# There is still no secret ninth episode, but Netflix has shared a season 5 blooper reel in celebration of Stranger Things Day

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/there-is-still-no-secret-ninth-episode-but-netflix-has-shared-a-season-5-blooper-reel-in-celebration-of-stranger-things-day/
- Published: 2026-11-06T12:07:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T12:24:41+00:00
- Original publisher: GamesRadar+
- Original article: https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-shows/sorry-stranger-things-fans-there-is-still-no-secret-ninth-episode-but-netflix-has-shared-a-season-5-blooper-reel-in-celebration-of-stranger-things-day/
- Topics: Entertainment, Offbeat, Stranger Things, TV, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Netflix released a season five blooper reel for Stranger Things Day.
- The clip features cast members joking and making mistakes on set.
- No secret ninth episode was announced, despite fan speculation.

## Summary

Netflix marked Stranger Things Day 2026 by releasing a blooper reel from the show’s fifth and final season, more than 10 months after the series ended. The clip shows cast members laughing, stumbling over lines and joking during filming, offering a lighter look at the production of the show’s sombre final instalment.

Some fans had hoped the annual event would bring a bigger announcement, including a rumoured secret ninth episode, but Netflix released no new episode. The speculation, known as “Conformity Gate”, followed the finale’s New Year’s Day release and a later Netflix teaser that led fans to expect more; the show’s story centres on Will Byers’s disappearance in Hawkins on 6 November 1983, the date commemorated as Stranger Things Day.

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