Stranger Things 5 finale ‘The Rightside Up’ crashes OTT platform again for the second time as fans rush to watch series end – Reports |
The ‘Stranger Things 5’ finale is officially here! The final episode of the hit OTT show has been released online; however, it wasn’t without some drama. When the first volume hit, the platform had crashed. While the mishap did not happen for Volume 2, the finale episode came with a huge bang. Fans from across the globe took to their social media accounts in order to reveal that they were not able to log in and watch the episode as soon as it dropped.
‘The Rightside Up’ finale drop makes OTT platform crash
During the early hours of January 1, the hit OTT platform, Netflix stopped working, experiencing a global outage. The ‘Stranger Things 5’ finale had been one of the most anticipated releases in the past few days, and as soon as it dropped, the platform crashed.While fans had already been anticipating that the platform would crash and had already shared their opinions online, the issue still came as a major surprise for many. As predicted by many, the platform went down at 6:30 AM IST. Fans and netizens alike started sharing their reactions online, joking about the matter and praising their power as a fandom.
Fans and netizens share their reactions online
As soon as the platform crashed for almost everyone across the globe, fans started pouring in their reactions online. One fan’s comment read, “netflix crashed again can you guys do anything fucking correctly,” while another added, “NETFLIX CRASH JUST AS IT HITS 1AM OFC IT FUCKING DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID.” many people posted famous memes online to express their frustration with the matter.
Although the crash was resolved within minutes and fans were able to get back to watching the epic finale as the gange dived into ‘Operation Beanstalk’, it still sent the fandom into a frenzy. Another fan posted, “my netflix has crashed twice already three mins into the stranger things finale.”
More about premise of ‘Stranger Things 5’
‘Stranger Things 5’ has been set 18 months after the events of the last season. El went into hiding after Hawkins split in 4, while Nancy, Robin, and Steve tried to defeat Vecna. 18 months later, the town had been cut off from the rest of the world, the cracks were covered with steel plates, and everyone was under the close watch of the military. The gang, however, was still operating under the radar and running missions in the Upside Down to find Vecna. However, none of them could have prepared well enough for what was to follow. The fifth and final season of the hit OTT show explained a lot of details about how the Upside Down came to be, how El and Henry’s powers developed. It also puts focus on other characters which included Mike and Nancy’s mother Karen, as well as their younger sister Holly. The final episode, ‘the Rightside Up’ was 2 hours and 8 minutes long, and was meant to provide a fitting climax to the gang’s battle against Vecna, the Mind Flayer, as what they came to know as The Abyss.
