With the arrival of Netflix's 'Stranger Things' Season 4, fanatics surprise where the story left off in relation to time. What year does it take place?
The penultimate season of Netflix's break hit Stranger Things has after all arrived. Season 4, Volume One of the Duffer brothers' iconic retro sci-fi sequence hit the streaming platform on Friday, May 27, 2022, and our pleasure can't be contained. We've been preparing for this moment for three lengthy years — as Season 3 was once released in July 2019 — and we are finally ready to battle some ruthless Demogorgons. We'll be reckoning on Steve Harrington's (Joe Keery) almighty nail baseball bat.
It's no secret that the Netflix sequence — which has been on since 2016 — is set in the '80s. Eleven's (Millie Bobby Brown) fashion sense in Season 3 is undoubtedly proof of that. So many scrunchies, ponytails, and kitschy Memphis design patterns.
But bearing in mind the display has been on for six years, enthusiasts are questioning what year Season 4 takes place in. There's a bit of a time jump from where Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Will (Noah Schnapp), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Max (Sadie Sink), and Eleven left off in the Season Three finale, titled "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt."
What year does 'Stranger Things' Season 4 take place in?
"It's been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins," the Season 4 synopsis reads. "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."
Ah, high school — bad times.
The Battle of Starcourt occurred in July 1985, as detailed by Insider.
The starting of Season 1 saw Eleven open the Gate and Will Byers mysteriously disappear on Nov. 6, 1983. Jump to the top of Season 3, Eleven and Joyce (Winona Ryder) are grieving the loss of Hopper (David Harbour) — who, spoiler alert, is not lifeless — in October 1985.
As for the start of Season 4, it jumps ahead to January 1986, as we witness the principle gang of nerds bear the horrors of freshman year. To think deficient, sweet El is getting bullied at her California faculty makes us need to battle a bunch of mouth breathers (her words, now not ours).
Eleven's Season 4 taste is inspired by a quirky '80s sitcom character.
In an interview with PopSugar, dress fashion designer Amy Parris shared that Eleven's college dresser is loosely in accordance with Sarah Jessica Parker's Square Pegs personality Patty Greene. The sitcom aired for only one season from 1982 to 1983.
Some of Eleven's garments are hand-me-downs from Joyce, Jonathan (Charlie Heaton), and Will, in line with the e-newsletter.
"She's a bit clueless and confused by her new style," Amy defined to the opening. "She's very much having trouble fitting in at high school. She's trying to figure out which clique she should belong to and what her style should say about herself."
We hope that little '80s queen unearths her footing in Cali, not to point out gets her telekinetic powers again.
Stranger Things Season 4, Volume One is lately streaming on Netflix.
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