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Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠In this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz reacts to the official trailer for Dead by Daylight: Stranger Things Chapter 2. Dive deep into the highly anticipated return of Stranger Things to the horror multiplayer game, featuring the terrifying new Killer Vecna (The First), alongside Survivors Eleven (Jane Hopper) and Dustin Henderson. Analytic Dreamz breaks down the trailer's intense visuals, new powers, perks, and gameplay implications, including legendary outfits for characters like Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, and Jonathan Byers. Explore how this chapter expands the Hawkins lore in The Fog, reuniting with originals like Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington, and the Demogorgon. With the full release set for January 27, 2026, Analytic Dreamz shares insights on what this crossover means for Dead by Daylight fans and Stranger Things enthusiasts. Tune in for expert analysis on gaming updates, horror crossovers, and more from Analytic Dreamz on Notorious Mass Effect.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mal and Jo take a trip to Hawkins one last time to dive deep into the ‘Stranger Things' finale! (00:00) Intro (04:13) Opening Snapshot (28:57) Operation Beanstalk, Part 1: Lab Edition (46:21) Operation Beanstalk, Part 2: Sending Joyce Up That Tower (01:00:51) Operation Beanstalk, Part 3: Time Travel-ish… (01:14:32) A Reminder of Kali's Powers (01:21:20) Hopper Freaks Out (01:34:14) The Teens (and Joyce) Reach the Abyss (01:40:26) You Know Who Is Running? The Kids. (01:50:28) Meanwhile, Sigh, the Military (02:04:07) Vecna and Henry and One and Will and THE MIND FLAYER (02:19:41) The Party vs. the Mind Flayer (02:35:50) Cue the Prince (02:48:27) 18 Months Later (03:05:40) Dustin Henderson Graduates (03:16:41) Hawkins Forever (03:23:07) Hopper and Joyce Go To Enzo's (03:25:13) I Want to Believe Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us as Jason and Rosie take one last (?) trip to Hawkins, Indiana. They break down the fate of our party, the epilogue, and whether or not the big emotional moments worked for them. Plus, Joelle and Aaron join to give their thoughts on the ambiguous ending and the sneaky MVP’s of the final season. Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're heading back for summer fun to Hawkins, Indiana.  Also there's some strange stuff happening.  As is the wont seemingly of Hawkins.  Also on this episodes, Suesie hopes someone will stop wishing ill on nana.  Frank admires Robin Buckley.  Intro and outro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill.  Please rate, review and subscribe to the show on iTunes and SpotifyE-mail: realteengirltalk@gmail.comTeen Girl Talk's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realteengirltalk/ Frank's writing website: franklincota.com Suesie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susieboboozy/Frank's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siriwouldchallenge/Frank's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJcUttxP0ujvc6HXBz-4kIw   Frank's Book: https://books2read.com/u/3nJPzP

289# Before Hawkins | The Montauk Project & the Real Stranger ThingsWe're heading to the very edge of Long Island, where a sealed military base refuses to stay silent. We're unpacking claims of psychic children, mind control, time travel, and a government project so controversial it may have erased itself from history. We'll follow the story from Nazi science to Cold War paranoia, explore why Stranger Things might be closer to reality than fiction, and ask the most uncomfortable question of all — if Montauk really happened, are we still feeling the consequences now?

Stranger Things is over and we could talk about this for years. This week I am joined by Wade Simmons to drop a bonus episode discussing the series finale.

Today on the Digging in Podcast, MOFB President Garrett Hawkins joins the program. With the start of 2026, it's “New Year, New Opportunities.” We're highlighting the upcoming AFBF annual meeting in Anaheim. As well as breaking down MOFB's key priorities for the year ahead, from the federal level down to the ballot box. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts to have Digging In sent directly to your smart device each time it's released! Host: Janet Adkison, Missouri Farm Bureau Director of Public Affairs Guest: Garrett Hawkins, Missouri Farm Bureau President Producer: Jacob King, Missouri Farm Bureau Video & Audio Media Specialist

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After four years of fighting monsters from another dimension, the the Hawkins heroes face their final battle—one that will determine not just the fate of Hawkins, but whether Eleven can ever escape the cycle of being hunted. Join hosts Darrell and Addi as we break down "The Rightside Up," the epic series finale that brings the Stranger Things saga to its emotional conclusion. We dissect the climactic showdown in the Abyss as El, Kali, and Max infiltrate Vecna's mind while the Party battles the Mind Flayer's physical form, analyze Holly's heroic leadership as she guides the kidnapped children to safety, and explore Vecna's tragic origin story revealed through Will's connection to the hive mind—discovering that Henry Creel was an innocent boy corrupted by the Mind Flayer. From Joyce's cathartic revenge with her axe to Hopper's devastating vision of Sara, from the explosive exotic matter collapse to that gut-wrenching final goodbye between El and Mike at the gate, we're covering every moment of this finale. But the story doesn't end with Vecna's death—we jump forward to 1989 for the kid's high school graduation, where Dustin delivers an unforgettable valedictorian speech honoring Eddie Munson's legacy, and we witness each character's future unfold. We break down the emotional epilogue showing where everyone ends up: Robin at Smith College, Steve coaching baseball and teaching sex ed, Nancy at the Herald, Jonathan making films at NYU, and Will finding a fresh start embracing his identity. We also explore the biggest question the finale leaves us with—did Eleven really sacrifice herself, or did she and Kali pull off one final illusion to escape the government's hunt forever? Mike's D&D theory gives us hope, and we're sharing our take on this bittersweet ending. From Hopper's proposal to Joyce to that final shot of Holly and her friends starting their own D&D campaign, this series finale honored the journey while saying goodbye to the characters we love. Whether you're celebrating the victories, mourning the losses, or debating El's true fate, this breakdown covers it all. Thank you for being part of this adventure with us—always. Connect with The Stranger Things Podcast: Facebook community Twitter Instagram Contribute Listener Feedback

https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/Faction-Paradox-The-Confession-of-Brother-Signet-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-p389922366 The first season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things premiered worldwide on the streaming service Netflix on July 15, 2016. The series was created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. This season stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, and Matthew Modine, with Noah Schnapp, Joe Keery, and Shannon Purser in recurring roles. The first season of Stranger Things received critical acclaim, in particular for its originality, homages to the 1980s, characterization, tone, visuals, and performances (particularly those of Ryder, Harbour, Wolfhard, Brown, Heaton and Modine). Premise The first season begins on November 6, 1983, in a small town called Hawkins. Researchers at Hawkins National Laboratory open a rift to the "Upside Down," an alternate dimension that reflects the real world. A monstrous humanoid creature escapes and abducts a boy named Will Byers and a teenage girl. Will's mother, Joyce, and the town's police chief, Jim Hopper, search for Will. At the same time, a young psychokinetic girl who goes by the name "Eleven" escapes from the laboratory and assists Will's friends, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, and Lucas Sinclair, in their efforts to find Will.[1] Cast and characters See also: List of Stranger Things characters Main cast Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers[2] David Harbour as Jim Hopper[2] Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler[3] Millie Bobby Brown[3] as Eleven ("El") Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson[3] Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair[3] Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler[3] Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers[3][4][5] Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler[6] Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner[7] Recurring Noah Schnapp as Will Byers Joe Keery as Steve Harrington Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland[8] Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler Ross Partridge as Lonnie Byers[9] Rob Morgan as Officer Powell John Paul Reynolds as Officer Callahan Randy Havens as Scott Clarke Catherine Dyer as Connie Frazier Aimee Mullins as Terry Ives[10] Amy Seimetz as Becky Ives Peyton Wich as Troy[11] Tony Vaughn as Principal Coleman Charles Lawlor as Mr. Melvald Tinsley and Anniston Price as Holly Wheeler Cade Jones as James Chester Rushing as Tommy H. Chelsea Talmadge as Carol Glennellen Anderson as Nicole Cynthia Barrett as Marsha Holland Jerri Tubbs as Diane Hopper Elle Graham as Sara Hopper Chris Sullivan as Benny Hammond Tobias Jelinek as lead agent Robert Walker-Branchaud as repairman agent Susan Shalhoub Larkin as Florence ("Flo") Episodes See also: List of Stranger Things episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date 1 1 "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 On November 6, 1983, in Hawkins, Indiana, a scientist is attacked by an unseen creature at a U.S. government laboratory. 12-year-old Will Byers encounters the creature and mysteriously vanishes while cycling home from a Dungeons & Dragons session with his friends Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson and Lucas Sinclair. The following day, Will's single mother Joyce Byers reports his disappearance to the police chief Jim Hopper, who starts a search but assures Joyce that almost all missing children are quickly found. The lab's director, Dr. Martin Brenner, investigates an organic substance oozing from the lab's basement, claiming that "the girl" cannot have gone far. A nervous young girl wearing a hospital gown wanders into a local diner. The owner, Benny, finds a tattoo of "011" on her arm and learns that her name is Eleven. Brenner, monitoring the phone lines, sends agents to the diner after Benny calls social services. The agents kill Benny, but Eleven manages to escape using telekinetic abilities. Joyce's phone short circuits after receiving a mysterious phone call that she believes is from Will. While searching for Will in the woods, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas come across Eleven. 2 2 "Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 The boys bring Eleven to Mike's house, where they disagree on what to do. Mike formulates a plan for Eleven to pretend to be a runaway and seek help from his mother, Karen. Eleven refuses, however, revealing that "bad men" are after her. Will's brother Jonathan visits his estranged father Lonnie in Indianapolis to search for Will, but Lonnie rebuffs him. Hopper's search party discovers a scrap of hospital gown near the lab. After recognizing Will in a photograph and demonstrating her telekinesis, Eleven convinces the boys to trust her, as they believe she can find Will. Using the Dungeons & Dragons board, Eleven indicates that Will is on the "Upside Down" side of the board and is being hunted by the "Demogorgon" (the creature). Mike's sister Nancy and her friend Barbara 'Barb' Holland go to a party with Nancy's boyfriend Steve Harrington. Searching for Will near Steve's house, Jonathan secretly photographs the party. Joyce receives another call from Will, hears music playing from his stereo, and sees a creature coming through the wall. Left alone by the swimming pool, Barb is attacked by the Demogorgon and vanishes. 3 3 "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly" Shawn Levy Jessica Mecklenburg July 15, 2016 Barb awakens in the Upside Down: a decaying, overgrown alternate dimension. She attempts to escape but is attacked by the Demogorgon. Joyce believes Will is communicating through pulses in light bulbs. Hopper visits Hawkins Lab, and the staff permits him to view doctored security footage from the night Will vanished, leading Hopper to investigate Brenner and discover his involvement with Project MKUltra and that a woman named Terry Ives alleged years earlier that Brenner took her daughter. Eleven recalls Brenner, whom she calls "Papa," punishing her for refusing to hurt a cat telekinetically. Steve destroys Jonathan's camera after discovering the photos from the party. Nancy later recovers a photo of Barb, simultaneously realizing that Barb is missing. Returning to Steve's house to investigate, Nancy finds Barb's untouched Volkswagen and encounters the Demogorgon but manages to escape. Joyce paints an alphabetic board on her wall with Christmas lights, allowing Will to sign to her that he is "RIGHT HERE" and that she needs to "RUN" as the Demogorgon comes through the wall. Believing Eleven knows where Will is, the boys ask her to lead them to him. Eleven leads them, to their frustration, to Will's house. From there they follow emergency vehicles to a nearby quarry just as Will's body is recovered from the water. 4 4 "Chapter Four: The Body" Shawn Levy Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Joyce refuses to believe that the body found at the quarry is Will's. Mike feels betrayed by Eleven until she proves that Will is still alive, channeling his voice through Mike's walkie-talkie. The boys theorize that Eleven could use a ham radio at their school to communicate with Will. Nancy notices a figure behind Barb in Jonathan's photo, which Jonathan realizes matches his mother's description of the Demogorgon. Nancy tells the police about Barb's disappearance. She later fights with Steve, who only cares about not getting in trouble with his father. Hopper has suspicions regarding the authenticity of the body found in the quarry when he learns that the usual coroner was sent home. Hopper confronts the state trooper who found it and beats him until he admits he was ordered to lie. The boys sneak Eleven into their school to use the radio, while Joyce hears Will's voice through her living room wall. Tearing away the wallpaper, she sees him. Eleven uses the radio to channel Will talking to his mother. Hopper goes to the morgue and finds that the body is a fake, and, suspecting that Brenner is responsible, breaks into the lab. 5 5 "Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat" The Duffer Brothers Alison Tatlock July 15, 2016 Hopper searches the lab before being knocked out by the lab's guards. The boys ask their science teacher, Mr. Clarke, if it would be possible to travel between alternate dimensions, to which he answers that there could be a theoretical "gate" between dimensions. Hopper awakens at his house and finds a hidden microphone, realizing that Joyce was right the whole time. The boys follow their compasses, searching for a gate that could disrupt the Earth's electromagnetic field. Eleven recalls memories of being placed in a sensory-deprivation tank to telepathically eavesdrop on a man speaking Russian; while listening, she came across the Demogorgon. Fearing another encounter with the Demogorgon, Eleven redirects the compasses. Lucas misinterprets this as an act of betrayal, leading Mike and Lucas to fight and Eleven to telekinetically fling Lucas away from Mike. While Dustin and Mike tend to the unconscious Lucas, Eleven runs off. Nancy and Jonathan formulate a plan to kill the Demogorgon. While searching in the woods, they come across a small gate to the Upside Down. Nancy crawls through it but inadvertently draws the Demogorgon's attention. Jonathan unsuccessfully tries to look for Nancy, as the gate to the Upside Down begins to close. 6 6 "Chapter Six: The Monster" The Duffer Brothers Jessie Nickson-Lopez July 15, 2016 Jonathan pulls Nancy back through the gate. That night, Nancy is afraid to be alone and asks Jonathan to stay in her bedroom. Steve, attempting to reconcile with Nancy, sees them together through her bedroom window and assumes they are dating. Joyce and Hopper track down Terry Ives, who is catatonic and tended by her sister Becky. Becky explains that Terry was a Project MKUltra participant while unknowingly pregnant and that Terry believes Brenner kidnapped her daughter Jane at birth due to her supposed telekinetic and telepathic abilities. Nancy and Jonathan stockpile weapons to kill the Demogorgon, theorizing that it is attracted by blood. Steve is brutally beaten up in a fistfight with Jonathan after he insults Will and calls Nancy a slut. Jonathan is arrested and held at the police station for beating up Steve and inadvertently punching one of the responding officers in the face. Eleven walks into a grocery store and shoplifts several boxes of Eggo waffles. Searching for Eleven, Mike and Dustin are ambushed by two bullies but are rescued by her, as she uses her powers to break one bully's arm after he attempts to kill Mike. Eleven collapses and recalls being asked by Brenner to contact the Demogorgon and, in her terror, inadvertently opening the gate. She tearfully admits to Mike that she is responsible for allowing the Demogorgon to enter this dimension. Lucas sees agents, who have tracked down Eleven, preparing to ambush Mike's house. 7 7 "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" The Duffer Brothers Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Lucas warns Mike that agents are searching for Eleven. Mike, Dustin, and Eleven flee the house. Eleven telekinetically flips one of the vans that block their path as the kids escape. Lucas reconciles with Mike and Eleven, and the kids hide in the junkyard. Nancy and Jonathan reveal their knowledge of the Demogorgon to Joyce and Hopper. Hopper also learns that Eleven is with the kids. The group contacts the kids, and everyone meets at the Byers' house. Joyce and Hopper realize that Eleven is Jane Ives. The group asks Eleven to search for Will and Barb telepathically, but her earlier feats have weakened her. They break into the middle school and build a makeshift sensory deprivation tank to amplify Eleven's powers. After telepathically entering the Upside Down again, Eleven finds Barb dead and Will alive, hiding in the Upside Down version of his backyard fort. Realizing that the gate is in the basement of the lab, Hopper and Joyce break into the lab and are apprehended by security guards. Nancy and Jonathan sneak into the police station to retrieve the weapons they purchased previously, planning to lure and kill the Demogorgon. In the Upside Down, the Demogorgon breaks into Will's fort. 8 8 "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" The Duffer Brothers Story by : Paul Dichter Teleplay by : The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 Hopper, haunted by the death of his daughter Sara from cancer years earlier, gives up Eleven's location to Brenner, who in exchange allows Hopper and Joyce to enter the Upside Down to rescue Will. Nancy and Jonathan cut their hands to attract the Demogorgon at the Byers' house. Steve, intending to apologize to Jonathan about their fight, arrives just as the Demogorgon appears. Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan fight the Demogorgon and light it on fire, forcing it to retreat to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, Eleven and the boys hide in the middle school when Brenner and his agents arrive to kidnap Eleven; she kills most of them before collapsing from exhaustion. As Brenner and his remaining agents pin Eleven and the boys down, the Demogorgon appears, attracted by the dead agents' blood, and attacks Brenner and the remaining agents as the boys escape with Eleven. Hopper and Joyce enter the Upside Down's version of the Hawkins library, where they encounter several corpses of the Demogorgon's victims, including Barb, and find Will unconscious with a tendril down his throat. Hopper revives him using CPR after removing the tendril. The Demogorgon corners the kids, but Eleven recovers from her exhaustion and disintegrates it, causing them both to disappear. Will recovers in the hospital, reuniting with his family and friends. One month later, it is Christmas and Nancy is back together with Steve, and both are friends with Jonathan. Will coughs up a slug-like creature and has a vision of the Upside Down, but hides this from his family. Production Development Ross (left) and Matt Duffer, the creators of the series Stranger Things was created by Matt and Ross Duffer, known professionally as the Duffer Brothers.[12] The two had completed writing and producing their 2015 film Hidden, which they had tried to emulate the style of M. Night Shyamalan, however, due to changes at Warner Bros., its distributor, the film did not see a wide release and the Duffers were unsure of their future.[13] To their surprise, television producer Donald De Line approached them, impressed with Hidden's script, and offered them the opportunity to work on episodes of Wayward Pines alongside Shyamalan. The brothers were mentored by Shyamalan during the episode's production so that when they finished, they felt they were ready to produce their own television series.[14] The Duffer Brothers prepared a script that would essentially be similar to the series' actual pilot episode, along with a 20-page pitch book to help shop the series around for a network.[15] They pitched the story to a number of cable networks, all of which rejected the script on the basis that they felt a plot centered around children as leading characters would not work, asking them to make it a children's show or to drop the children and focus on Hopper's investigation in the paranormal.[14] In early 2015, Dan Cohen, the VP of 21 Laps Entertainment, brought the script to his colleague Shawn Levy. They subsequently invited The Duffer Brothers to their office and purchased the rights for the series, giving full authorship of it to the brothers. After reading the pilot, the streaming service Netflix purchased the whole season for an undisclosed amount;[16] the show was subsequently announced for a planned 2016 release by Netflix in early April 2015.[17] The Duffer Brothers stated that at the time they had pitched to Netflix, the service had already been recognized for its original programming, such as House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, with well-recognized producers behind them, and were ready to start giving upcoming producers like them a chance.[15] The brothers started to write out the series and brought Levy and Cohen in as executive producers to start casting and filming.[18] The series was originally known as Montauk, as the setting of the script was in Montauk, New York and nearby Long Beach locations.[17][19] The brothers had chosen Montauk as it had further Spielberg ties with the film Jaws, where Montauk was used for the fictional setting of Amity Island.[20] After deciding to change the narrative of the series to take place in the fictional town of Hawkins instead, the brothers felt they could now do things to the town, such as placing it under quarantine, that they really could not envision with a real location.[20] With the change in location, they had to come up with a new title for the series under the direction from Netflix's Ted Sarandos so that they could start marketing it to the public. The brothers started by using a copy of Stephen King's Firestarter novel to consider the title's font and appearance and came up with a long list of potential alternatives. Stranger Things came about as it sounded similar to another King novel, Needful Things, though Matt noted they still had a "lot of heated arguments" over this final title.[21] Writing The idea of Stranger Things started with how the brothers felt they could take the concept of the 2013 film Prisoners, detailing the moral struggles a father goes through when his daughter is kidnapped, and expand it out over eight or so hours in a serialized television approach. As they focused on the missing child aspect of the story, they wanted to introduce the idea of "childlike sensibilities" they could offer and toyed around with the idea of a monster that could consume humans. The brothers thought the combination of these things "was the best thing ever". To introduce this monster into the narrative, they considered "bizarre experiments we had read about taking place in the Cold War" such as Project MKUltra, which gave a way to ground the monster's existence in science rather than something spiritual. This also helped them to decide on using 1983 as the time period, as it was a year before the film Red Dawn came out, which focused on Cold War paranoia.[14] Subsequently, they were able to use all their own personal inspirations from the 1980s, the decade they were born, as elements of the series,[14][22] crafting it in the realm of science fiction and horror.[23] The Duffer Brothers have cited as influence for the show (among others): Stephen King novels; films produced by Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas and Guillermo del Toro; films such as Alien and Stand by Me; Japanese anime such as Akira and Elfen Lied; and video games such as Silent Hill and The Last of Us.[21][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] With Netflix as the platform, The Duffer Brothers were not limited to a typical 22-episode format, opting for the eight-episode approach. They had been concerned that a 22-episode season on broadcast television would be difficult to "tell a cinematic story" with that many episodes. Eight episodes allowed them to give time to characterization in addition to narrative development; if they had less time available, they would have had to remain committed to telling a horror film as soon as the monster was introduced and abandon the characterization.[15] Within the eight episodes, the brothers aimed to make the first season "feel like a big movie" with all the major plot lines completed so that "the audience feels satisfied", but left enough unresolved to indicate "there's a bigger mythology, and there's a lot of dangling threads at the end", something that could be explored in further seasons if Netflix opted to create more.[32] While explaining their intentions for the show, the Duffers adamantly stated their intentions to not explain the mythology in the show so they could leave a mystery and lot for the audience to speculate over their lack of understanding by the season finale, which they accepted but asked to be explained about at the very least, which they found like a really good exercise as they spent quite a bit of time with their writers' room figuring out exactly what the Upside Down would actually consist for, writing a 20-page mythology document whose details wouldn't be clarified for the audience until the show's fifth and final season.[33] Regarding writing for the children characters of the series, The Duffer Brothers considered themselves as outcasts from other students while in high school and thus found it easy to write for Mike Wheeler and his friends, and particularly for Barbara "Barb" Holland.[21] Joyce Byers was fashioned after Richard Dreyfuss's character Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as she appears "absolutely bonkers" to everyone else as she tries to find her son Will Byers.[34] Other characters, such as Billy in the second season, have more villainous attributes that are not necessarily obvious from the onset; Matt explained that they took further inspiration from Stephen King for these characters, as King "always has really great human villains" that may be more malicious than the supernatural evil.[35] Casting The Duffers cast David Harbour as Sheriff Hopper believing this was his opportunity to play a lead character in a work. In June 2015, it was announced that Winona Ryder and David Harbour had joined the series as Joyce and as the unnamed chief of police, respectively.[2] The brothers' casting director Carmen Cuba had suggested Ryder for the role of Joyce, which the two were immediately drawn to because of her prominence in 1980s films.[14] Levy believed Ryder could "wretch up the emotional urgency and yet find layers and nuance and different sides of [Joyce]". Ryder praised that the show's multiple storylines required her to act for Joyce as "she's out of her mind, but she's actually kind of onto something", and that the producers had faith she could pull off the difficult role.[36] Upon being offered the role, Ryder felt intrigued at being given the pilot's script due to know knowing what streaming was and finding it "terrifying", with her sole condition to the Duffers for accepting the role being that, if a Beetlejuice sequel ever materialized as she and Tim Burton had been discussing since 2000, they had to let her take a break to shoot it, a condition the Duffers agreed and ultimately proved to work out when Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was greenlighted years later.[37] The Duffer Brothers had been interested in Harbour before, who until Stranger Things primarily had smaller roles as villainous characters, and they felt that he had been "waiting too long for this opportunity" to play a lead, while Harbour himself was thrilled by the script and the chance to play "a broken, flawed, anti-hero character".[21][38] Additional casting followed two months later with Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Millie Bobby Brown in an undisclosed role, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers]].[3] In September 2015, Cara Buono joined the cast as Karen Wheeler,[6] followed by Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner a month later.[7] Additional cast who recur for the first season include Noah Schnapp as Will,[3][5] Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland,[8] Joe Keery as Steve Harrington,[39][5] and Ross Partridge as Lonnie Byers,[9] among others. Actors auditioning for the children's roles read lines from Stand By Me.[14] The Duffer Brothers estimated they went through about a thousand different child actors for the roles. They noted that Wolfhard was already "a movie buff" of the films from the 1980s period and easily filled the role, while they found Matarazzo's audition to be much more authentic than most of the other audition tapes, and selected him after a single viewing of his audition tape.[15] As casting was started immediately after Netflix greenlit the show, and prior to the scripts being fully completed, this allowed some of the actors' takes on the roles to reflect into the script. The casting of the young actors for Will and his friends had been done just after the first script was completed, and subsequent scripts incorporated aspects from these actors.[32] The brothers said Modine provided significant input on the character of Dr. Brenner, whom they had not really fleshed out before as they considered him the hardest character to write for given his limited appearances within the narrative.[34] Filming The brothers had desired to film the series around the Long Island area to match the initial Montauk concept. However, with filming scheduled to take place in November 2015, it was difficult to shoot in Long Island in the cold weather, and the production started scouting locations in and around the Atlanta, Georgia area. The brothers, who grew up in North Carolina, found many places that reminded them of their own childhoods in that area, and felt the area would work well with the narrative shift to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[20] The filming of the first season began on September 25, 2015, and was extensively done in Atlanta, Georgia, with The Duffer Brothers and Levy handling the direction of individual episodes.[40] Jackson served as the basis of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[41][42] Other shooting locations included the Georgia Mental Health Institute as the Hawkins National Laboratory site, Bellwood Quarry, Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge, Georgia, for the middle and high school scenes,[43] Emory University's Continuing Education Department, the former city hall in Douglasville, Georgia, Georgia International Horse Park, the probate court in Butts County, Georgia, Old East Point Library and East Point First Baptist Church in East Point, Georgia, Fayetteville, Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, Palmetto, Georgia, and Winston, Georgia.[44] Set work was done at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta.[44] The series was filmed with a Red Dragon digital camera.[34] Filming for the first season concluded in early 2016.[41] While filming, the brothers tried to capture shots that could be seen as homages to many of the 1980s references they recalled. Their goal was not necessarily to fill the work with these references, but instead to make the series seem to the viewer like a 1980s film.[21] They spent little time reviewing those works and instead went by memory. Matt further recognized that some of their filming homages were not purposely done but were found to be very comparable, as highlighted by a fan-made video comparing the show to several 1980s works side by side.[14][45] Matt commented on the video that "Some were deliberate and some were subconscious."[14] The brothers recognized that many of the iconic scenes from these 1980s films, such as with Poltergeist, was about "taking a very ordinary object that people deal with every day, their television set, and imbuing it with something otherworldly", leading to the idea of using the Christmas light strings for Will to communicate with Joyce.[21] The brothers attributed much of the 1980s feel to set and costume designers and the soundtrack composers that helped to recreate the era for them.[14] Lynda Reiss, the head of props, had about a $220,000 budget, similar to most films, to acquire artifacts of the 1980s, using eBay and searching through flea markets and estate sales around the Atlanta area. The bulk of the props were original items from the 1980s with only a few pieces, such as the Dungeons & Dragons books made as replicas.[46] Visual effects To create the aged effect for the series, a film grain was added over the footage, which was captured by scanning in film stock from the 1980s.[34] The Duffers wanted to scare the audience, but not to necessarily make the show violent or gory, following in line with how the 1980s Amblin Entertainment films drove the creation of the PG-13 movie rating. It was "much more about mood and atmosphere and suspense and dread than they are about gore", though they were not afraid to push into more scary elements, particularly towards the end of the first season.[34] The brothers had wanted to avoid any computer-generated effects for the monster and other parts of the series and stay with practical effects. However, the six-month filming time left them little time to plan out and test practical effects rigs for some of the shots. They went with a middle ground of using constructed props including one for the monster whenever they could, but for other shots, such as when the monster bursts through a wall, they opted to use digital effects. Post-production on the first season was completed the week before it was released on Netflix.[14] The title sequence uses closeups of the letters in the Stranger Things title with a red tint against a black background as they slide into place within the title. The sequence was created by the studio Imaginary Forces, formerly part of R/GA, led by creative director Michelle Doughtey.[47] Levy introduced the studio to The Duffer Brothers, who explained their vision of the 1980s-inspired show, which helped the studio to fix the concept the producers wanted. Later, but prior to filming, the producers sent Imaginary Forces the pilot script, the synth-heavy background music for the titles, as well as the various book covers from King and other authors that they had used to establish the title and imagery, and were looking for a similar approach for the show's titles, primarily using a typographical sequence. They took inspiration from several title sequences of works from the 1980s that were previously designed by Richard Greenberg under R/GA, such as Altered States and The Dead Zone. They also got input from Dan Perri, who worked on the title credits of several 1980s films. Various iterations included having letters vanish, to reflect the "missing" theme of the show, and having letters cast shadows on others, alluding to the mysteries, before settling into the sliding letters. The studio began working on the title sequence before filming and took about a month off during the filming process to let the producers get immersed in the show and come back with more input. Initially, they had been working with various fonts for the title and used close-ups of the best features of these fonts, but near the end the producers wanted to work with ITC Benguiat, requiring them to rework those shots. The final sequence is fully computer-generated, but they took inspiration from testing some practical effects, such as using Kodalith masks as would have been done in the 1980s, to develop the appropriate filters for the rendering software. The individual episode title cards used a "fly-through" approach, similar to the film Bullitt, which the producers had suggested to the studio.[48] Music Main articles: Music of Stranger Things and Stranger Things (soundtrack) The Stranger Things original soundtrack was composed by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon of the electronic band Survive.[49] It makes extensive use of synthesizers in homage to 1980s artists and film composers including Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Goblin, John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, and Fabio Frizzi.[50] According to Stein and Dixon, The Duffer Brothers had been fans of Survive's music, and used their song "Dirge" for the mock trailer that was used to sell the show to Netflix.[49][51] Once the show was green-lit, the Duffers contacted Survive around July 2015 to ask if they were still doing music; the two provided the production team with dozens of songs from their band's past to gain their interest, helping to land them the role.[49] Once aboard, the two worked with producers to select some of their older music to rework for the show, while developing new music, principally with character motifs.[51] The two had been hired before the casting process, so their motif demos were used and played over the actors' audition tapes, aiding in the casting selection.[51][52] The show's theme is based on an unused work Stein composed much earlier that ended up in the library of work they shared with the production staff, who thought that with some reworking would be good for the opening credits.[49] The first season's original soundtrack, consisting of 75 songs from Dixon and Stein split across two volumes, was released by Lakeshore Records. Digital release and streaming options were released on August 10 and 19, 2016 for the two volumes, respectively, while retail versions were available on September 16 and 23, 2016.[53][54] In addition to original music, Stranger Things features period music from artists including The Clash, Toto, New Order, The Bangles, Foreigner, Echo and the Bunnymen, Peter Gabriel and Corey Hart, as well as excerpts from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter and Vangelis.[54][55] In particular, The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" was specifically picked to play at pivotal moments of the story, such as when Will is trying to communicate with Joyce from the Upside Down.[54] Music supervisor Nora Felder felt the song "furthered the story" and called it an additional, unseen, main character of the season.[56]

The Artist starts his seventh season by getting all into them 'lil foos from Hawkins, Indiana. Mex decides he needs more nudity from his commercial jingles. Your Huckleberry has a deep discussion about necks with his son AND David gets golf tips from a couple of Austrians.

After four years of fighting monsters from another dimension, the the Hawkins heroes face their final battle—one that will determine not just the fate of Hawkins, but whether Eleven can ever escape the cycle of being hunted. Join hosts Darrell and Addi as we break down "The Rightside Up," the epic series finale that brings the Stranger Things saga to its emotional conclusion. The post TSTP 81- The Rightside Up appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

The party has rolled their final initiative. Join Stephen and Michael as we break down the emotional series finale of Stranger Things. We discuss the ultimate fate of Eleven and the gang, the final stand against the Upside Down, and whether the ending did the saga justice. Grab your walkie-talkies and Eggos—it's one last trip to the 80s. Want a legendary beard like a true geek? Live Bearded has you covered. And you can support 2 Geeks and a Microphone by visiting https://livebearded.com/2GEEKS.

A chance meeting at one of my shows and I was introduced to this extremely talented singer/ songwriter Morgan Hawkins. Her debut releases immediately caught my attention and I had to share her music with you. Morgan's voice has a soothing style with a cadence that feels like a warm blanket on your soul. She's an emerging artist ready to put her mark on the Indie folk scene with new singles out every few weeks. Originally aired 01/04/2026 on 95.3 FM KHYI the Range in Dallas, TX.

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 4 – “The Body” | Episode Breakdown & AnalysisThe town of Hawkins is pushed to its breaking point as a shocking discovery changes everything. In Stranger Things Season 1, Episode 4 – “The Body,” grief, fear, and mystery collide, forcing the characters to confront a truth that doesn't quite add up.In this episode of Otakuology, we break down the emotional fallout, the growing tension between the kids and the adults, and the haunting clues that suggest Will Byers may not be gone after all. From Hopper's growing suspicions to Eleven's terrifying connection to the Upside Down, this episode raises the stakes in a big way.

It's all come down to this in Hawkins. Who lives? Who dies? How does it all end? PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt break down the end of an era with the finale of Stranger Things.Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3

#strangerthings #strangerthings5 The Hawkins group make their final stand against Vecna.

Deep Dive into the Upside Down: A Comprehensive Stranger Things Finale Recap and Special Guest Amanda Christine from Welcome to Derry!Welcome back, everyone, for the post-show breakdown you've been waiting for! The final episode of Stranger Things has dropped, and we're here to unpack every heart-stopping, demogorgon-slaying, emotionally charged moment. The stakes were higher than ever, and the fate of Hawkins—and perhaps the world—hung in the balance. We'll be discussing the intense showdown with Vecna, the sacrifices made, the surprising character developments, and what this explosive conclusion means for the beloved series.But we're not flying solo on this recap! Joining us for an exclusive, in-depth conversation is the incredibly talented Amanda Christine, known to many as "Ronnie" from the hit prequel series, Welcome to Derry. Amanda will be sharing her unique insights into the world of supernatural small towns, the craft of bringing iconic horror characters to life, and perhaps offer a few tantalizing behind-the-scenes tidbits from the Derry universe.& MORE!! That's right, we have additional special segments planned! We'll be reviewing the most iconic fan reactions, breaking down the final musical cues, and discussing the lingering questions the finale left us with. Prepare for a deep and comprehensive dissection of the Stranger Things saga as we say a final, emotional farewell (for now) to Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will, Max, and the entire Hawkins crew. Don't touch that dial—you won't want to miss a single moment of this grand finale discussion!#strangerthings #derry #it #netflix #scifi

GOODBYE ELEVEN!! Stranger Things Full Reaction Watch Along: ⁠  / thereelrejects  ⁠ Eleven Vs Vecna, The Mindflayer, Eleven Death Scene, The Final Dungeons & Dragons Scene, & MORE! Gift Someone (Or Yourself) A Stranger Things RR Tee! ⁠https://shorturl.at/hekk2⁠ GREG & JOHN'S Stranger Things 5x8 REACTION: ⁠   • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 8 FINALE ...  ⁠ Vecna: The Mind Slayer tee by @G9DESIGN & Dr. Stranger Things tee by @SASAMIIKU — perfect for hardcore fans & collectors alike Tara Erickson & Andrew Gordon head into the Upside Down ONE LAST TIME as they react to Stranger Things Season 5 (Part 3), Episode 8 — “The Rightside Up,” the series finale of Netflix's genre-defining sci-fi horror phenomenon created by The Duffer Brothers. After nearly a decade of monsters, mysteries, and coming-of-age trauma, the story of Hawkins reaches its emotional and mythological conclusion. “The Rightside Up” delivers the final confrontation between the people of Hawkins and the forces threatening to erase their world forever. Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) faces her ultimate test as the fate of the real world, the Upside Down, and the Abyss collide. Will Byers (Noah Schnapp – Hubie Halloween, The Tutor) plays a crucial role as the truth behind his connection to the darkness comes fully into focus, while Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard – IT, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) anchors the group's emotional core in their final stand. The ensemble shines one last time, with Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo – Prank Encounters, Dear Evan Hansen), Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin – Concrete Cowboy, High Flying Bird), and Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink – The Whale, Fear Street) each receiving defining moments that reflect how far they've come. The adults step into the endgame as well, led by Jim Hopper (David Harbour – Violent Night, Black Widow) and Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands), whose fight to protect their kids and their town comes full circle. Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource⁠ Instagram:⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en⁠ Twitter:  ⁠https://twitter.com/Agor711⁠ Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson⁠ Instagram: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/⁠ Twitter: ⁠ https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson⁠ Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! ⁠https://www.rejectnationshop.com/⁠ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠  Tik-Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/reelrejects⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit⁠ https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo⁠ and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en⁠ Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.⁠ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO:⁠ https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ INSTAGRAM: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thegregalba⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss the series finale of Stranger Things! Were you happy with the ending? Where does the final season rank? Are we dumb? It’s November 1987 and the gang is trying to hunt down and kill Vecna after the Upside Down breaches Hawkins, leading to military lockdown and intensifying searches for Eleven. Meanwhile, Holly Wheeler has become a target, Henry Creel’s origins are revealed, and Will's growing connection to the Upside Down becomes crucial. Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up As Vecna prepares to destroy the world as we know it, the party must put everything on the line to defeat him once and for all. Stars:Winona Ryder as Joyce ByersDavid Harbour as Jim HopperFinn Wolfhard as Mike WheelerMillie Bobby Brown as Eleven/Jane HopperGaten Matarazzo as Dustin HendersonCaleb McLaughlin as Lucas SinclairNatalia Dyer as Nancy WheelerCharlie Heaton as Jonathan ByersJoe Keery as Steve HarringtonNoah Schnapp as Will Byers Join the conversation... FacebookInstagramTwitterTikTokYouTubeRate/Review/Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyYouTubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“The Right Side Up” wraps up Stranger Things with one final fight for Hawkins. The stakes are high, the emotions hit hard, and by the end, we laughed, we cheered, and yeah… most of us cried. It's a fitting goodbye that reminds us why this show meant so much in the first place. But…Did they stick the landing storywise?WIth Ashley Coffin Bill Bria and Mark GarkushaYou can find this and all our other podcast at strandedpanda.com

Send us a textLet's hop the in the truck and plow our way through the upside down one more time as the hosts continues reviewing Vol 2, of the final season, the pop culture phenomenon, Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers. In this penultimate episode of the series, The Bridge, the hosts discuss the emotional journeys of the characters, the mysteries surrounding the Mind Flayer and the build up to the series finale. Join the hosts as they get ready for the final countdown with one of the biggest TV series of all time .Come listen and follow the hosts on their Instagram page and YouTube channel @the.gentlemenpodcast

Join us as we say goodbye to Hawkins and the story of Stranger Things.  Vol. 2 Discussion wraps at 48 minute mark. Finale discussion begins at 49 minute mark. Follow us on Twitter: Royal Geek Podcast  Follow us on Instagram: Royal Geek Podcast Follow us on Tik Tok: Royal Geek Podcast Like us on Facebook: Royal Geek Podcast  Subscribe and Like on YouTube: Royal Geek Podcast Channel Got thoughts or feedback? Email us at royalgeekpodcast@gmail.com Shout out to Loxbeats for the sick tune! Finally by Loxbeats https://soundcloud.com/loxbeats Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download: http://bit.ly/FinallyLoxbeats Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/fGquX0Te1Yo  

Stranger Things ends with laughs, tears, yelling at the screen, and just enough answers to keep us satisfied… mostly. Let's talk about how the finale wrapped things up, what hit the hardest, and why saying goodbye to Hawkins feels so unreal. NERDSoul.DÉCKOR: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NERDSoulDeckor We gotta take Vecna DOWN! . Covering: #NERDSoul #StrangerThings #Vecna Cast: Jay Sherer: https://x.com/JaySherer Solar Grey: https://www.instagram.com/backinthedeck/  

GOODBYE ELEVEN!! Stranger Things Full Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Eleven Vs Vecna, The Mindflayer, Eleven Death Scene, The Final Dungeons & Dragons Scene, & MORE! Gift Someone (Or Yourself) A Stranger Things RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2 GREG & JOHN'S Stranger Things 5x8 REACTION:    • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 8 FINALE ...   Vecna: The Mind Slayer tee by @G9DESIGN & Dr. Stranger Things tee by @SASAMIIKU — perfect for hardcore fans & collectors alike Tara Erickson & Andrew Gordon head into the Upside Down ONE LAST TIME as they react to Stranger Things Season 5 (Part 3), Episode 8 — “The Rightside Up,” the series finale of Netflix's genre-defining sci-fi horror phenomenon created by The Duffer Brothers. After nearly a decade of monsters, mysteries, and coming-of-age trauma, the story of Hawkins reaches its emotional and mythological conclusion. “The Rightside Up” delivers the final confrontation between the people of Hawkins and the forces threatening to erase their world forever. Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) faces her ultimate test as the fate of the real world, the Upside Down, and the Abyss collide. Will Byers (Noah Schnapp – Hubie Halloween, The Tutor) plays a crucial role as the truth behind his connection to the darkness comes fully into focus, while Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard – IT, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) anchors the group's emotional core in their final stand. The ensemble shines one last time, with Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo – Prank Encounters, Dear Evan Hansen), Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin – Concrete Cowboy, High Flying Bird), and Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink – The Whale, Fear Street) each receiving defining moments that reflect how far they've come. The adults step into the endgame as well, led by Jim Hopper (David Harbour – Violent Night, Black Widow) and Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands), whose fight to protect their kids and their town comes full circle. Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it is time to say goodbye to one of our favorite TV shows of this century with our Stranger Things Season 5 and Series Finale spoiler review and wrap-up! We venture through each and every character's arc, hitting highs and lows, debating Will's monologue and the reaction it caused, the choice to focus on Holly this season, the finale and repercussions, and so much more. Hawkins, Indiana will never be the same. So let's head into this special podcast and spend one last adventure with Mike, Will, Lucas, Dustin, Eleven, Max, Hopper, Joyce, Nancy, Jonathan, Steve, and the 46 other characters we met along the road. Goodbye, Stranger Things! Discussed on this episode Stranger Things Season 5 The Finale and Season Revelations Each Character's Journey Will's Monologue, Vecna's Plan, Eleven's Choice Click here for more info on our 2026 Alaskan Cruise! Please support The Hollywood Outsider and gain immediate access to bonus content, including Patreon exclusive podcast content like our Bad Movie Night by visiting Patreon.com/ TheHollywoodOutsider

Brad and Tyler welcome back George Romero (@ninerz94) and Ashley Kirk (@ashleyy.kirkk) to review Volume Three of “Stranger Things” Season 5. They discuss the show finale, “The Rightside Up,” and give their thoughts, their takeaways, and what the show meant to them over the years.Follow the show for exclusive updates.Social: @gipod19Web: gimmickinfringementpod.com, 19mediagroup.comGoods: https://19-media-group.myspreadshop.com0:00 Intro1:22 Finale Initial Thoughts40:47 Complaint Corner1:04:51 Big Picture1:30:14 WDWM1:37:00 Closing Follow 19 Media Group:Twitter: @19MGroupInstagram: 19mediagrouphttps://www.19MediaGroup.comDiscover our favorite podcast gear and support the show—shop our studio must-haves on our Amazon Affiliate page! https://www.amazon.com/shop/19mediagroupWant to join the conversation or invite us to your platform? Connect with us and share your vision (budget-friendly collaborations welcome)!  https://bit.ly/19Guest

La historia de Hawkins llega a su fin. En este nuevo Episodio Final analizamos con todo detalle el último capítulo de Stranger Things, una despedida cargada de emoción, nostalgia y decisiones polémicas. ¿Ha muerto Eleven realmente? ¿Ha estado a la altura el enfrentamiento con Vecna y el Mind Flayer? ¿Qué futuro les espera a nuestros protagonistas tras el cierre del Upside Down? Repasamos lo mejor y lo peor de este desenlace, incluyendo nuestras escenas favoritas, los arcos que nos han emocionado… y también aquellos momentos que nos han dejado algo fríos. Un episodio cargado de impresiones personales, preguntas abiertas y una pizca de crítica constructiva. Si tú también has crecido con esta serie, no te pierdas este repaso con spoilers al final de Stranger Things, ya disponible en Netflix. Únete a nuestro chat de telegram en el que miles de personas hablamos cada día de series: - Telegram – Grupo de debate: https://telegram.me/fueradeseries - Telegram – Canal de noticias: https://t.me/noticiasfds Síguenos en nuestras plataformas y podcast sobre series: - Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/fuera-de-series/id288039262 - Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3RTDss6AAGjSNozVOhDNzX?si=700febbf305144b7&nd=1 - iVoox - https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-fuera-series_sq_f12063_1.html Redes Sociales - Twitter: https://twitter.com/fueradeseries - Facebook: https://facebook.com/fueradeseries - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fueradeseries/ - Youtube: https://youtube.com/fueradeseries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's Up Cinemaniacs! Join Cinemania World Members Duane and Josie as they review Stranger Things 5 Finale! We're back in Hawkins aka The Upside Down with the gang for the 5th and Final Season of Stranger Things on Netflix. Find out what Duane and Josie thought of the epic and emotional conclusion of Stranger Things 5 and Stranger Things as a series. Join us as we say goodbye to Stranger Things. Ton to discuss! HELLFIRE LIVES! Join us and make sure you like and subscribe! Follow us: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher Castbox Blubrry Amazon Music TuneIn Audible Follow Duane - Twitter Instagram Letterboxd Follow Josie (Film Posers) - Twitter Film Posers Cinemania World Merch: Teepublic

Kit, Andy, and Steve close the book on Stranger Things, and on the story that started it all for Streaming Things. In this emotional, full-circle finale, the hosts reflect on the journey that began years ago with a single show and grew into an entire community built around it.In Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up, the fate of Hawkins - and the world - hangs in the balance. As Vecna prepares to unleash his final assault, the group must risk everything to stop him once and for all. Old wounds resurface, sacrifices are made, and the battle between light and darkness reaches its breaking point.00:00:00 - Introduction00:03:36 - MadLibs Word Search00:08:36 - Overall Thoughts00:48:06 - Scene by Scene Recap02:24:32 - Chocolate Puddings (Top 3 Moments)02:32:41 - Easter Eggos02:41:04 - Eleven out of 10 Performance02:44:41 - Stranger Things Season Rankings02:51:15 - Stranger Things MadLibs Story RevealSpotify Playlist: HEREVideo Version of this Episode: YouTubeFollow Us on Social MediaStreaming Things PatreonStreaming Things InstagramStreaming Things TikTokFollow Kit LazerTikTokInstagramYouTubeFollow SteveInstagramFollow AndyInstagramVisit Our WebsiteCheck Out Our MerchSend Us Mail:Streaming Things6809 Main St. #172Cincinnati, OH 45244 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textLet's run up that hill one more time and travel through the wormhole as the hosts continues reviewing Vol 2, of the final season, the pop culture phenomenon, Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers. In this episode, Escape from Camazotz, the hosts discuss the mysteries of the Upside Down, the emotional depth and character growth present in the latest episode of Stranger Things. Join the hosts as they navigate through Vecna's memories and run up that building one last time, as they celebrate one of the biggest TV series of our era.Come listen and follow the hosts on their Instagram page and YouTube channel @the.gentlemenpodcast

STRANGER THINGS & EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEWhat if Stranger Things isn't just about monsters, portals, and the Upside Down — but about belonging, vulnerability, and the emotional cost of avoidance?In this episode of The Shadows Podcast, we break down Stranger Things through the lens of Emotional Intelligence and pull out three Life Cheat Codes that apply just as much to real life as they do to Hawkins, Indiana. From friendships that save lives to emotions we try to outrun, this episode explores how our inner world shapes our survival.

DID THEY STICK THE LANDING??? Stranger Things Full Reaction Watch Along: ⁠  / thereelrejects  ⁠ Eleven Vs Vecna, The Mindflayer, Eleven Death Scene, The Final Dungeons & Dragons Scene, & MORE! Gift Someone (Or Yourself) A Stranger Things RR Tee! ⁠https://shorturl.at/hekk2⁠ STRANGER THINGS 5, Episode 7 REACTION: ⁠   • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 7 REACTIO...  ⁠ ST5 Ep 5 & 6 Reaction: ⁠   • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 5 & 6 REA...  ⁠ ST5 Ep 5x4 Reaction: ⁠   • WOAH!! STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 4 ...  ⁠ ST5 Ep 5x3 Reaction: ⁠   • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 3 REACTIO...  ⁠ ST5 Ep 1 & 2 REACTION: ⁠   • STRANGER THINGS SEASON 5 Episode 1 & 2 REA...  ⁠ Vecna: The Mind Slayer tee by @G9DESIGN & Dr. Stranger Things tee by @SASAMIIKU — perfect for hardcore fans & collectors alike With the Season Finale now upon us... Greg & John give their FINAL Stranger Things Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, Breakdown, & Spoiler Review! The OG's REACT to “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up,” the series finale of Stranger Things — a sprawling, emotional conclusion to Netflix's sci-fi horror epic that pits the Hawkins crew against the full force of the Upside Down and the Abyss in a final attempt to stop Vecna's plan and save their world. In this feature-length finale (over two hours), the gang reunites for one last stand, confronting the supernatural rifts unleashed across Hawkins as they attempt to close the Abyss and halt the interdimensional collapse that has threatened reality itself. Central to the showdown is Eleven (**Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes, Godzilla: King of the Monsters`) as she faces Vecna and the monstrous forces of the Upside Down with help from Kali / Eight (Linnea Berthelsen – The Witcher) and her friends. Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard – IT, Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Dustin Henderson (**Gaten Matarazzo – Prank Encounters, Dear Evan Hansen”), Lucas Sinclair (**Caleb McLaughlin – Concrete Cowboy), and Will Byers (Noah Schnapp – Hubie Halloween) provide emotional and tactical support, while Max Mayfield (**Sadie Sink – The Whale, Fear Street”) is at the heart of the finale's stakes after emerging from the Abyss earlier. Adult allies like Joyce Byers (**Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands”) and Jim Hopper (**David Harbour – Violent Night, Black Widow”) fight beside them, refusing to let Hawkins fall into darkness. Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! ⁠https://www.rejectnationshop.com/⁠ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠  Tik-Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/reelrejects⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit⁠ https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo⁠ and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en⁠ Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.⁠ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO:⁠ https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ INSTAGRAM: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thegregalba⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DID THEY STICK THE LANDING??? Stranger Things Full Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Eleven Vs Vecna, The Mindflayer, Eleven Death Scene, The Final Dungeons & Dragons Scene, & MORE! Gift Someone (Or Yourself) A Stranger Things RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2 STRANGER THINGS 5, Episode 7 REACTION:    • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 7 REACTIO...   ST5 Ep 5 & 6 Reaction:    • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 5 & 6 REA...   ST5 Ep 5x4 Reaction:    • WOAH!! STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 4 ...   ST5 Ep 5x3 Reaction:    • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 3 REACTIO...   ST5 Ep 1 & 2 REACTION:    • STRANGER THINGS SEASON 5 Episode 1 & 2 REA...   Vecna: The Mind Slayer tee by @G9DESIGN & Dr. Stranger Things tee by @SASAMIIKU — perfect for hardcore fans & collectors alike With the Season Finale now upon us... Greg & John give their FINAL Stranger Things Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, Breakdown, & Spoiler Review! The OG's REACT to “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up,” the series finale of Stranger Things — a sprawling, emotional conclusion to Netflix's sci-fi horror epic that pits the Hawkins crew against the full force of the Upside Down and the Abyss in a final attempt to stop Vecna's plan and save their world. In this feature-length finale (over two hours), the gang reunites for one last stand, confronting the supernatural rifts unleashed across Hawkins as they attempt to close the Abyss and halt the interdimensional collapse that has threatened reality itself. Central to the showdown is Eleven (**Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes, Godzilla: King of the Monsters`) as she faces Vecna and the monstrous forces of the Upside Down with help from Kali / Eight (Linnea Berthelsen – The Witcher) and her friends. Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard – IT, Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Dustin Henderson (**Gaten Matarazzo – Prank Encounters, Dear Evan Hansen”), Lucas Sinclair (**Caleb McLaughlin – Concrete Cowboy), and Will Byers (Noah Schnapp – Hubie Halloween) provide emotional and tactical support, while Max Mayfield (**Sadie Sink – The Whale, Fear Street”) is at the heart of the finale's stakes after emerging from the Abyss earlier. Adult allies like Joyce Byers (**Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands”) and Jim Hopper (**David Harbour – Violent Night, Black Widow”) fight beside them, refusing to let Hawkins fall into darkness. Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Step into the Upside Down one last time as we break down the Stranger Things series finale—what it meant, how it landed, and why it hits so hard. This episode isn't just about plot twists and character arcs; it's about the end of an era. After nearly a decade of Demogorgons, bikes, synths, and friendships forged in the dark, we say goodbye to a show that grew up with us and helped define a generation of TV.As 2025 fades out and 2026 begins, this finale feels like a turning of the page. We talk about the nostalgia, the emotions, and the sense of closure—while also looking ahead to what comes next. New stories, new worlds, and new obsessions are on the horizon, but there's no denying we'll miss Hawkins and the characters who made it feel like home. Join us for a heartfelt farewell, a celebration of what was, and a hopeful welcome to what's next. That's it for us for the year, but we'll be back soon to kick off our 2026 season only on the #talkintvpodcast

Enjoy the impending doom of Hawkins' radio station, WSQK, The Squak, while vibing out to selections from the Stranger Things OSTs.

In 1853, a high-profile London dinner party was held inside a life-sized mold of an iguanodon. Research: Cain, Joe. “New Year’s Eve Dinner in the Iguanodon at Crystal Palace 31 December 1853.” https://profjoecain.net/dinner-iguanodon-crystal-palace-dinosaurs/ Cain, Joe. “Top Questions About New Year’s Eve Dinner in Iguanodon at Crystal Palace.” https://profjoecain.net/top-questions-about-new-years-eve-dinner-iguanodon-crystal-palace-mould-sculpture/ Carlson, Laura. “Episode 5: A Victorian Dinosaur Dinner.” The Feast. https://www.thefeastpodcast.org/episode-5-a-victorian-dinosaur-dinner Friends of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs. “Dinner in the Iguanodon.” 7/21/2013. https://cpdinosaurs.org/blog/post/dinner-in-the-iguanodon Friends of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs. “How were the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs made?” 5/13/2016. https://cpdinosaurs.org/blog/post/how-were-the-crystal-palace-dinosaurs-made Routledge & Co., publishers. “Routledge's guide to the Crystal Palace and park at Sydenham.” Crystal Palace. 1854. https://archive.org/details/routledgesguidet00grou/ Geological Society of London Blog. “The First Dinosaurs’ Dinner.” 4/15/2021. https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/2021/04/15/the-first-dinosaurs-dinner/ Hawkins, B. Waterhouse. “On Visual Education, As Applied to Geology.” Journal of the Society of Arts. Vol. II No. 78. 5/19/1854. Illustrated London News. “The Crystal Palace, at Sydenham.” 1/7/1854. https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1854-01-07_24_662/page/21/mode/1up McCarthy, Steve. “The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs: The Story of the World’s First Prehistoric Sculptures.” The Crystal Palace Foundation. 1994. McCarthy, Steve. "Hawkins, Benjamin Waterhouse (1807–1894), natural history artist and sculptor." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. October 08, 2009. Oxford University Press. Date of access 5 Dec. 2025, https://www-oxforddnb-com.proxy.bostonathenaeum.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-54370 Osterloff, Emily. “The world's first dinosaur park: what the Victorians got right and wrong.” Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/crystal-palace-dinosaurs.html Owen, Richard. “Geology and inhabitants of the ancient world.” Crystal Palace Company. 1854. https://archive.org/details/geologyinhabitan00owen Peck, Robert McCracken. "The art of bones: British artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who sparked dinosaur mania in the nineteenth century, still influences how natural history museums represent prehistoric life today." Natural History, vol. 117, no. 10, Dec. 2008, pp. 24+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A189832561/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=f6c80589. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025. Phillips, Samuel. “Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park.” Crystal Palace Library. 1854. https://archive.org/details/guidetocrystalpa00phil_0 Rack, Yannic. “How a Victorian Dinosaur Park Became a Time Capsule of Early Paleontology.” Smithsonian. 8/29/2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-a-victorian-dinosaur-park-became-a-time-capsule-of-early-paleontology-180982799/ The History Press. “The Victorian dinner inside a dinosaur.” https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-victorian-dinner-inside-a-dinosaur/ Witton, Mark and Ellinor Michel. “Crystal Palace dinosaurs: how we rediscovered five missing sculptures from the famous park.” The Conversation. 5/20/2022. https://theconversation.com/crystal-palace-dinosaurs-how-we-rediscovered-five-missing-sculptures-from-the-famous-park-182573 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textLet's crank the power to eleven and dive further into the hive mind as the hosts gets ready to review Vol 2 of the final season, the pop culture phenomenon, Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers. In this episode, Shock Jock, the hosts return to Hawkins Lab to find out what the Upside Down really is and break down what's in store for the rest of chapters for Vol 2 . Follow the hosts as they become dream warriors and explore the inception mind of Henry Creek in this exciting review from one of the biggest TV show of all time.Come listen and follow the hosts on their Instagram page and YouTube channel @the.gentlemenpodcast

WHAT AN EMOTIONAL EPISODE As Will Comes Out! Stranger Things Season 5 Full Reaction Watch Along: ⁠  / thereelrejects  ⁠ STRANGER THINGS 5, Episode 5 & 6 - Tara & Andrew's REACTION: ⁠   • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 5 & 6 TAR...  ⁠ STRANGER THINGS 5, Episode 3 & 4 - Tara & Andrew's REACTION: ⁠   • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 3 & 4 TAR...  ⁠ STRANGER THINGS 5, Episode 1 & 2 - Tara & Andrew's REACTION: ⁠   • STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Episode 1 & 2 TAR...  ⁠ Gift Someone (Or Yourself) A Stranger Things RR Tee! ⁠https://shorturl.at/hekk2⁠ Vecna: The Mind Slayer tee by @G9DESIGN & Dr. Stranger Things tee by @SASAMIIKU — perfect for hardcore fans & collectors alike Tara Erickson & Andrew Gordon react to Stranger Things Season 5 (Part 2), Episode 7 — “The Bridge,” a pivotal chapter that pushes the series toward its endgame as Hawkins, the Upside Down, & the Abyss collide. With the plan finally in motion, this episode balances high-concept mythology with deeply personal character moments that redefine what victory might cost. “The Bridge” centers on the dangerous strategy to draw dimensions closer, creating a literal & symbolic bridge between worlds. Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) is forced to confront the limits of her power as the group prepares for a direct confrontation with Henry Creel / Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower – Sweeney Todd, Twilight). Will Byers (Noah Schnapp – Hubie Halloween, The Tutor) remains crucial, his connection to the other side sharpening as truths about the Abyss and Henry's endgame come into focus. Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource⁠ Instagram:⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en⁠ Twitter:  ⁠https://twitter.com/Agor711⁠ Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson⁠ Instagram: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/⁠ Twitter: ⁠ https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson⁠ Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! ⁠https://www.rejectnationshop.com/⁠ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠  Tik-Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/reelrejects⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit⁠ https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo⁠ and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en⁠ Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.⁠ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO:⁠ https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  ⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/⁠ INSTAGRAM: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thereelrejects⁠ Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/⁠ TWITTER:  ⁠https://twitter.com/thegregalba⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Hawkins, or the upside or even the Abyss .... On today's episode of Stranger Thangs - our podcast special companion to Stranger Things season 5 we talk about episodes 5, 6 and 7 as we build to the shows finale. We talk Steve and Dustin, Nancy and Jonathan.... Will... Mike.... Lucas.... Max... Ruby.... Erica... and so so many more characters. We spend some time on popular fan theories and how this finale could make these episodes seem genius... or..... yeah....

It’s been almost a decade since Stranger Things first dropped us into the town of Hawkins - and today, the final episode of the series lands, closing out one of the most influential TV shows of the past ten years. But behind the monsters, secret labs and psychic experiments is a lesser-known origin story: a conspiracy theory tied to a place called Montauk in New York. In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou speaks with Christopher Garetano - researcher and filmmaker behind the 2014 documentary ‘Montauk Chronicles’ about how fact, fiction and conspiracy collided to create a global pop-culture phenomenon. Follow The Briefing: TikTok: @thebriefingpodInstagram: @thebriefingpodcast YouTube: @TheBriefingPodcastFacebook: @thebriefingpodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on The Kristian Harloff Show we're talking about the brand-new Avengers: Doomsday Thor teaser and what it reveals about the direction of the MCU's next massive event film. How is Thor being positioned going into Doomsday — and what does that mean for the Avengers lineup moving forward? We're also diving deep into Stranger Things as the series finale continues to absolutely dominate attention — not just on streaming, but now in cinemas across the country. Plus, Netflix has dropped the official Stranger Things series finale trailer, giving us our best look yet at how the story of Eleven, Hopper, Will, and the rest of the Hawkins crew will come to a close. Ryan Coogler has also opened up about his scrapped Black Panther 2 story, and we break down what the original direction would have been and how it compares to Wakanda Forever. And finally, we take a look at the most anticipated new TV series coming in 2026 — which projects are building the biggest hype and which ones look like breakout hits. Join Kristian for film news, streaming updates, and industry analysis — all right here on The Kristian Harloff Show. #AvengersDoomsday #Thor #Marvel #MCU #StrangerThings #StrangerThingsFinale #Netflix #BlackPanther #RyanCoogler #MovieNews #TVNews #StreamingNews #PopCulture #FilmDiscussion SPONSORS: RIDGE WALLET:  Take advantage of Ridge's Biggest Sale of the Year and GET UP TO 47% Off  by going to https://www.Ridge.com/KRISTIAN #ridgepod  

We discuss volume 2 for the fifth season of Stranger Things! Did you like the new 3 episodes? How will the show end? Are we dumb? It’s November 1987 and the gang is trying to hunt down and kill Vecna after the Upside Down breaches Hawkins, leading to military lockdown and intensifying searches for Eleven. Meanwhile, Holly Wheeler has become a target, Henry Creel’s origins are revealed, and Will's growing connection to the Upside Down becomes crucial. Volume 2: Basically we figure out what the Upside Down truly is and what Vecna’s plan is.The crew conquer a small but important hurdle in their last stand against Vecna… they make it through the heavily guarded MAC-Z gate with the whole party intact. Eleven feels uneasy about the sacrifice that her sister, Kali, has asked her to make. Meanwhile, at the Creel House in Camazotz, Vecna has gathered his kidnapped children to cast a powerful spell that will set his ominous plan in motion. Stars:Winona Ryder as Joyce ByersDavid Harbour as Jim HopperFinn Wolfhard as Mike WheelerMillie Bobby Brown as Eleven/Jane HopperGaten Matarazzo as Dustin HendersonCaleb McLaughlin as Lucas SinclairNatalia Dyer as Nancy WheelerCharlie Heaton as Jonathan ByersJoe Keery as Steve HarringtonNoah Schnapp as Will Byers Join the conversation... FacebookInstagramTwitterTikTokYouTubeRate/Review/Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyYouTubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This week, Tommy is joined by actress Priah Ferguson, best known for her breakout role as Erica Sinclair on Netflix’s global phenomenon Stranger Things. Since stealing scenes with her sharp wit and fearless confidence, Priah has grown from fan-favorite newcomer to a key part of the show’s core cast as it heads into its final season.She opens up about growing up on one of the biggest shows in the world, how Erica evolved from comic relief into a fully realized hero, and what it’s been like stepping into a larger role as the stakes in Hawkins rise. Priah also reflects on balancing fame at a young age, finding her voice on and off screen, and what the Stranger Things journey has meant to her personally. Plus, she teases what fans can expect from Erica in the final chapter and why saying goodbye to the series is both emotional and empowering. Subscribe, rate, and leave a written review if you enjoy this conversation! Tune in every week for new episodes of I’ve Never Said This Before. Executive Producers: iHeart Media and Elvis Duran Podcast Network Follow us on socials! Instagram: @neversaidthisbefore YouTube: @TommyDiDarioShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jaylinn Hawkins is the definition of someone who hasn't let bumps in the road derail him on his way to greatness. From being drafted the COVID year, to asking the Falcons for his release, to a wacky start with the Chargers, to now winning and contributing at a high level for the Patriots - Jaylinn Hawkins has seen it all! Ari Meirov talks with the Patriots upstart safety on his wild ride to success in the NFL. ---------------------------------- Sign up for FanDuel Sportsbook today! New customers visit FanDuel.com & if you win your first $5 wager, you get $250 in bonus bets! ———————————— Visit Root.com and find out how you can get rewarded for safe driving with Root Insurance. NFL Spotlight is dedicated to shining a light on those in the NFL that deserve a spotlight with top-notch insight and research from Ari Meirov. Follow Ari on X: https://x.com/MySportsUpdate Follow Ben on X: https://x.com/BenAllenSports Follow The 33rd Team on X: https://x.com/The33rdTeamFB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad and Tyler welcome Ashley Kirk (@ashleyy.kirkk) to review Volume Two of “Stranger Things” Season 5. They discuss their favorite scenes, standout performers, fan theories, and more. Follow the show for exclusive updates.Social: @gipod19 Web: gimmickinfringementpod.com, 19mediagroup.comGoods: https://19-media-group.myspreadshop.com0:00 Intro1:48 Complaint Corner12:25 Initial Thoughts35:18 Favorite Scenes50:17 Standout Performers59:15 Biggest Surprises 1:02:36 Theory Corner1:25:20 WDWM1:39:57 Closing Follow 19 Media Group:Twitter: @19MGroupInstagram: 19mediagrouphttps://www.19MediaGroup.comDiscover our favorite podcast gear and support the show—shop our studio must-haves on our Amazon Affiliate page! https://www.amazon.com/shop/19mediagroupWant to join the conversation or invite us to your platform? Connect with us and share your vision (budget-friendly collaborations welcome)!  https://bit.ly/19Guest

We are back in Hawkins! Episode 5, “Shock Jock,” cranks up the chaos as Hawkins gets louder, messier, and way more divided. Rumors spread, tempers flare, and the gang realizes words can be just as dangerous as monsters. We break down what goes wrong—and why this episode changes everything.With Ashley Coffin, Bill Bria and Mark GarkushaYou can find more from us and our other shows at https://www.strandedpanda.com/

As the clock counts down in Hawkins--and the Upside Down--and the Abyss--PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt navigate the twists and turns of Stranger Things 5: Volume 2.Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3

Three teams across two dimensions are executing bold and dangerous plans—and if you think nothing could go wrong, you haven't been watching Stranger Things. Join hosts Darrell and Addi as they break down "Shock Jock," the midseason premiere that kicks off Volume 2 with even more elaborate schemes than before. After Will's radical self-acceptance moment unlocked his powers in the previous episode, our crew is now scattered across Hawkins and the Upside Down, coordinating insane multi-layered plans that only partially work and create dire consequences that will require… you guessed it, even more insane plans to fix. We dissect every strategic move, analyze what's happening with the hive mind connection, and explore the revelations hidden in the drawings and research Dustin found. Plus, Darrell is bringing the heat with his Grand Final Theory that connects all the dots from this season—and trust us, you'll want to hear all the crazy places he thinks this is all headed. We also dive deep into what Dustin's drawings and research reveal about the true nature of the threat our crew is facing and what it means for the endgame. From group brainstorming sessions to cross-dimensional coordination, we're breaking down every plot point and sharing our wildest predictions for how this all ends. Whether you're trying to piece together the clues or just along for the chaotic ride, this breakdown has everything you need! Connect with The Stranger Things Podcast: Facebook community Twitter Instagram Contribute Listener Feedback