Stranger Things is a television series developed by the Duffer Brothers, who also act as showrunners and executive producers alongside Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. The first season, produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment, was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The season’s second, third, and fourth seasons began in October 2017, July 2019, and May and July 2022, respectively. It was revived for a fifth and final season in February 2022.
Stranger Things is set in the 1980s in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana. The neighboring Hawkins National Laboratory purportedly conducts scientific research for the US Department of Energy but covertly conducts paranormal and supernatural tests, occasionally on human test subjects. They have unwittingly opened a gateway to an other reality known as the Upside Down, the existence of which begins to have disastrous consequences for the citizens of Hawkins.
The fourth season begins in March 1986, many months later. Joyce, Will, Eleven, and Jonathan have relocated to Lenora, California in search of a new beginning. Eleven is dealing with the loss of her powers and being ridiculed at school in California.
Meanwhile, in Hawkins, a creature from the Upside Down—later named Vecna—begins slaughtering Hawkins citizens, building new portals between the two realms in the process. Dr. Sam Owens transports Eleven to a clinic to assist her regain her powers in order to stop Vecna. Joyce and Murray go to Russia at the same time to save Hopper from the Kamchatka Gulag.
Stranger Things – Season 4 – Summary
The fourth season begins in March 1986, many months later. Joyce, Will, Eleven, and Jonathan have relocated to Lenora, California in search of a new beginning. Eleven is dealing with the loss of her powers and being ridiculed at school in California.
Meanwhile, in Hawkins, a creature from the Upside Down—later named Vecna—begins slaughtering Hawkins citizens, building new portals between the two realms in the process. Dr. Sam Owens transports Eleven to a clinic to assist her regain her powers in order to stop Vecna. Joyce and Murray go to Russia at the same time to save Hopper from the Kamchatka Gulag.