# Stranger Things 3. No spoilers until post 54 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575 "2019-07-05T16:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/141 "2019-08-13T20:57:55Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > I think one of the reasons the show works is that none of the characters are really strong enough to pull off a show on their own, but as an ensemble cast of mostly unknowns (at least when they started out) they worked really well together. They have good chemistry, which is even more important than the special effects. Totally agree with this. Dustin would be unrelentingly grating as the star of his own show. The Nancy, Jonathan and Murray show is much more appealing to me because I see another ensemble show as these three characters gather their own cast of The Usual Suspects. I would love another season. Any further seasons would depend on if and how they can expand the narrative and still keep it fun and funky. I can’t wait to see what horrors will bring our Scooby Gang back together again. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/142 "2019-08-13T21:08:22Z")
I hope the final season will bring the characters together sooner than usual. I get that it’s heard to work with a big cast, but I would love to see the whole team working together before the last episode. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/143 "2019-12-18T16:04:06Z")
Late to the party, but just saw the thing. I liked it well enough. It wasn’t as good as 1 or 2, but it held my attention and had its moments. The Russian thing did bug me. I actually came here to ask if I’d missed what their end game was, but reading this thread it seems like they didn’t have one. This doesn’t make sense. The Americans in S1 had a plan. They wanted to use Eleven as a spy and/or assassin, but using her breached the upside down, which they then had to study and contain. The Russians were doing, well, what, exactly? Breaching the barrier just to be evil? Surely they realized that what was in the upside down is wholly inimical to humanity. It wasn’t going to fight for the glorious Soviet Union. Maybe S4 will give them more motivation, but I was disappointed they had no plan. Question: Why did Joyce, Eleven, and Will leave town? And where were they going? I think I missed that. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/144 "2019-12-18T16:11:56Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > … > Question: Why did Joyce, Eleven, and Will leave town? And where were they going? I think I missed that. For once people chose to leave the Hellmouth. How Joyce ended up with El is a little bit more of a headscratcher. Probably nothing legal about it and she needed a new home. One issue I always have with shows like Buffy, is the town realizes they live in a dangerous place, seems like many have the means to move on and they don’t. So it was refreshing to see a main character decide to leave Hawkins, Indiana. I mean I can’t understand how everyone wasn’t fleeing [Cabot Cove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder,_She_Wrote). ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/145 "2019-12-18T18:16:02Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Late to the party, but just saw the thing. I liked it well enough. It wasn’t as good as 1 or 2, but it held my attention and had its moments. > > The Russian thing did bug me. I actually came here to ask if I’d missed what their end game was, but reading this thread it seems like they didn’t have one. This doesn’t make sense. The Americans in S1 had a plan. They wanted to use Eleven as a spy and/or assassin, but using her breached the upside down, which they then had to study and contain. The Russians were doing, well, what, exactly? Breaching the barrier just to be evil? Surely they realized that what was in the upside down is wholly inimical to humanity. It wasn’t going to fight for the glorious Soviet Union. Maybe S4 will give them more motivation, but I was disappointed they had no plan. IIRC, they were aware the Americans were researching The Upside-down. They didn’t want on Upside-down Gap. Welcome to the Cold War. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/146 "2019-12-27T01:14:12Z")
Just FYI, _Stranger Things_ was renewed for a 4th season in September. [Teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_3VdjP1fGM). ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/147 "2020-02-14T16:58:52Z")
And a very spoilery [new teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=50&v=oB2GYwbIAlM&feature=emb_logo) has dropped. Seriously. If you don’t want any Season 4 spoilers, don’t watch this. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/148 "2020-02-14T19:00:31Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Late to the party, but just saw the thing. I liked it well enough. It wasn’t as good as 1 or 2, but it held my attention and had its moments. > > –snip– > > Question: Why did Joyce, Eleven, and Will leave town? And where were they going? I think I missed that. Here is a really late reply, with questionable information. As I recall, they were going to Maine, where Joyce had either relatives or a friend who could help until she found a job. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/149 "2020-02-14T19:56:03Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Here is a really late reply, with questionable information. As I recall, they were going to Maine, where Joyce had either relatives or a friend who could help until she found a job. Maine? To escape weirdness? Does Stephen King not exist in their universe? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/150 "2020-02-14T19:59:32Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > And a very spoilery [new teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=50&v=oB2GYwbIAlM&feature=emb_logo) has dropped. > > Seriously. If you don’t want any Season 4 spoilers, don’t watch this. You’re right, but that’s the kind of thing that’s impossible to keep under wraps. Probably best they get in front of it. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/151 "2020-02-14T20:25:55Z")
CNN has the spoiler right in their headline about the new season, so I guess avoid all main stream media if you really don’t want to be spoiled. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/152 "2020-02-14T20:26:12Z")
Yeah, that spoiler is showing up in headlines everywhere. It was in a CNN article shown on my Google News feed. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/153 "2020-02-14T21:12:20Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Here is a really late reply, with questionable information. As I recall, they were going to Maine, where Joyce had either relatives or a friend who could help until she found a job. They never specified in-show… > [@](#): > > But where did the Byers move in Stranger Things? > > This may seem like an odd question, but did anyone else notice that no one actually said where the family was going? Mike talked about how “when you come back to visit at Christmas,” suggesting that Stranger Things Season 4 would be a wintertime affair. But no one said where it was the Byers would be heading to, or where they might be visiting from. > > Turns out, that was a deliberate choice. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Ross Duffer admitted. “We didn’t want to box ourselves into a corner.” ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575/154 "2020-02-14T21:19:11Z")
One cool thing I hadn’t seen before is [the secret of Eleven’s bracelet](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a28408024/stranger-things-season-3-bracelet-hair-tie-eleven-hopper/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-things-3-no-spoilers-until-post-54/836575.md?page=7)