This character is a lot of contradictions and 80s cinematic tropes crammed together but he’s mainly a harmless dork in a frizzed out wig. We also meet a new character named Eddie who is a 3rd time high school senior, has a sweet Dio patch on his denim vest, and is the head of the Hellfire Club which is a semi-cooler way of playing D&D. Didn’t Steve graduate like 3 years ago?!?!Īlso Nancy is still in high school?!?!?! I really thought that her and Will’s brother had graduated already but apparently NOPE but they both still have awful wigs and now live thousands of miles away and her hair is a Jennifer Grey mess and both of them are insufferable and boring and want to go to college together. She is still in high school and I really have no clue how old anyone is anymore.
Meanwhile, the best hair of the episode is served by wigless Steve and Uma Thurman/Ethan Hawke’s daughter who are still pals who now work at the video store. The fringed energy her vest is serving is really everything. Anyway, apparently Hop might still be alive (DUH!)īack in Hawkins, Max is having a hard time dealing with life also due to her brother dying (RIP BILLY AND YOUR HORRIBLE WIG) and now she has to see a guidance counselor in THIS FUCKING WIG. I HATE MURRAY even if he is sometimes helpful because he is a giant perv and barf. She immediately hangs up on a potential Encyclopedia sale (HOW ARE YOU SUPPORTING YOURSELF AND THESE CHILDREN?!) and calls Murray. Oh also Winona (in basically the same exact wig and flannel as El) gets a mysterious package from RUSSIA. Oh also El doesn’t have her powers anymore? I can’t remember why and it ultimately doesn’t matter but after being severely bullied without any administrative intervention, she tries to zap (or whatever?) Angela and it just turns into her looking more like a freak. This is one of these characters who is just mean and awful for no reason and everyone just lets her be mean and awful and UGH ANGELA.Įl really should rethink her bang choices and diorama choices because Angela is absolutely going to destroy both. WHAT A TIME! Will’s bowlcut has never been worse and El’s wig is, well, a variation on a theme of Winona’s? ALSO THEY ARE WILDLY UNPOPULAR AT SCHOOL.Įnter “popular girl” Angela (OF COURSE HER NAME IS ANGELA) in what can only be described as a Regina George knockoff wig by which I mean: IT’S DRIED OUT AND AS HORRIBLE AS HER. El, Will, and Will’s brother (I DON’T CARE ABOUT HIS NAME!) have relocated to California where Winona Ryder’s season 4 wig is supporting 3 teenagers by (poorly!) selling Encyclopedia Brittanicas over the phone.
It’s 1986 and everything is just SO 1986 BABY. We begin in 1979 (sure!) as we go through the mundane and nerdy morning routine of none other than MATTHEW MODINE (and his off-brand Ted Danson wig!), the scientist baddy from season 1 (I THINK?) who had a really effed up paternal relationship with El and apparently lots of other kids who were (DUN DUN DUN) MURDERED BY EL!!!! This can’t possibly be true and if it is I guess whatever? Anyway, roll credits! Also apparently this is only part 1 of season 4 because sure? Let’s discuss! We meet again, Stranger Things! It’s been 3 years/entire lifetimes since we traveled to Hawkins, Indiana and I honestly don’t care to research where we left off so a lot of my facts on this might be off and who cares? Other than some truly overprocessed wigs, demogorgon feelings, and a mall implosion, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t matter what I can and cannot remember nor will it affect my episodic judgment of these wigs.