Hopper is almost entirely cordoned off in his own Russia subplot, which robs us of the fun-loving chemistry Harbour had with the cast. Most notable among them is Mike himself, maybe the closest the original gang had to a lead character whether it’s due to the writers having little to do with him, or Wolfhard’s own busy schedule as a hot up-and-coming film actor, he’s largely relegated to some charged heart-to-hearts with Will (Noah Schnapp, who’s always felt like the poor also-ran of the group after Season 1) and some time spent with El in the first few episodes. In order to give everyone something substantive to do, the story flits between no fewer than four major plots at once: The kids in Hawkins dealing with the new threat (and a Satanic Panic blaming the D&D club for bringing demons to the town), El and the Byerses (plus some visiting Wheelers) watching those consequences ripple through to California, Joyce’s attempts to get Hopper back from Russia (alongside Brett Gelman’s karate-wielding paranoiac Murray, returning from Season 3), and Hopper’s own attempts to survive his stint in a Kamchatka gulag.Īll that juggling means some characters, many of whom you’d consider protagonists in prior seasons, getting short shrift. Honestly, considering the way the cast of the show has expanded in its last two seasons, that makes sense. (All indicators are that the final two episodes of the season will total three hours.) The rest are nearly-feature length, with the seventh episode clocking in at a whopping 100 minutes. One thing to know about this new adventure is that it’s long, like long-long only one or two of the seven episodes slated for release this weekend are anywhere close to 60 minutes.
Even separated (and absent El’s abilities), they’ll all have to do what they can to save Hawkins and the world, once and for all.
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And the Upside Down isn’t done with any of them yet, as a series of mysterious murders imply that otherworldly (and, compared to previous baddies, more intelligent) forces are at work in Hawkins once again - this time in the form of a “dark wizard” from the Upside Down the kids dub Vecna (after the villain in their latest TTRPG campaign).
It’s no easier for the grownups: Joyce ( Winona Ryder) still clings to hope that Hopper ( David Harbour) is alive after getting zapped through the closed door, which (as last season’s teaser of him in a Russian prison showed us) isn’t far from the truth. And don’t forget El/Jane, who’s lost her powers with the closing of the gateway to the Upside Down, and feels even more lost at sea. The Battle of Starcourt Mall kicked off a host of changes for our heroes, both young and old, with Eleven choosing to move to California with the Byerses, leaving Mike, Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), and the others to struggle with the cliques and clashes of high school on their own.Īnd growing up is hard, even for Demogorgon slayers - Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) has joined the basketball team in an attempt to shake off the nerd cred Mike and Dustin cling to, while Max (Sadie Sink) is still mourning the death of brother Billy last season. The Pitch: While it’s been three years (and an entire pandemic) since we last saw Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), and the rest of the denizens of Hawking, Indiana in the third season of Stranger Things, for them it’s only been six months.
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