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After a long wait,Stranger Thingsis finally coming back.
Unlike past seasons, season 4 will besplit into two parts for a “supersized” season, with the first batch of episodesdropping on May 27and the rest of the episodes dropping on July 1.
Not only will the new season be bigger, but it’s also upping the ante witha slew of brand-new charactersandplenty of mystery. Plus, season 4 serves as the show’s penultimate season following the announcement thatseason 5 would be its last.
While fans are more than eager to seehow things unfold in season 4, you’re probably wondering what all went down in the season 3 finale. After all, it has been almost three years since it debuted!
Beforethe new season premieres, here’s a refresher on what happened to the show’s major players. (Be warned:There are spoilers for season 3 within!)
What happened to Jim Hopper onStranger Thingsseason 3?
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What happened to Eleven onStranger Thingsseason 3?
What happened to Mike Wheeler onStranger Thingsseason 3?
What happened to Dustin Henderson onStranger Thingsseason 3?
After a summer away at camp, Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) comes home and builds a radio tower so he can stay in contact with his new girlfriend, Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo). As he attempts to contact her though, he ends up intercepting a Russian transmission, which sets off a chain of events in season 3 as the group learns of the Russians' plans to reopen the Upside Down portal. At the end of the season, Dustin finally gets back in contact with Suzie as she helps him with a critical code during the group’s mission at Starcourt.
What happened to Lucas Sinclair onStranger Thingsseason 3?
In addition to growing closer with Max (Sadie Sink) in season 3, we also learn more about Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin)' outspoken little sister Erica (Priah Ferguson) as she becomes a bigger part of the gang. Lucas and his sister eventually team up as the group battles and defeats the Mind Flayer at Starcourt at the end of the season.
What happened to Will Byers onStranger Thingsseason 3?
What happened to Max Mayfield onStranger Thingsseason 3?
As the Mindflayer possesses Billy (Dacre Montgomery) to do its evil bidding, Max is torn as she grapples with destroying the creature and trying to save her stepbrother. During the battle at Starcourt, Eleven temporarily frees Billy from the Mindflayer’s control, leading him to sacrifice himself to protect the group. As the Mindflayer kills Billy, Max watches on in horror. At the end of the season, she is shown grieving his death as she sits in his bedroom.
What happened to Steve Harrington onStranger Thingsseason 3?
What happened to Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers onStranger Thingsseason 3?
During season 3, Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan work as interns at theHawkins Post, where they investigate a mysterious case about rabid rats and missing fertilizer. Though they are later fired from their internship as a result, the case does lead them to learn more frightening information about the Mindflayer as they watch it possess several people at a hospital. After defeating the Mindflayer at Starcourt, Nancy and Jonathan embark on a long-distance relationship as Jonathan moves away with his family.
source: people.com
