The Mind Flayer repeatedly attacks the teens, and though Eleven is able to fend it off, she’s wounded in the fight, left with a Mind Flayer fragment embedded in her body. And when Nancy and Jonathan overpower two of those flayed individuals, the bodies morph into a creature resembling the Mind Flayer, confirming Will’s suspicion that the monster is still in Hawkins. Those two teens become some of many townspeople possessed, or “flayed,” by the Mind Flayer as it grows stronger inside the mill. Later, voices in Billy’s head tell him to kidnap Heather, another lifeguard, and bring her to the mill. And as Billy ( Dacre Montgomery) passes the mill on his way to an assignation with Nancy’s mother, Karen ( Cara Buono), vines pull him into the structure. Inside the mill, their bodies explode and form a single creature, a new incarnation of the Mind Flayer. Turns out those pesky rodents are swarming a steel mill on the edge of town. And Nancy ( Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan ( Charlie Heaton), in their new roles as Hawkins Post interns, investigate strange rat behavior! Joyce ( Winona Ryder) experiences a strange phenomenon affecting the magnetism at her home. Will ( Noah Schnapp) suspects the Mind Flayer is still alive. Other weird occurrences keep our heroes on edge. In so doing, however, Dustin picks up a Russian transmission, which he brings to Steve ( Joe Keery) and Robin ( Maya Hawke), who is Steve’s coworker at Scoops Ahoy, the Starcourt Mall ice cream parlor. And they’re not the only ones with a newfound love connection: Dustin ( Gaten Matarazzo) has set up a radio tower to keep in touch with his summer-camp girlfriend. Mike ( Finn Wolfhard) and Eleven ( Millie Bobby Brown) are now a couple, much to the dismay of Hopper ( David Harbour), who has become a father figure to Eleven.

The action then shifts to 1985, when, thousands of miles away, the new Starcourt Mall is upending the economy of Hawkins, Indiana. After the latest attempt fails, a Soviet general demands a gate be successfully operational in one year’s time. Season 3 kicks off in 1984, when Soviet scientists are trying to force open a gate to the Upside Down. It’s been three long years since the previous season launched, though, so you might need someone to tell you where we left off-and not with, you know, Christmas lights on an alphabet wall. “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.” “Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time-and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier,” the streaming service adds. As Netflix teases in a synopsis for the upcoming chapter-its first part starts streaming May 27-the new episodes pick up six months after the Battle of Starcourt.

Plug in the toaster for those Eggos, because Stranger Things Season 4 is nearly here.

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