The Duffer Brothers on Eleven’s chances of reuniting with her family and friends after the
#StrangerThings5 finale:
"If she were alive, the way I would see it is no. Any contact would risk bringing her back out in the open and starting the cycle again. So, in the story that Mike’s telling, I don’t think he sees a version where they reconnect."
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