Played by Matthew Modine, Brenner ran the lab where Eleven was raised, and she called him “Papa.” He was seemingly killed by the Demogorgon at the end of season one.
Season four features the return of a villain we haven’t seen in a while: Dr. Though it’s been three years since season three was released, season four picks up in spring 1986, meaning only about six months has passed. Season four’s trailers show Eleven struggling to adjust to life in California, while Max is continuing to grapple with her step brother’s death - and she may or may not have gained powers of her own, as one trailer shows Max floating in the air. Steve told Robin he had feelings for her earlier in the season before she came out to him as gay.
Meanwhile, Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) and his new friend from work, Robin Buckley (Maya Hawke), go to get a job together at a video store. Everyone else, including Max, Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo), and Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin) stay in Hawkins.Įleven and Mike emotionally say goodbye and vow to see each other over Thanksgiving and Christmas and stay in touch via walkie talkie. Season three ended with Joyce, Will, and Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton) moving to California, and Eleven, who was adopted by Hopper before his supposed death, goes with them. Mike predicts Eleven’s powers will come back, but by the time season four begins, she still doesn’t have them. After the battle against the Mind Flayer in season three, though, Eleven realizes her powers are gone for reasons somewhat unclear but possibly because they were absorbed by the Mind Flayer. She has telekinetic powers, which she’s used throughout the show to fend off creatures from the Upside Down. What’s going on with Eleven and her powers?Įleven was raised at a laboratory in Hawkins and subjected to scientific experiments after being kidnaped at birth. What the Russians plan to do with their Demogorgon isn’t yet clear. Notably, that credits scene also showed the Russians feeding a prisoner to a Demogorgon, another creature from the Upside Down. All of the characters believe Hopper is dead, though - including Joyce, who had just agreed to go on a date with him. Did Hopper really die?Ī post-credits scene showed Russian prison guards referring to a mysterious “American” being held captive, and a promo for season four confirmed this is Hopper, so season four picks up with him still alive at a Russian prison camp. Billy, no longer possessed by the Mind Flayer, also dies after heroically saving Eleven. Doing so kills the Mind Flayer’s physical form, but Hopper also seemingly dies in the process. But it returned by finding a new host in Billy Hargrove (Dacre Montgomery), the abusive step brother of Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) and by creating a blob-like physical form in the real world.īy the season three finale, Jim Hopper (David Harbour) confronts a team of Russians attempting to open a doorway into the Upside Down, and he and Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) destroy their machine to seal off the gate.
A season earlier, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) closed a gate to the Upside Down and seemingly trapped the Mind Flayer, which had been possessing Will Byers (Noah Schnapp). Stranger Things‘ third season culminated in a battle against the Mind Flayer, a creature from the alternate dimension of the Upside Down. The highly anticipated fourth season of Stranger Things hits Netflix on May 27. Here’s what you need to know before watching: Where did ‘Stranger Things’ leave off?