Stranger Things

Stranger Things 2: stranger, darker and more grown-up than season 1

By: Gabrielle McLaren Season two picks up about a year after season one ends, but the story is put together so well that you’re pulled back into Hawkins seamlessly. Stranger Things holds a special place in my heart alongside all the other stories that actually remember and take into consideration the trauma they put their characters through. Joyce is overprotective of Will, Jonathan overcompensates out of guilt for Will’s disappearance, Will himself has trouble fitting in at school and readapting to everyday life, and Nancy refuses to forget Barbara. On the subject of consistency, Stranger Things manages to preserve and…

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