Introducing popular TV series (Stranger Things 2016)

On the occasion of the release of the fourth season of the Strange Things series and the reception of the audience, we introduce the Strange Things series

Stranger Things (2016)

Initial release: July 15, 2016

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

IMDb Rating:8.7

Distributed by: Netflix

Creators:Matt Duffer Ross Duffer

Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers that is streaming on Netflix. The brothers serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. The first season of the series was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016, with the second, third, and fourth seasons following in October 2017, July 2019, and May and July 2022, respectively. The series was renewed for a fifth and final season in February 2022.

story

Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, during the 1980s. The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly does experiments into the paranormal and supernatural, including those that involve human test subjects. Inadvertently, they have created a portal to an alternate dimension, “the Upside Down”. The influence of the Upside Down starts to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways.

The first season begins in November 1983, when Will Byers is abducted by a creature from the Upside Down. His mother, Joyce, and the town’s police chief, Jim Hopper, search for Will. At the same time, a young psychokinetic girl named Eleven escapes from the laboratory and assists Will’s friends, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas, in their efforts to find Will.

The second season is set a year later in October 1984. Will has been rescued, he begins having premonition of the fall of Hawkins caused by a creature in the upside down. When it is learnt that Will is still being possessed by entities from the Upside Down, his friends and family learn there is a larger threat to their universe.

The third season is set several months later in the days leading up to the Fourth of July celebration in 1985. The new Starcourt Mall has become the center of attention for Hawkins’ residents, putting majority of other stores out of business due to the mall’s popularity. Hopper becomes increasingly concerned about Eleven and Mike’s relationship and becomes very protective of his daughter. Unbeknownst to the town, a secret Soviet laboratory under Starcourt seeks to open the gateway to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, Mind Flayer uses mind control to make Billy do his bidding.

The fourth season is set several months later, in March 1986. Joyce, Will, Eleven, and Jonathan have moved to Lenora, California for a fresh start. In California Eleven struggles with the loss of her powers and being bullied in school. Meanwhile, a new monster from the Upside Down, a creature dubbed Vecna, begins killing the residents of Hawkins, opening new gates between the two worlds in the process. To help Eleven fight off this monster, Dr. Sam Owens and Dr. Martin Brenner take Eleven to a facility to help her regain her powers. Meanwhile, Joyce and Murray fly to Russia to rescue Hopper from the Gulag at Kamchatka.

Cast and characters

Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, the mother of Will and Jonathan Byer

David Harbour as Jim Hopper, chief of Hawkins Police Department

Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, middle child of Karen and Ted Wheeler, brother of Nancy and Holly, and one of three friends of Will Byers.

Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven

Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, one of Will Byers’ friends.

Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Charles Sinclair, one of Will’s friends

Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler daughter of Karen and Ted and older sister of Mike and Holly.

Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers,the older brother of Will Byers and the son of Joyce Byers.