa judge successful Stranger Things occurrence 9?” (If you’re thinking, wait, the play lone had 8 episodes, we’ll explicate successful conscionable a second.) Modine’s effect to the question intelligibly echoed his distaste for the episode: “Hoping truthful for the fans.”

Matthew Modine. Image credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images.

So, astir that ninth episode. In lawsuit you’re not aware, the "Conformity Gate" instrumentality mentation gained important traction online past period arsenic fans claimed that the show’s finale was not really its finale, but a clever instrumentality played by the Vecna itself. Unhappy with the show's existent ending, fans suggested different finale was connected the mode — thing that was aboriginal shown to beryllium nonsense.

Interestingly enough, Modine has been a vocal protagonist of the mentation for a small portion present — and this isn’t his archetypal clip addressing it. At the extremity of January, the histrion shared a clip of himself dressed successful quality with the caption, “Waiting.” It tin beryllium inferred that the histrion is alluding to the hold for the concealed ninth episode, and if so, unluckily he’s inactive waiting adjacent now.

The Duffer brothers, co-creators and showrunners of Stranger Things, person ruled a Stranger Things sequel out, saying making specified a happening would travel crossed arsenic a “gross currency grab.” That said, much from the show's beingness is already successful the works — specified arsenic a live-action spin-off with caller characters, and Stranger Things '85, an animated bid showing further adventures with the pack portion they were younger.

Stranger Things tin beryllium watched successful afloat connected Netflix.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.