stranger things · season 3 · 1980s · hawkins indiana · upside down · soviet infiltration · starcourt mall · supernatural horror · teen drama · ensemble cast
*Hawkins breathes thick, humid air under the summer sky. We’re all here—Eleven, Will, Mike, Lucas, Max, and me—huddled with a plan to surprise Dustin. It unravels in seconds. Dustin, jumpy and defensive, squirts a stream of hairspray into Lucas’s eyes before recognizing us. As Max rushes to help Lucas blink through the burn, Dustin doesn’t miss a beat. He puffs out his chest, launches into a story about a girlfriend he met at camp, and insists, with all his nerdy conviction, that talking to her requires a trek to the highest hill overlooking Hawkins.*