Stranger Things,' 'Queens Gambit,' 'Big Mouth': Study finds tobacco imagery persists in TV, movies and music videos viewed by young audiences RELATED: 'Stranger Things': Metallica Are "Beyond Psyched" to Have "Master of Puppets" Featured in Season 4 A war is coming. I'm afraid your friends in Hawkins are very much in the eye of a storm,"a powerless Eleven is warned. "I don’t know how to say this other than just to say it — without you, we can’t win this war."

Running Up That Hill': Kate Bush reacts after 'Stranger Things' gives song a 'whole new lease of life' Our only theory is that the Mind Flayer was what was making the Upside Down inhospitable and now that it's gone, it's no longer toxic – or as toxic, at least. We know that Vecna is technically human, too, so that might play a part in its changing atmosphere.Putting two and two together, Nancy and Robin call a desperate Dustin and inform him of their revelation. As Max slips into a trance, Dustin asks Lucas what her favorite song is and the guys fetch out a tape of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill'. They put it in her cassette player, position her headphones over her ears, and eventually, the music makes its way to "Max" in the Upside Down. It creates an opening to the real world and gives "Max" the strength to wound Vecna and run through it. Miraculously, Max survives to fight another day. Stranger Things is ultimately a study in love and relationships in all their messy brokenness, and an exploration of the things that make us human and differentiate us from the forces of evil, portrayed in the series as coming from a Dantesque place of utter coldness. The worst characters, ripe for “harvesting” by the forces of darkness, are all people who are essentially hard of heart in the first place. It is the spirit of childhood, shot through with hope and seemingly naive solidarity with the weak and the socially rejected, that wins out against seemingly insuperable forces of destruction—song, geeky ingenuity, fireworks, even a simple slingshot—all prove to be weapons of David against a horrifying Goliath.

It's been said good things come to those who wait— and "Stranger Things" fans sure know a thing or two about waiting. While we contain the potential for that evil within us, it’s only ever a distortion or destruction of the good that is our true nature. Throughout the show, we see the best and the worst sides of human nature, but when masculine bravado and feminine insight work together in harmony (whether in individual characters or in the balancing of the two forces within one character), the light prevails and true human heroism emerges.

Expect a fifth season of 'Stranger Things'

It's been two years since Netflix released the first teaser trailer for Season 4.The50-second clip zoomed in on a snowy work camp with barking dogs and armed guards. One of the workers? None other than Hopper, whose fate was left a mystery at the end of Season 3. Will tells Mike Vecna will not stop "until he's taken everyone" before the teens go off into a dangerous battle. Robin (Maya Hawke) adds, "It might not work out for us this time." Running almost double the length of previous seasons, Season 4 will be released in two volumes, the brothers said, with the first comingMay 27 and the second July 1. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down," the summary reads.

Netflix has warned against spoilers, on threat of immediate banishment to the Upside Down. But suffice to say a double-whammy conclusion will have fans hooked, floored and clutching their D20s in suspense. Throughout the series, deeply flawed father figures abound. There’s Will’s absent dad, who only shows any interest in the fact that his son is missing when he thinks he might be able to claim some financial compensation. Mr Wheeler, Nancy and Mike’s father, is so passive and disconnected from what’s going on around him that in one scene he is shown literally asleep in an armchair as the action unfolds around him. Dr Brenner, the scientist who separated Eleven from her mother at birth and raised the child in captivity tells her to call him “Papa”. The incongruity of this name is striking, as he subjects her to cruel and dangerous experiments until she escapes at the beginning of Season 1. And then in Season 2 there’s Billy’s dad, whose violence towards his son and his son’s mother provides a hereditary blueprint for toxic masculinity that corrupts his son slowly from the inside out. Seven years ago, we planned out the complete story arc for 'Stranger Things,' " they wrote. "It proved too large to tell in four (seasons) — but, as you'll soon see for yourselves— we are now hurtling toward our finale. Season 4 will be the penultimate season; season 5 will be the last." Warning: This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things (Seasons 1-3), now streaming on Netflix. As the kids prepare to go to war, the trailer shows that Chief Jim Hopper (David Harbour) is still alive andis also being forced to fight. However, in his case he's in a Russian prison tasked with fighting a Demogorgon. "I was convinced I was put here for some other reason. Maybe I can still help. Even if it's the last thing I do," he says. The part two trailer puts Hawkins' teens to the ultimate test

In the first volume of Stranger Things season 4, Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Will (Noah Schnapp), and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) undoubtedly get the least amount of screen time. In fact, the trio aren't in episode 7 at all. Whilst this is technically four outfits, they're essentially the same. It's Halloween in Hawkins in the season 2 opener and Mike, Lucas, Will, and Dustin dress up as the characters from one of the funniest '80s comedies, Ghostbusters, for school - only to get there and realize all the other kids are now too cool to for Halloween costumes. Not only are the outfits adorable, but they also symbolize the boys' desire to hold onto childhood for just a little longer and single them out as outsiders at school. Everyone Vecna targets has something in their life... something that's..." Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) stutters, as he tries to reach out to ex-girlfriend Max (Sadie Sink) and explain Vecna's victim-selecting process in episode six, 'The Dive'. "Hurting them," she interjects. "Haunting them."