With the third season ofStranger Thingsnow released onNetflix ,   it was only a matter of time before the Internet get to hypothecate about all the possible storyline thatStranger ThingsSeason 4 will unavoidably admit . There were plenty of cliffhangers left dangling for fan to enquire in this season . And there were also plenty of possible plots introduced with seeming throwaway lines or fleeting moment .

It would be virtually insufferable to wade through all of the lead theories presently disseminate around on the Internet , specially when so many of them have to do with immensely differentstoryliness and unrelated characters . Here , we ’ve gathered up ten of the most convincing theories that we ’ve notice so far , and we ’ve detailed why exactly these theories just might be only plausible after all .

Other kids with powers will appear

The introduction of Eleven ’s " sister " Kali , also know as Eight , was scarce a pop secret plan head during the 2nd time of year . The Eleven - centric sequence that follows her adventures with Kali and her felonious gang is widely regard as the worst episode of the series . But that does n’t mean that the serial publication can avoid introducing other tike with powers - or that it should , for that affair .

WithStranger ThingsSeason 4 possibly teed up as the grand finale to the serial , and with the potential drop to have the big battle of them all , it might make sense to reveal the extent of Hawkins Lab ’s experiments once and for all . peculiarly if Eleven does n’t get her might back - which is also a very actual possibility .

The Russian demogorgon is the same one

The mid - credits picture inStranger ThingsSeason 3 ’s stopping point is full of plenty disgraceful moments , but one of the biggest and most unsettling reveals comes in the kind of the fact that the Russians working on the Upside Down labor have now acquired a demogorgon of their own . But is this really a new demogorgon after all ? Some fans are n’t so confident .

It ’s solely possible that this might be a new Upside Down colossus . But if Eleven managed to survive their larger-than-life battle at the oddment of the serial ' first time of year , and if the Russians came to study in Hawkins after that , could n’t this animate being very well be the same monster that Eleven and her admirer face off with a few years ago ?

Eleven will travel to Russia

From the source of the serial , people have wondered whether a once nearly mute and buzzcut - sporting Eleven was , in fact , a Russian undercover agent or weapon of some sort . Even Murray Bauman , the series ' nonmigratory voice of spacious - eyed zany reason , was convinced that she was a Russian assailant of some sorting , during his investigation into Barb Holland ’s disappearance .

Now that character really base in Russia have been introduced , it descend as no surprise that some fans are now convinced that Eleven ’s journey is in reality destine to take her there . If other theories regarding primal player presently being held captive in Russia pan out , it make all the sense in the world that Eleven , as well as some of her friends , could wander up there , too .

Dr. Brenner is “the American”

In the mid - credits scene at the end of " The Battle of Starcourt , " Russian guard are taking a captive down to be fed to the demogorgon as a sacrifice . Before they find the prisoner they are look for , however , they mistakenly stop and closely start the cell of a prisoner love only as " the American . "

There are plenty of case that this could be , but one of the most compelling theory to surface so far involves Matthew Modine ’s oracular Dr. Brenner , also be intimate as Papa . Dr. Brenner was presumptively killed by the demogorgon at the end of the first time of year , but witness never actually saw a organic structure or experience real confirmation of his death .

Jonathan and Nancy stay together, long distance

WhileStranger Thingsmay be a series about friendship at its core , there ’s no denying that romance is also a key factor in the series , too . One of the series ' central family relationship is the romance between Jonathan Byers and Nancy Wheeler , and at the ending of the third time of year , the duo ’s future tense is entirely uncertain .

With Jonathan and his family unit go aside from Hawkins after everything they ’ve been through , Nancy and Jonathan are wedge to share a tearful goodbye . But are they really ? With both of them   being just on the leaflet of lead off to college , it ’s not entirely unlikely that these two are n’t just plan on observe their relationship go long space for now .

Eleven’s powers won’t come back

One of the most shocking cliffhangers thatStranger ThingsSeason 3 left viewers to grapple with was the reveal that Eleven ’s powers have vanish without a suggestion . At the final stage of the time of year , Eleven seems almost resigned to the fact that her powers are perish , but Mike tries to reassure her that they ’ll come back someday .

But would it really be so bad if those powers do n’t come back ? Eleven never asked for the experiments to be done on her that led to these powers occurring . Plus , move out of Hawkins as she does at the oddment of the time of year , Eleven deserve the chance to start over as a normal child , once and for all .

The kids will time travel

In past season , Stranger Thingshas featured blunt discourse of dimensions and the power to travel between them . Now , time travel as a method of dimension - hopping has been bring out . Who ’s to say thatStranger ThingsSeason 4 wo n’t take thing to a whole fresh level ?

Will is going to come out as gay

The hints regarding Will Byers ' percipient disinterest in all thing related to girlfriend and romance have been in the serial from the very starting time .   Will himself repeatedly professes how he never plan to shine in making love , how love affair grosses him out , and how he ’d rather spend fourth dimension in a creation without girls .

A heartbreaking opposition between Will and Mike in the third time of year even has Mike callously throwing the fact that Will does n’t like girl in Will ’s human face , which clearly rightfully hurts Will . So could Season Four finally line up Will opening up about his gender ? Lots of fan seem to cerebrate so .

Hopper is alive - and he’s in the Upside Down

The most shocking part ofStranger ThingsSeason 3 came in Chief Jim Hopper ’s heroic forfeit in the finale , when he volitionally hazard his liveliness so that Joyce could close to the gate to the Upside Down ( hopefully ) once and for all . But is Hopper really dead ? Most of the Internet sure as shooting is n’t convinced , and neither are we .

One of the possibleness for Hopper ’s fate could be that he really found a way to get to the Upside Down . He could have jump through the gate before it was blast with the paint . Even once Dr. Owens and his men arrive , the gate does n’t look totally closed off .

Hopper is alive - and he’s “the American”

If Hopper did n’t make it to the Upside Down , it ’s also entirely potential that he still escape , but somehow wound up in Russian captivity .   He could have easily run down those stairs to a point below the main landing and wound up in the hand of some of the remaining Russian soldiers .

It could be , then , that Hopper is in fact " the American " that Russian guards refer to in the mid - credits scene . After everything Hopper did , and all that he learned , he would be a worthful prisoner for Russian scientists .

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