Stranger Things

The fourth season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things was released worldwide in two parts on the streaming service Netflix. The first set of seven episodes was released on May 27, 2022, while the second set of two episodes was released on July 1, 2022. The season was produced by the Duffer Brothers, the show’s creators, along with Sean Levy, Dan Cohen, Ian Patterson and Curtis Gwynn.
Returning as series regulars are Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Carey, Maya Hawke, Priya Ferguson, Matthew Modine, and Reu. , when Brett Gelman was promoted to series regular after repeating the previous two seasons. Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Quinn, Eduardo Franco and Cara Buono also star. Tom Blaschiha, Nicola Durico, Mason Dye and Sherman Augustus appear in recurring roles.
The season was met with positive reviews, with critics praising the performances, visuals, action sequences, realistic themes, soundtrack, emotional weight, and darker, more mature tones, though some criticized it for being overstuffed due to the long episode runtimes. The season premiere received 13 nominations for the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning five.

Premise

Set in March 1986, eight months after the events of the third season, the fourth season is divided between different plotlines.
The first plotline takes place in Hawkins, where a series of mysterious teenage murders haunts the town. Eddie Munson, leader of the Hellfire Club, Hawkins High School’s Dungeons and Dragons group, becomes the prime suspect in the murders after senior cheerleading captain Chrissy Cunningham is found dead in his trailer. Dustin Henderson, Lucas and Erica Sinclair, Max Mayfield, Steve Harrington, Nancy Wheeler and Robin Buckley begin an investigation to clear Eddie’s name. They discover that the real culprit is a powerful being who lives in the Upside Down, whom they later call “Vecna”.
The second plotline involves Mike Wheeler visiting Eleven, Will and Jonathan Byers at their new home in California. Due to the Hawkins incident and the impending danger to his friends, Eleven travels with Dr. Sam Owens to a secret facility in Nevada to regain his powers, where he reunites with Dr. Martin Brenner and is forced to confront his past at Hawkins National. Laboratory with an isolation tank. Eleven, Mike, Will, Jonathan and new friends try to track Argyle at first as the military searches for him.
The third plotline follows Joyce Byers and Murray Bauman as they travel to Russia after learning that Jim Hopper may still be alive. Meanwhile, Hopper is imprisoned in a Soviet prison in Kamchatka, where he and other inmates are forced to battle a Demogorgon that the Russians have captured.

Cast And Characters

Main

Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers
David Harbor as Jim Hopper
Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven/Jane Hopper
Marty Blair as Young Eleven
Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler
Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson
Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair
Noah Schnapp as Will Byers
Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield
Belle Henry as Young Max
Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler
Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers
Joe Carey as Steve Harrington
Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley
Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman
Priya Ferguson as Erica Sinclair
Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner
Paul Reiser as Sam Owens

Also Starring

Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna / Henry Creel / One
Raphael Luce as young Henry Creel
Kara Buono as Karen Wheeler
Eduardo Franco as Argyle
Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson

Recurring

Joe Crest as Ted Wheeler
Mason Dye as Jason Carver
Tom Blaschiha as Dimitri “Enzo” Antonov [citation needed]
Nikola Duriko as Yuri Ismailov
Rob Morgan as Sheriff Powell
John Reynolds as Officer Callahan
Sherman Augustus as Lt. Col. Jack Sullivan
Miles Truitt as Patrick McKinney
Gabriela Pizzolo as Suzy
Tinsley and Aniston Price as Holly Wheeler
Clayton Royal Johnson as Andy
Tristan Spawn in two roles
Christian Ganier as ten
Regina Ting Chen as Mrs. Kelly
Elodie Grace Orkin as Angela
Logan Allen as Jack
Hunter Romanillos as an opportunity
Pasha de Lichnikoff as Oleg
Vydotus Martinitis as Warden Melnikov
Nikolai Nikolaev as Ivan
Paris Benjamin as Agent Ellen Stinson
Catherine Curtin as Claudia Henderson
Karen Sissey as Sue Sinclair
Arnel Powell as Charles Sinclair
Ira Amyx as Harmon
Kendrick Cross as Wallace
Hendrix Yancey as Thirteen

Guests

Grace Van Dien as Chrissy Cunningham
Amybeth McNulty as Vicki
Logan Riley Bruner as Fred Benson
Joel Stauffer as Wayne Munson
Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove
Robert England as Victor Creel
Kevin L. Johnson as young Victor Creel
Tyner Rushing as Virginia Creel
Livy Burch as Alice Creel
Ed Amtrudo as Director Hatch
Audrey Holcomb as Eden

About Stranger Things

Starring	·         Winona Ryder ·         David Harbour ·         Millie Bobby Brown ·         Finn Wolfhard ·         Gaten Matarazzo ·         Caleb McLaughlin ·         Noah Schnapp ·         Sadie Sink ·         Natalia Dyer ·         Charlie Heaton ·         Joe Keery ·         Maya Hawke ·         Brett Gelman ·         Priah Ferguson ·         Joseph Quinn ·         Matthew Modine ·         Paul Reiser
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	Netflix
Original release	May 27 – July 1, 2022