Stranger Things Season 2 Episode 9 Runtime

: Joyce, Jonathan, and Nancy use extreme heat to force the Mind Flayer’s essence out of Will Byers.

The final 40 minutes of “The Gate” are famously divisive. After the gate is closed and the Mind Flayer is driven from Will, the episode does not end. It keeps going. We get a full, uncut sequence of the Snow Ball dance. This is where the runtime becomes genius. stranger things season 2 episode 9 runtime