Later, Hopper goes to a cabin in the woods, where it is revealed he lives there with Eleven, who is alive.įlashbacks show that after killing the Demogorgon, Eleven turned up in the Upside Down. Mike has been trying to contact Eleven for 352 days in a row after her disappearance, though unsuccessful. Nancy, who is still grieving Barb's death, learns that the Hollands (who are unaware Barb is dead) are selling their house to afford to pay an investigative journalist named Murray Bauman to find Barb Nancy feels responsible and guilty. Nancy and Steve have been having regular dinners with the Holland family following Barb's death. Meanwhile, Joyce has begun seeing Bob Newby, a classmate from high school and the manager of the local RadioShack. Will, who has been experiencing the episodes frequently, is taken by Joyce and Hopper to Hawkins Lab, where he is seen by Dr. At Hawkins High, Max's stepbrother Billy arrives, and begins to compete with Steve for the title of "King". Dustin believes she is "MADMAX" but Lucas is skeptical. The next day at school, they meet a new student from California named Max, who immediately captures the affection of Lucas and Dustin. In the episode, he sees a large "shadow monster".
At the arcade, Will experiences an "episode", where he finds himself in the Upside Down version of the arcade. She is bleeding from her left nostril and we see a tattoo marked "008" on her wrist.īack in Hawkins, the boys go to the Palace arcade, where they find that someone with the name "MADMAX" has beaten Dustin's high score in " Dig Dug" by over 100,000 points. Back in the van, it is revealed that a girl named Kali, a member of the gang, has caused the vision. However, it is revealed that the rocks were only a vision in the mind of the lead policeman. They escape from police when the group goes under a tunnel, where rocks fall and block the opening. They flee in a van but are pursued by police. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a group of criminals killed a man. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived. It's 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Similar to the previous season, Season 2 was lauded by critics and audiences alike and was praised for being much more horror-oriented. Owens and disgraced journalist-turned-conspiracy theorist Murray Bauman.
While the season services the first season's core cast and characters first and foremost, several new characters are introduced: tomboy Max and her older step-brother Billy, a girl named Kali connected to Hawkins Lab, RadioShack manager Bob Newby, Department of Energy agent Dr. Set in Hawkins in the fall of 1984, the story continues as supernatural forces once again begin to affect the town. Filming of the season started in Atlanta, Georgia on November 7, 2016. An announcement trailer revealed that the second season consisted of nine episodes as well as showing the working title for each episode. Stranger Things 2 was confirmed by Netflix on Augfor a 2017 release. It consists of nine episodes ranging from forty-five to sixty-two minutes in length. Stay tuned for new updates as we learn more.Stranger Things 2, the second season of the Netflix original Stranger Things, was released on October 27, 2017. We do believe that Season Four will be a promising season. The future of Stranger Things has remained a mystery to us, except for the tea leaves that we’ve been able to see from the trailers. The screenplays are now exceptional, perhaps even better than ever. However, it had a positive effect by allowing Shawn Levy, the executive producer, to write the entire season before the shoot and to have the chance to rewrite in ways they seldom had before. Executive producer Shawn Levy suggested that the delay may result in the show’s best season ever, saying, “The pandemic definitely massively delayed shooting and therefore the launch of our current season four. This is the truth.įans have had to work hard during the pandemic-related wait. The Stranger Things writers’ area teased with a tweet: “Istg (I swear that God) if Stranger Things journalists tweet about S3 Day without giving us the S4 …”. We should be done in like August.”Ī few fans hoped that the Stranger Things team would share some information about Season Four considering that July 4th marked Season Three’s second anniversary. Harbour hinted that filming is near completion during a June appearance at Jimmy Kimmel Live. Although the exact date is not known, it’s likely to take place in 2022. Netflix officially announced in September 2019 that Stranger Things would resume for a fourth series.