Stranger Things 2: 10 things to know before watching the new season
Eleven is alive
This one is fairly obvious because of the trailer, but Eleven is alive and not so well. At the end of the first season, The Duffer Brothers (the creators of the series) made it seem like we’d seen that last of our favorite telekinetic adolescent, but she’s still roaming the woods of Hawkins while scruffing down Eggos. A recent clip showed how she climbed out of the Upside Down and back into the real world, but we have yet to see a clip of her reuniting with her old buddies.
Will is still in trouble
Will thought he was done Upside Down, but the Upside Down is apparently not done with him. Last we saw, Will was grossly puking out slugs. That trouble has followed him into season two from what we’ve see in the trailers. He’s still haunted with visions of the Upside Down, being transported back to it against his will multiple times. At some point in the new season, he will go back to the hospital (maybe even Hawkins National Laboratory) to see just what is going on with him. Will just can’t stay out of trouble.
There’s a bunch of new characters
The second season of Stranger Things returns most of the original cast from the first season, save for a few dead characters (we’ll return to that later), but a lot of new faces are also making their way to Hawkins. By now, you’ve probably seen Bob Newby (Sean Austin)) running around in the trailer. He’s the biggest addition to the show, but there are other key characters who will also have a big role.
Max, portrayed by Sadie Sink, seems to be the latest addition to the group. Billy (Dacre Montgomery) and Dr. Owens (Paul Reiser) will also have major roles; Dr. Owens will treat Will at a hospital—but we don’t know how much of a role they will play in the overarching storyline.
The new season picks up a year later
Aside from what we’ve see in the trailers, we don’t really know much else about the plot for the new season of Stranger Things. Luckily, the Duffer Brothers have revealed a few key details, including the timeframe of the season. When the first season ended, it was Christmas time, with Will receiving an Atari as a gift. During a live panel for the show, the Duffer Brothers revealed the new season will take place a year later in 1983.
The trailer shows the kids dressing up for Halloween in Ghostbusters costumes, so it should be about ten months later, but that’s just us being super specific.
A bigger Demogorgon is here
Eleven may have destroyed the Demogorgon that haunted Hawkins throughout the first season, but the second season has an even bigger monster. It seems to be lurking around the Upside Down. Will it make its way into the real world like the smaller Demogorgon? That remains to be seen.
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