
Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television series that is streaming on Netflix. The first season was released 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 stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Cara Buono, Matthew Modine, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, and Priah Ferguson. Stranger Things is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, during the 1980s. Will Byers is abducted by a creature from Upside Down; his mother, Joyce, the town’s police chief, Jim Hopper, and a group of volunteers search for him.
The second season is set a year later in October 1984; Will has been rescued, but his friends and family learn there is a larger threat to their universe. The second season of Stranger Things is set in Hawkins, Indiana, in the days leading up to the Fourth of July celebration in 1985. In Hawkins a being from the Upside Down, dubbed Vecna, begins killing the residents of Hawkins, opening new gates between two worlds in the process. 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.
