Stranger Things 4 is a real return to form for the Netflix show, which was a little uneven throughout Seasons 2 and 3.
So far, what I’ve seen of Season 4 is the greatest I’ve seen since the first season—and maybe even scarier. It has a new feel to it, with intricately knit storylines and human drama mixed with moments of stunning terror and sheer humor. I’m more in love with these characters than I’ve ever been.
Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) appear to be having a good time in the above picture of them skating around a vintage 80s roller-skating rink. There is, however, a third wheel in the photo. Will (Noah Schnapp) has a pensive look on his face, somewhere between a smile and a wince.
Will is aware of something Mike is unaware of: the Eleven has been cruelly tormented at her new school by the evil Angela (Elodie Grace Orkin) and her companions.
We know things are going to go badly for El when Angela shows up at the same roller-rink with her entourage—we just don’t know how bad.
Eleven continues to lie to Mike before Angela arrives, assuring him that she comes to parties here “all the time” and that Angela is her friend, not her tormentor. It’s depressing to see, and Will appears to be upset.
Will ultimately comes clean when Angela takes a reluctant Eleven away from the table where she’s seated with Will and Mike, telling Mike that El’s been having trouble at school—just in time for him to see her latest humiliation.
Angela skates Eleven towards the middle of the rink, where the DJ plays “Wipeout,” a song dedicated to “the snitch,” as all the students now refer to Eleven since she failed to clear Angela’s reputation at school (though she also did not in any way snitch).
They start circling Eleven in the middle of the rink, taunting her and jeering at her as Mike, horrified, yells at the D.J. to shut off the music. He does, and then one of the students comes up behind her and throws a chocolate milkshake at her, knocking her down and prompting the DJ to exclaim, “Wipeout!”
One of Angela’s goons is using a video camera to film the entire affair. It’s filthy and horrible, and you empathise when Eleven grabs a roller skate and smashes it into Angela’s smarmy face a little later. Sure, sympathise, but this was still a horrible idea. It would have been better if I had just thrown a punch. Angela’s forehead opens up and blood starts pouring out and she starts wailing.
After the roller-skating disaster, the kids return home to discover an old acquaintance making risotto: Murray Bauman (Brett Gelman). The next scene serves as some much-needed comic relief after the awfulness at the rink.
Murray is here because he and Joyce (Winona Ryder) were able to reach the number on the odd parcel she got in Episode 1 that had the humorous coded message revealing that Hopper was alive. As Murray puts it, “proof of life.”
Max (Sadie Sink) wakes up in Hawkins after a nightmare. Sirens blare, as officers arrive at Eddie’s trailer across the street. She walks out to the front to see what’s going on and notices the body through the open door. Eddie’s (Joseph Quinn) van is nowhere to be seen.
The cops interview Eddie’s uncle Wayne (Joel Stoffer) and set up a crime scene, yelling at Max when she approaches too closely.
The news of a high school student’s death spreads quickly, and people around town tune in to the local news station for updates. So yet, no one knows the name of the victim or the top suspect save the cops and Max, who finds down Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and informs him.
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