After the highly anticipated release of the final two episodes of season four, Netflix experienced a crash as viewers from all over the world hurried to see Stranger Things.
As a result of the massive rush of viewers, Netflix was overloaded and hundreds of irate users experienced technical difficulties.
Just seconds after the episodes debuted on the streaming site on Friday at 3 a.m. EST, more than 13,000 customers reported issues, according to DownDetector.
After the first seven episodes of the fourth season of the program were made available on May 27, it had already established itself as the top English-language series on Netflix.
In its first 28 days on Netflix, Stranger Things 4 Volume 1 racked over 930.3 million hours of streaming viewership, smashing the previous mark held by Bridgerton, another platform original series.
Given the initial success of Stranger Things 4, it should not be surprising that Netflix became overburdened as devoted fans impatiently awaited the release of the new episodes.
The entire platform went down on Friday, and a message informing users that “this website isn’t working” was displayed. Please try again later, read another message to viewers.
According to reports, Netflix fixed the streaming problem in less than 30 minutes, but not before irate fans vented their annoyance on Twitter.
One fan reacted angrily, saying, “I did not just count down the seconds like it’s New Years for Netflix to crash #StrangerThings.”
Is Netflix down? Another subscriber pleaded, “Please let me watch Stranger Things or I’ll cry,” while another tweeted, “The strength of the Stranger Things fans to literally crash Netflix… unsurpassed.”
Y’all, I didn’t wait three years for this finale for Netflix to collapse on me, said another.
The cast of the show couldn’t help but brag about how the platform had to be filled due to the show’s distinctive fan base.
In his Instagram posts, the actor who portrays Jim Hopper on the show, David Harbour, wrote, “Scener.com just collapsed, I’m proud of you nerds.”
‘Ya’ll broke the internet!’ tweeted Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Peter Ballard, a character later revealed to be Vecna, the antagonist. Lol.’
The Stranger Things Writing Room tweeted that Netflix had informed them that “the release last night did in fact create a server crash!” in order to corroborate the incident.
According to the account, “We love our supporters.”
The fourth season of the program has already included a number of plot twists and turns as well as the most sinister antagonist yet: the fearsome hell demon Vecna, played by British actor Jamie Campbell Bower.
Viewers were shocked to learn that Vecna was actually Henry Creel, called Number One, in the mind-bending Season 4 Volume 1 conclusion.
The cast has now taken to social media following the publication of Volume 2 to express their feelings regarding the shocking season finale.
Actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will Byers in the show, published a photo of himself crying on Instagram Stories.
This infuriated viewers since it appeared that he had revealed plot details.
Happy Stranger Things conclusion, he captioned the photo while holding a hand to his head in melancholy.
I’m not ready to watch how the world reacts to a certain death, I tweeted before.
Fans were upset, one of whom wrote: NOAH?! Although I like you, sometimes you need to stop, so STFU.
Another person then said, “Noah stop.”
A third person added: “Literally.”
The actor then posted a screenshot with the caption: “DOWN HE GOES AHAHAHAHAHAHAH.”
Then, possibly in reference to the defeat of villain Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), he continued, “…and we won’t miss u.”
Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn), a beloved character, also perished in the climax from wounds sustained from the Demobats.
As Eddie assures Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), “I didn’t run away this time, right? “, Dustin is dying in Eddie’s arms.
Right, you’ll have to take care of those little lambs for me.
Max (Sadie Elizabeth Sink) was in danger as she was battling to recuperate from Vecna’s attack, which left her in a coma and making it doubtful that she would wake up.
After a titanic struggle, the creature vanishes, leaving Will to declare: “Now that I’m here in Hawkins, I can feel him.
He’s hurting, but he’s still alive.”
Particles from the Upside Down started to flow into Hawkins in the last seconds.
Even (Millie Bobby Brown) was told by Vecna that Hawkins would burn and collapse along with the rest of this pointless, damaged world.
Afterwards, he continued, “When it does, I will be there to pick up the pieces and recreate it into something beautiful.”