The gang is back together in new images from Stranger Things season 4

After years of waiting, Stranger Things is returning for its penultimate season on Netflix. The streamer has released a bevy of new images, so let’s get to looking.

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven and Noah Schnapp as Will Byers in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

The third season of Stranger Things ended with Sheriff Hopper seemingly dead and the Byers family (that’s Will, Jonathan and Joyce, with Eleven in tow) leaving Hawkins for sunny California. But obviously the gang is going to get back together at some point, right? A few images confirm that Mike, at least, with meet up with the Byers crew, either because he visits California or they return to Hawkins.

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Eduardo Franco as Argyle, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, and Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 /

The ’80s haircuts are so very real. Don’t try this at home, folks.

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Eduardo Franco as Argyle, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

Meanwhile, back in Hawkins…

Meanwhile, the kids left behind in Hawkins (based on these pictures I’m betting that Mike heads to California to visit his girlfriend), are having adventures of their own:

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, and Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 /

Above we have Max, Dustin and Erica doing something with a role made out of bed sheets tied together, a staple of any ’80s movie kid up to no good.

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson and Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

I do not know what kind of ’80s device Dustin, Erica and Lucas are enjoying here. Any ideas?

The older kids are mixing it up, too, including Steve, Nancy, Robin and a newcomer named Eddie Munson:

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, and Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 /

Apparently Eddie is way into D&D:

STRANGER THINGS. Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

Good lord, these ’80s outfits. Once again, do not try this at home. These are paid professionals:

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley and Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

And of course, the younger and older kids will work together to defeat whatever eldritch monstrosity is haunting Hawkins this time around:

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 /

Jim Hopper returns (somehow) in Stranger Things 4

And finally, we have the adults, starting with Jim Hopper, who is somehow alive and imprisoned in Siberia. No idea how that happens:

STRANGER THINGS. David Harbour as Jim Hopper in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

And then there’s Joyce Byers, who looks nowhere near California in new image of her with slightly unhinged journalist Murray Bauman:

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers and Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022

It looks like Stranger Things will open up a bit in season 4, but we can still expect lots of spooks and shivers:

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, and Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 /

See you soon.

The first half of Stranger Things season 4 drops on Netflix on May 27. The second half will arrive on July 1.

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