Stranger Things: the essential recap before seeing season 4

Stranger Things the essential recap before seeing season 4

STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4. Season 4 of Stranger Things is available on Netflix this Friday at 9:01 am. We recap everything you need to remember about the science fiction series.

[Mis à jour le 27 mai 2022 à 8h30] After a long wait of three years, Stranger Things is making its comeback on Netflix. The streaming platform is putting season 4 online this Friday, May 27, 2022. Platform subscribers will be able to take advantage of this bridge day to binge-watch these new episodes. Be careful however, they are much longer than usual, since the shortest episode lasts 1h03. Do not panic also in front of the cliffhanger of episode 7: the sequel (two new episodes) will be put online on July 1st.

After three years of waiting, it’s not easy to remember what happened in the previous seasons. In the latest episodes of Stranger Things, our heroes’ summer vacation has been disrupted by the return of the Mind Flayer. They notably took possession of Billy, Max’s brother who ends up dying. We also discover that the USSR is trying to take advantage of the recently closed fault at Hawkins to reopen the portal with the world upside down. During the battle, Eleven lost her powers.

The protagonists of Stranger Things manage to get rid of the creatures and prevent the portal from reopening thanks to the sacrifice of Hopper (who had just admitted his feelings for Joyce). The policeman is left for dead. As a result, the Byers family, who adopted Eleven (still powerless), decides to leave Hawkins. Nancy and Jonathan on one side, and Mike and Eleven on the other, begin a long-distance relationship. At the same time, we discover in a Russian base in Kamchatka that an American prisoner is present, but above all that they are keeping a Demogorgon captive.

In Stranger Things season 4, our heroes are separated and more vulnerable than ever. Getting started in high school isn’t easy, especially as a new threat from the Upside Down appears. Netflix has already teased the return of Hopper, left for dead in the last season, but also revealed that the villain is none other than Vecna, a character well known to fans of Dungeons and Dragons. Find all the information about Stranger Things season 4 below.

Season 4 plot revealed

After a long mystery surrounding the plot of season 4 of Stranger Things, Netflix revealed an official synopsis in a press release: “Six months have passed since the battle of the Starcourt Mall which sowed terror and desolation on Hawkins. Still staggering, our friends find themselves separated for the first time – and high school life isn’t helping. It’s at this moment of vulnerability that a new supernatural threat appears and, with it, a terrible mystery that could be the key to ending the horrors of the Upside Down.”

The date for season 4 of Stranger Things has been made official after three years of waiting for fans. The episodes will be split into two volumes: the first will be released on Netflix on May 27, 2022. In total, fans will be able to binge-watch 7 new episodes of Stranger Things by the end of the week. Two additional episodes, lasting 1h25 and 2h30 respectively, will be posted on Netflix on July 1, 2022. After that, there will only be one season left, season 5, to discover on the Netflix platform. streaming.

New characters will come to enliven the plot of season 4 of Stranger Things. These were announced in November 2020 by Netflix. Among the newcomers, we find the actor Jamie Campbell Bower (Twilight, Harry Potter, Sweeney Todd) who plays Peter Ballard, a nurse in a psychiatric hospital. The actor Robert Englund (The Claws of the Night) plays Victor Creel a man interned in this psychiatric hospital after committing a murder thirty years earlier. Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones) is Dmitiri, a Russian prison guard, Eduardo Franco is Argyle, Jonathan’s new friend. mason dye (Harry Bosch) plays Jason Carver, the popular new boy in high school, opposite joseph quinnpresident of a club. Sherman Augustus plays Lieutenant Colonel Sullivan, a man obsessed with eradicating evil, while Nikola Djuricko is Yuri, a Russian smuggler.

Season 4 of Stranger Things is released in two parts, on May 27 and July 1, 2022. In total, nine new episodes, each lasting a minimum of 1 hour, make up this highly anticipated sequel to Netflix subscribers. Below, we summarize the names and durations of each of these episodes:

  • episode 1 : The Hellfire Club (1h16)
  • Part 2 : The curse of Vecna ​​(1h15)
  • Part 3 : The monster and the superheroine (1h03)
  • Episode 4 : Dear Billy (1h17)
  • Episode 5 : Project “Nina” (1h14)
  • Episode 6 : The dive (1h13)
  • Episode 7 : The Hawkins Laboratory Massacre (1h38)
  • Episode 8 : Dad (1h25)
  • Episode 9 : Infiltration (2h30)

All information about stranger things

Synopsis 1983, Hawkins, Indiana. On returning home, Will Byers mysteriously disappears. His young friends decide to embark on an investigation to find him, convinced that supernatural forces are at play. The young boys will then meet a young girl on the run, Eleven (Eleven). Endowed with a strange power, the latter will bring them answers on what is really happening in Hawkins.

Netflix series obliges, it is in streaming that you can discover the episodes of Stranger Things by means of a subscription to the platform. All episodes of seasons 1, 2 and 3 are available now. For season 3, it was on July 4 that the eight new episodes were broadcast. To go further, find our interview with Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery and Charlie Heaton who answered our questions during their visit to Paris at the end of 2017.

“Stranger Things Interview”

  • Winona RyderJoyce Byers
  • David HarbourJim Hopper
  • Millie Bobby Brown: Eleven/Onze/Elf
  • Finn WolfhardMike Wheeler
  • Gaten Matarazzo: Dustin Henderson
  • Caleb McLaughlinLucas Sinclair
  • Natalia DyerNancy Wheeler
  • Charlie HeatonJonathan Byers
  • Joe KeerySteve Harrington
  • Noah SchnappWill Byers
  • Sadie Sink: Maxine “Max” Mayfield (since season 2)
  • Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley (since season 3)
  • Priah Ferguson: Erica Sinclair
  • Jamie Campbell Bower as Peter Ballard (since season 4)
  • Cara Buono: Karen Wheeler
  • Matthew Modine: Dr. Brenner (season 1 and 2)
  • Sean Astin: Bob Newby (season 2)
  • Paul Reiser: Dr. Owens (season 2 and 3)
  • Dacre Montgomery: Billy Hargrove (season 2 and 3)
  • Jamie Campbell Bower as Peter Ballard (season 4)
  • Robert Englund as Victor Creel (season 4)
  • Eduardo Franco: Argyle (season 4)
  • Mason Dye: Jason (season 4)
  • Joseph Quinn: Eddie Munson (season 4)
  • Sherman Augustus: Lt. Colonel Sullivan (season 4)
  • Nikola Djuricko: Yuri (season 4)
  • Tom Wlaschiha: Dmitri (season 4)
  • Tyner Rushing: Virginia Creel (season 4)
  • Amybeth McNulty as Vickie (season 4)
  • Myles Truitt as Patrick (season 4)
  • Regina Ting Chen as Ms. Kelly (season 4)
  • Grace Van Dien as Chrissy (season 4)

The announcement of the release date for season 4 of Stranger Things was accompanied by the formalization of season 5. But, bad news for fans of the SF series, Netflix has confirmed that it will be the last : “As you will soon discover, the grand finale is approaching. Season 4 will be the penultimate and season 5, the last” confirmed the creators, Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, in a letter shared on social networks from Netflix. The release date for Season 5 has not yet been made official.

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