Stranger Things wrapped up its fifth and final season at the very end of 2025. For some reason, that feels like a lifetime ago. Maybe it is because some fans are still somehow holding out hope that Conformity Gate is real and that another episode is coming, despite being told many times that this theory is bogus. Or perhaps it’s the ongoing debate about what really happened to Eleven at the end of the series. Did she actually die or is she living someone in solitude and peace to keep her friends safe? Well, there are only three people who really know the answer to that. Millie Bobby Brown said that she has a secret pact with the Duffer Brothers to never, ever reveal the truth about what happened to Eleven in the Stranger Things series finale.
Deadline reports that Brown opened up about this on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. She’s currently on the interview circuit to promote her next project with Netflix, Enola Holmes 3. When speaking with podcast host Josh Horowitz in front of an audience, she said that she’s sworn to secrecy by the Duffers about what happened to Eleven.
“They were like, ‘Do not tell anyone. Because we made it a secret kind of pledge,’” Brown said. “No one else knows. It’s just us three. And what we do with that information, it’ll be up to them.”
When asked what they believed Eleven’s fate was, the majority of the audience decided to go the Mike Wheeler route and stay hopeful. This delighted Brown, but she stuck to her pact and did not confirm nor deny any definitive truth.
In my sensitive heart and based on the fact that the Duffer Brothers have a hard time killing kids, I’d like to think that she’s out there somewhere. And who knows? Maybe a reunion special or reboot years down the line could reveal that information. But, for now, we will have to continue to be in the dark about Eleven’s actual ending.