How 'Stranger Things' Season 4 gets 1980s teen culture right
After three years between seasons, "Stranger Things" is back with an older cast and a new threat: adulthood. "Stranger Things 4" is set in 1986, six months in TV-time since the gang from Hawkins, Indiana, defeated the Spider Monster in the food court of the Starcourt Mall and thwarted a Soviet plot in the shopping center's basement. El, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin and Sam have outgrown their ...
by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
May 31, 2022
3 minutes
After three years between seasons, "Stranger Things" is back with an older cast and a new threat: adulthood.
"Stranger Things 4" is set in 1986, six months in TV-time since the gang from Hawkins, Indiana, defeated the Spider Monster in the food court of the Starcourt Mall and thwarted a Soviet plot in the shopping center's basement. El, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin and Sam have outgrown their dorky-cute phase. Now they're uncomfortably awkward, like a collection of humiliating photos from your 10th grade yearbook come to life: uber-gawky teens so socially inept in
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days