Photographer: James Pardon; Bettina Strauss/Syfy, Are you telling me you built a time machine out of a DeLorean, Episode 3 "The Case of the Missing Lifeguard". Dusty-bun and Suzie-poo exchange teen love platitudes, and when he asks her to tell him Planck's Constant she makes one demand.

[11] They also hinted that several ideas that didn't make it in the second season may be used. This leads to them believing that Mrs. Driscoll, Tom and Heather Holloway are all Flayed along with Billy. They attempt to question them before Russian agent Grigori arrives. Dustin leads the Party to Hawkins’ tallest point, where they plan to build his new powerful radio which they plan on using to contact Suzie. Stranger Things 3, the third season of Stranger Things, was officially announced on December 1, 2017. There's still part of that boy buried deep inside Billy (as it turns out, his cries for forgiveness to Max during "The Sauna Test" were perhaps legitimate). Hopper and Joyce arrive at Mayor Kline’s mansion with the Mayor himself leading the way. Over time, Alexei realizes that his best bet is to side with the Americans rather than his comrades.

Burning questions: So, is Hopper dead? Strange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the. The Party arrives at the hospital, but only Nancy and Jonathan are allowed to visit her. Hopper unlocks the vault and they're one step closer to closing the gate for good.

Stranger Things, How Stranger Things Became an Emmy Awards Darling, September 13, 2018 Instagram post by Tim Ives, Millie Bobby Brown looks distraught as she crawls out of the waves while filming a scene for Stranger Things, Lensing "Stranger Things," "Mrs. Maisel," "Mozart in the Jungle". The Party draw their attention to Billy and his odd behaviour, which Max is still in denial about. Nancy calls Jonathan from the hospital early next morning, demanding to know where Will is.

The argument is concluded with the fact that they “no longer understand each other”. While trying to come up with suggestions, Robin leaves with an idea, telling the other two to stay put.

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Back at the Wheeler house, Mike and Lucas are showing little to no interest in Will’s campaign, which leads to him giving up and storming out of the house.

El proceeds to spy on Billy next, coincidentally at the same time he was delivering Heather to the creature.

[16] Harbour later revealed that one such film is the 1985 comedy film Fletch.

Hopper sends a distress call to Dr. Owens before him, Joyce, Alexei and Murray head back to Hawkins.

Nancy and Jonathan arrive at Mrs. Driscoll’s house to inspect and ask questions about the ‘diseased‘ rats that have been devouring her fertiliser. As it turns out, wow, Hopper had some profound things to say about love and growing up! With a fourth season almost assuredly on the way—the Duffer brothers have envisioned making four or five seasons, and there’s no way in hell Netflix will cancel this thing—Hopper’s death will likely seep into the show’s ethos far more than Barb’s or Bob’s ever did.

Will senses the Mind Flayer’s presence and tells Mike this, who tells Max to get away from the door. Moreover, he promised that Steve Harrington will have a much larger role. At Heather‘s house, Janet passes out. Murray thinks their plan is so good, the Russians won't even be alerted to their presence. Steve, Dustin, Robin and Erica have found no way to escape the elevator shaft. He also reveals that he is aware of Joyce‘s plan to leave Hawkins and attempts to softly reason her against it. Hopper begins to turn to Joyce for advice for confronting Mike and Eleven about their relationship. Below, we dive into Season 3’s eighth and final episode, “The Battle of Starcourt.”. Hopper drunkenly enters her room thinking that Mike is present, only to find that it’s Max.

Cuba stated they had a challenging storyline that requires them to continue searching for new talent. The Flayed gather at the steel works, where they all melt into goo to become one massive spider-like monster. He's thrown into another cell and the unidentified man begs the guards to let him go. She does this just in time for Billy to smash through the window and attempt to assault her. A Study. A promo for a tabloid news show called Cutting Edge takes a look at Hawkins, Indiana, aka "hell," where stranger things have happened over the last three years — and mystery deaths have rocked the town (hello, photo of Barb). [5], In an interview, Noah Schnapp told that the third season will be very unique as it will be combining both the darker and lighter elements of the previous two seasons. After Murray takes offense and mocks Erica's age, she attacks harder: "I'm 10, you bald bastard." The six pals drive off as the Mind Flayer gives chase. Hopper, Joyce and Alexei find a gas station, where they hijack someone’s car. He claims that he is going to end her, her friends, and then everyone. Nancy and Jonathan make amends for their fight on their way up. At the lab, Hopper is searching for the source of the noise, which introduces itself by surprise-attacking him and beating him to the ground before making his get away on a motorbike. Right at that moment, Will begins to sense the Mind Flayer’s presence again, which leads him to finally informing Mike and Lucas (when they found him) that he has returned. At the pool, Billy breaks down in sobs, claiming to Max that “he” made him do it, claiming that he tried to stop “him”. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Max and El go shopping at the mall.

As they hug, she spots Eleven. Nancy arrives at the hospital to see Mrs. Driscoll in order to look through her records.

The trailer became the highest viewed video on Netflix's YouTube channel.[47]. And when the Mind Flayer comes to finish Eleven off and send the world to the apocalypse, Billy ... stops his master — at least for a moment, until the Mind Flayer brutally murders Billy with his many tentacles as Max, now conscious again, watches on in horror. Thanks to Lucas and his distractionary slingshot, they all escape — but they've now been separated: Nancy, Jonathan, Lucas, and Will go to restart Nancy's car, while Eleven, Mike, and Max continue to use the mall for cover. They find that Mrs. Driscoll is not there. Later, on January 1, 2019, another teaser was released that announced that the season will be released on July 4, 2019. Coming Soon The Starcourt Mall! Joyce claims that she has plans, leaving Hopper disappointed. Steve and Robin, having left Dustin and Erica earlier to see what was happening back at the mall, arrive at precisely the right moment to knock Billy off his path. While walking through the tunnel, Robin begins to question why the Russians have so much interest in Hawkins of all places. The Party believes he is setting a trap, so Eleven comes up with a new idea. Eleven hears some of this while spying on him in the Void, and relays it to the rest of the Party, who have regrouped at the Wheeler house. It doesn't take long for Billy to reveal himself, revving his engine like we've walked into a remake of Christine as the kids retreat back into the mall.

Steve and Dustin have their own suspicions that they choose to not share with the other two.

Upon hearing her story, Max tells her to ignore his calls and threaten to dump him if he doesn’t explain himself.

Suzie doesn’t respond to Dustin when he tries to contact her, leading Lucas and Max to believe that Suzie doesn’t exist. A rattled Billy has troubling visions. The ambitious storytelling choice is also indicative of the show’s own maturation process. Back at Scoops Ahoy, Steve and Dustin are struggling to translate the transmission. His co-worker Robin Buckley pokes fun at his feeble attempts. Speaking to "Entertainment Weekly", they revealed the names of some such films, which include Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Romancing the Stone, Midnight Run, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park.

Hopper demands to see records of this. At the pool, Karen attempts to apologise to a visibly disorientated Billy. They concur that the ‘flaying’ is happening at a specific location. (Yes, the Duffer brothers have definitely seen movies in the Alien franchise, why do you ask?) Plus Musa and Ryan do a quick round-up of the midweek action in La Liga. Kline claims to not remember him.

Stranger Things now enters uncharted territory, with several protagonists moving outside of Hawkins, the allure of more nefarious Russian villains (they appeared to have captured the Demogorgon in the motherland! Mike tries to make amends, but Will dismisses him and bikes out in the rain. Previously: Episode 1, "Suzie, Do You Copy?" El and Max investigate Billy’s room, where they find a bloody lifeguard’s whistle. It would be a shock if that mystery person was anyone but Hopper. Heather appears to be well, though she and Billy were acting a little strangely, and the girls make their way out. According to actor Charlie Heaton, E.T. Leaving the American for another season, they pull out a different prisoner and drag him screaming down into the depths of the facility. Eleven uses her powers to restrain him, which works for a short period of time before he breaks through and grabs her by the neck. ), but it does nothing to stop the Mind Flayer's No. They discover that the Russians are trying to create a Gate to the Upside Down. Jonathan shows anger towards Nancy for getting them fired on the way home.