What is “Stranger Things”?
A: Stranger Things is an American science fiction horror drama television
series created by the Duffer Brothers and streaming on Netflix.
The brothers serve as what?
A: Showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan
Cohen.
When did the first season of the series premiere on
Netflix?
A: On July 15, 2016, with the second, third, and fourth seasons following in
October 2017, July
2019, and May 2022, respectively.
The Duffer Brothers developed Stranger Things as a
what?
A: A mix of investigative drama alongside supernatural elements portrayed
with horror, science fiction and childlike sensibilities.
Where did they take inspiration from?
A: Experiments conducted during the Cold War and real-world conspiracy
theories involving secret government experiments.
Stranger Things has attracted record viewership on
Netflix and has received critical acclaim for its what?
A: Characterization, atmosphere, acting, soundtrack, directing, writing, and
homages to 1980s films.
Where is Stranger Things set?
A: In the fictional rural town of Hawkins,
Indiana, during the 1980s.
The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly
performs what?
A: Scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but
secretly does experiments into the paranormal and supernatural, including
those that involve human test subjects.
Inadvertently, they have created a portal to what?
A: An alternate dimension, "the Upside Down".
The influence of the Upside Down starts to affect whom?
A: The unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways.
The first season begins in November 1983, when Will
Byers is what?
A: Abducted by a creature from the Upside Down.
What does his mother, Joyce, and the town's police
chief, Jim Hopper do?
A: They search for Will.
At the same time, a young psychokinetic girl called
Eleven does what?
A: She escapes from the laboratory and assists Will's friends, Mike, Dustin,
and Lucas, in their own efforts to find Will.
The second season is set a year later, starting when?
A: In October 1984.
Will has been rescued, but few know of what?
A: The details of the events.
When it is discovered that Will is still being
influenced by entities from the Upside Down, his friends and family learn
what?
A: That there is a larger threat to their universe from the Upside Down.
The third season is set several months later, in the
days leading up to what?
A: The Fourth of July celebration in 1985.
The new Starcourt Mall has become what?
A: The center of attention for Hawkins' residents, putting most other stores
out of business.
Unbeknownst to the town, a secret Soviet laboratory
under Starcourt seeks to open the gateway to the Upside Down, allowing what?
A: The entities from the Upside Down to possess people in Hawkins and
creating a new horror to deal with.
When is the fourth season set?
A: Several months later, during April 1986.
Joyce, Will, Eleven (now going by Jane Hopper) and
Jonathan have moved to where?
A: Lenora, California.
Eleven has a hard time adjusting and gets what?
A: She gets bullied in school.
Meanwhile in Hawkins, a new monster from the Upside
Down does what?
A: Murders multiple high school students.
Who plays the character of Joyce Byers, the mother of
Will and Jonathan Byers?
A: Winona Ryder.
She is divorced from whom?
A: Lonnie Byers.
In season two, who is she is dating?
A: Her old high school classmate, Bob, until his death later in the season.
She and Hopper are suggested to have feelings for each other.
Who plays the part of Jim Hopper, chief of Hawkins
Police Department?
A: David Harbour.
After his young daughter Sara died of cancer, Hopper
divorced and lapsed into what?
A: Alcoholism.
Eventually he grows to be more responsible, saving
Joyce's son as well as doing what?
A: Taking Eleven as his adopted daughter.