In the past week, Millie has been busily promoting Enola Holmes 3, and inevitably Stranger Things came-up, more than once.

And, it feels like some deliberate hints were dropped:

1. Millie is obviously still very upset by the ending, as was clear during her Joshua Horowitz podcast. The fact that she nearly broke down in tears, to the point where some tissues had to be brought out for her, more than 6 months after the ST ending first aired, was pretty shocking to witness. Her deep attachment to Eleven, and her insistence in believing that El is still alive or the depression which she felt throughout January will return, was also clear, along with her irritation at many of her castmates stating that they think El is dead.

- interestingly, despite firmly stating that he believed El was dead earlier in the year, at the Milan fan event last month Caleb hedged his bets this time, and was more willing to accept the idea that she was still alive. David Harbour's comments that he believed that Netflix would make an Eleven-focused series if they thought it would make money, and Noah and Cara Buono stating that they believed she was alive, were also noteworthy.

2. She all-but-admitted that El is still alive. She did not say this out loud, but the hints were pretty obvious.

3. In the Discourse Podcast, and in another Enola Holmes interview, she clearly stated that she is not finished with Eleven, and would love to explore her life say, in her 30's. This is another interesting hint, perhaps the most interesting given in the past week.

As things like this are rarely said by accident in interviews like these, is Millie dropping deliberate hints here?

The timing of all of these developments is interesting for a few reasons. First, ownership of the Stranger Things IP legally passed from the Duffers to Netflix in mid-April. Second, the negative impact of the ending upon the Stranger Things franchise is being exposed by the Tales from '85 series' viewing figures, which are down because seeing Mike and El together in it is more depressing because of knowing what their ultimate fate - at present - is. Third, Netflix have now got the HBO Max Harry Potter series hurtling towards them in only 5 months, and that will surely give them serious streaming competition, which they will need to answer.

Is something now being planned, in the early stages at least? Millie is clearly willing to return to the role in future, which removes the biggest obstacle to giving Eleven a better ending. Are she and Netflix potentially planning something now, to the point where hints like we have gotten in the past week can now be dropped?

Just curious if you guys have rewatched the show or plan to since the finale

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Having watched *Enola Holmes 3* (as charming as it is inconsequential—much like the previous two), I’ve reached a conclusion: Millie Bobby Brown (a co-producer, let’s not forget) has framed this film as a sort of do-over for the fifth season of *Stranger Things*, giving her character the ending she would have wanted for Eleven. There are many clues pointing this way, but one seems indisputable: during the end credits, just before the montage of Enola and Tewkesbury’s honeymoon wraps up, what do we see? Enola and her new husband posing for a photo in front of a waterfall, right next to an engraving depicting THREE waterfalls! There is also the fact that the promotion has focused almost exclusively on her and Louis Partridge, and on the romantic moments between their characters (which, incidentally, are strikingly scarce—and quite chaste, too, though that is a topic for another discussion). Or the fact that a brief behind-the-scenes video leaked showing her saying "good ending"—seemingly contrasting it with the one her character received in ST5. I wonder if Millie used the filming of this movie as therapy for an ending that upset her so deeply—bear in mind that the three-waterfalls scene was shot after *EH3*—that, more than a year and a half later, she still has to look away when it’s screened and visibly struggles to keep from bursting into tears.

I used to be pessimistic about a future "Mileven" spin-off. Now I’m cautiously optimistic, because I think Millie would be open to something like that—but, mind you, she wouldn't just accept anything. She would want her voice to be heard, and it’s possible that no agreement would be reached on the creative direction, causing the project to be shelved (as has happened many times before).