'Stranger Things' Season 3
It's time to go back to Hawkins to see what's up in Stranger Things season 3. It could also be that the show's nostalgia for the 1980s causes it to normalize the behavior of abusive men (and boys) in ways that simply no longer play, insisting that Hopper is a protagonist, for instance, even though he spends the entire runtime yelling at his daughter, bickering with his love interest, and patronizing the kids.
The season comes nearly two years after Stranger Things 2, but the long wait will likely be worth it, as Netflix's VP of original content Cindy Holland told Deadline that "more special effects" and a higher production value contributed to the lengthy gap between seasons.
Last April, Levy told Collider that season 4 is definitely happening,” and even went on to tease a potential season 5. (Plz don't lead us on and break our hearts.) In the past, the Duffer brothers have said they wanted to end the series with a season 5.
Perhaps the best way to pass the time while we all wait is with a new Stranger Things-themed Dungeons & Dragons starter set , featuring a brand-new fantasy adventure akin to the jim hopper alive one that Mike creates on the show: Hunt for the Thessalhydra.” A newly-released prequel novel called Suspicious Minds also details the personal history of Eleven's parents.
Levy confirmed that the series will move forward a year, to the summer of 1985, according to The Hollywood Reporter That means we will see the same gap between seasons 2 and 3 as we did between seasons 1 and 2. Additionally, the particular year opens the door for a Back to the Future reference, as Levy pointed out.
Rubin: I understand, logically, that we should get two more seasons: a fourth campaign in which El, still without her powers, taps into newfound humanity, and a fifth in which El, the revived or rediscovered Hopper, and our other heroes flay the Mind Flayer for good.
The Russian enforcer on the motorcycle who keeps coming for Hopper like a silent killing machine (Andrey Ivchenko) bears a striking resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in James Cameron's 1984 sci-fi action thriller, The Terminator.” The supernatural goop that slides through the bars of the rat cage in Episode 2 and under the door in Episode 6 could be a nod to Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” but that could also be coincidence: The Duffers seem to mostly reference films and TV shows from before or during the era in which the show is set; Terminator 2” didn't arrive until 1991.
After its first season arguably earned the show the title of Netflix's best original series , the bar was set high — especially once the streamer renewed it for two more seasons Fortunately, the most recent adventures of the Hawkins gang proved to be just as riveting, keeping our hopes sky-high going into season 3, which again comes from the minds of creators Matt and Ross Duffer.
Executive producer Shawn Levy told The Hollywood Reporter in March 2018 that Season 3 of the new series would take place in the summer of 1985, a little less than a year after the events of Season 2. It was a big summer for movies: The Goonies premiered June 7, while Back to the Future followed on July 3. Levy promised the latter would be a big reference point for Season 3.
During the final episode of season three, Billy has a chance to help the Mind Flayer kill Eleven, but after she pleads with him and reminds him of his kind mother, he snaps out of the trance, and decides to save Eleven—sacrificing himself to the Mind Flayer.