On December 16, as the year drew toward its close, Netflix chose to look backward by giving away the endings of its own biggest 2025 stories, a playful act of letting go so that 2026 might have room to arrive. Among the spoilers, one unfinished phrase, "They All," was left hanging over the final season of Stranger Things, a series that has spent a decade teaching audiences to fear for the people they love. The question it raises is an old one in storytelling: whether a promise of loss is meant to be believed or simply felt. That answer waits for the final episodes, which will arrive over the c
Netflix's 2025 Wrap Video Spoils Its Biggest Hits, Ends on a 'They All' Stranger Things Tease
To make room for 2026, we're spoiling 2025.
Mark
Why did a spoiler video get so much attention?
Mimi
Because it spoiled things everyone already knew, then stopped mid-sentence on the one show people don't know the ending of. Squid Game, Wednesday, KPop Demon Hunters all got one-line reveals. Stranger Things got "They All."
Mark
And then it just goes black?
Mimi
Yes. That's the hook. Fans are filling in the blank themselves.
Luke
Which is worth keeping straight. "They All" isn't a confirmed fact about the plot. It's a fragment, and Netflix hasn't explained it.
Mark
Fans are naming Dustin, Steve and Joyce, though.
Mimi
Those characters appear on screen with the words, so people are reading them as the ones at risk.
Luke
Appearing on screen with a caption isn't the same as being marked for death. That's one reading among several, and the reporting doesn't say Netflix intended it.
Mark
So is the whole thing a joke?
Mimi
It's a promotional stunt that also doubles as a year-in-review. Adolescence's nine Emmy wins and KPop Demon Hunters' awards push are the real context behind the titles.
Luke
And the answer isn't far off: Volume 2 on December 25, the finale on New Year's Eve. Until then it's speculation.
Der Puls
- Netflix's year-end video spoiled major 2025 titles, Squid Game and Wednesday among them, and the internet is buzzing.
- The unfinished tease "They All" appeared over Stranger Things' final season, leaving fans to guess who might not survive.
- Speculation has fixed on Dustin, Steve and Joyce, with viewers parsing the on-screen characters for hidden clues.
- Netflix has offered no explanation, keeping the cliffhanger alive as the audience hunts for meaning.
- Volume 2 lands December 25 and the finale on New Year's Eve, the moment the stunt either pays off or dissolves into bait.
On December 16, as the year drew toward its close, Netflix chose to look backward by giving away the endings of its own biggest 2025 stories, a playful act of letting go so that 2026 might have room to arrive. Among the spoilers, one unfinished phrase, "They All," was left hanging over the final season of Stranger Things, a series that has spent a decade teaching audiences to fear for the people they love. The question it raises is an old one in storytelling: whether a promise of loss is meant to be believed or simply felt. That answer waits for the final episodes, which will arrive over the coming weeks.
On December 16, Netflix posted a short video to close its 2025 slate, and it arrived with a warning: "SPOILER ALERT: To make room for 2026 we're spoiling 2025." One by one, clips from the year's most-watched shows came with a single line that gave away something major. Squid Game's Player 456 dies and the baby wins. Wednesday's Aunt Ophelia is alive. KPop Demon Hunters seals the Honmoon.
Then came Stranger Things, still mid-story. The text read "They All," and the screen went black. The sentence stops short, and viewers have been filling the gap ever since. Some read it as a warning that everyone will fall in the fight against Vecna. Others have fixed on Dustin, Steve and Joyce, the characters shown beside the words, and asked whether they are the ones at risk. Netflix has said nothing to settle it.
The rest of the year gives the stunt its context. Squid Game's finale disappointed some viewers but still ranked among the most-watched titles of 2025. Adolescence took nine Primetime Emmys from 13 nominations. KPop Demon Hunters is in contention at the Golden Globes and hoping for an Oscar nod. Stranger Things' first volume of season five has already topped Netflix's charts. Volume 2 arrives December 25, and the finale follows on New Year's Eve, closing a ten-year series.
Whether "They All" is a literal promise or only bait will be answered when the final episodes air.
On December 16, Netflix posted a short video to close out its 2025 slate, and it came with a warning attached. The caption read: "SPOILER ALERT: To make room for 2026 we're spoiling 2025. We're not messing around. You've been warned..." What followed was a countdown, then a run of clips from the streamer's most-watched projects of the year, each paired with a single line giving away something major.
The reveals were blunt. For Squid Game, the video said Player 456 died and the baby wins. For Wednesday, it said Aunt Ophelia is alive. For KPop Demon Hunters, it said the Honmoon is sealed. After about a dozen of these, the video reached the show still in the middle of its run: the final season of Stranger Things. There, the text read "They All," and then the screen cut to black.
That cut is what viewers have fixated on. The sentence is unfinished, and fans have been left to guess at its ending. Some wonder whether it means every character dies in the fight against Vecna. Others have pointed to the characters who appear on screen alongside the words, Dustin, Steve and Joyce, and asked whether they are the ones being sacrificed. Others suspect the line means something else entirely. Netflix has not said which reading, if any, is right.
The titles in the video reflect how the year went for the platform. Squid Game's finale left many viewers a little disappointed, according to Times Now, but the show still ranked among the most-watched of 2025. Adolescence earned 13 nominations at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards and won nine, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. KPop Demon Hunters, the animated film, is in the running at the Golden Globes and is hoping for an Oscar nomination in 2026.
Stranger Things itself is still unfolding. Volume 1 of season five, four episodes, has already been released and has stayed at the top of Netflix's charts. Volume 2 arrives on December 25, and the final episode follows on New Year's Eve, ending a series that has run for ten years.
The video is a marketing stunt, and a deliberate one: it spoils the past to clear space for what is next, and uses the one show not yet finished as the cliffhanger. Whether "They All" is a literal promise or just bait will only be settled when Volume 2 and the finale air.
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SPOILER ALERT: To make room for 2026 we're spoiling 2025. We're not messing around. You've been warned...— Netflix, caption on its year-end video
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