Ever since the first trailer for the Netflix series Stranger Things debuted, there was major buzz around the nostalgia-driven thriller about a group of kids in the 1980s who get caught up in a terrifying mystery involving a telekinetic girl, otherworldly dimensions, and a monster unleashed on their small town of Hawkins, Indiana. It ended up being so good that Stranger Things got us excited about TV again. It may just be the best Netflix Original yet.
For
those who binged their way through the first season, one of the biggest
remaining mysteries was whether the acclaimed show created by brothers
Matt and Ross Duffer would indeed get a second season. Much to the
delight of sci-fi fans of all kinds, that question has been answered,
with a second season scheduled to premiere October 27, 2017 — near
Halloween, of course.
So what do we know about the show’s impending return? Here are all the details so far.
The final trailer
The marketing campaign for season 2 of Stranger Things capped off its trailer debuts on October 13 — Friday the 13th, to be exact — with one final preview of what’s in store for the residents of Hawkins.
The
last full-length trailer for the season just might be the most epic,
thrilling peek we’ve had so far at season 2, and offers up just the
right amount of fresh footage, scares, and moments that are likely to
prompt some cheering from Stranger Things fans. Well played, Netflix.
The teaser before the trailer
Almost too perfectly, Friday the 13th falls two weeks before the Stranger Things season 2 premiere, making it the perfect day to release a new trailer. Netflix announced in a teaser video on
Thursday, October 12, that it planned to do just that. The teaser
offers a taste of what the trailer reveals as it shows new glimpses at
the upcoming season — 13 of them, to be exact.
Among
the scenes are glimpses of Will (Noah Schnapp) at a doctor’s office, a
masked group of teens, creepy corridors, a dark tunnel, and a door chain
being moved by an unseen force. The puzzle pieces are all eerie
interesting, but, of course, they don’t give us a full picture.
Episode titles, reprise
In August 2017, Netflix released a video which revealed episode titles for the nine-episode second season of Stranger Things.
Even then, though, the Duffers warned that the titles were subject to
change. As it happens, those titles were indeed subjected to wholesale
change, with none of the original titles remaining the same (though one
did get moved up). On October 9, the official Stranger Things Twitter account shared a video with the updated episode titles (viewable below).
The story continues. New chapters on October 27. #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/NPF1NPNQSt— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) October 9, 2017
According to Consequence of Sound, the episodes are called (in order):
- Dragon’s Lair
- Trick or Treat Freak
- The Pollywog
- Will the Wise
- Dig Dug
- The Spy
Episodes
seven, eight, and nine are not titled — they’re listed together in the
video, along with a creepy monster hand slicing its way through the
page. The titles themselves don’t reveal too much, though both Dragon’s Lair and Dig Dug
are famous ’80s arcade games (which the boys will likely play at the
Palace arcade), and ‘Will the Wise’ is the name of Will Byers’ Dungeons & Dragons character from season 1. It seems the second season will feature a renewed focus on gaming, which suits us just fine.
1984 was a weird year
A new teaser trailer for season 2 helps to ground the events of Stranger Things
in reality … sort of, anyway. The trailer (viewable below) opens with a
grainy news report on Will Byers’ (Noah Schnapp) season 1 disappearance
(set in 1983), followed by the narrator listing off notable events that
took place during 1984 (when season 2 takes place).
The teaser (aptly titled 1984) seems to imply that the rift to
the “upside down” — opened by Eleven in season 1 — is also responsible
for the USSR’s boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the
introduction of “New Coke,”
and a few other major happenings. We don’t get any new information
about season 2, but it’s a fun play on the nostalgia that helps power Stranger Things.
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