Stranger Things Season 4 Breakdown! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed!

Who is Vecna? Do Eleven’s powers return? How did Hopper survive? What happens next in Stranger Things? Whitney Van Laningham goes frame by frame to break down and recap the first half of the penultimate season of Stranger Things.

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Producer: Zach Huddleston
Producer: Brandon Barrick
Writer: Erik Voss
Writer/Host: MasterTainment
Writer/Host: Whitney Van Laningham
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Editors: Kelly Joule, Pat Healy, Cape Sandlin, Lee Wilson

[alextimmy]

001 being Vecna is really a mind blowing aspect and the monologue that he had in the final episode was perfection, by far the best season (at least for me)

[Culley]

One scene I wanna say that was underrated cause it wasn’t action packed was the whole mirroring of the younger kids riding their bikes in the real world to go to Eddie’s while the older kids Steve Nancy Robin and Eddie was riding bikes in the upside down to go to Eddie’s as well……that little shot was perfect 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Greg]

I think Vecna’s/001’s villain monologue at the end was absolute perfection.

[AlexanderWandering]

The fact that Will is getting third-wheeled on his birthday makes it so much sadder

[looneypeach]

The part where Erica rolled a nat 20 while Lucas scored a buzzer beater was genuinely one of my most favorite scenes in the series.

[Jaysuave]

This season might be my personal favorite, obviously after the first. We got the horror aspect back and the mystery aspect back while it all felt logical 😮‍💨

[NoCluYT]

They were so smart with how they revealed Vecna’s identity. They gave clues left and right, but we were only focusing on how he may have been 001, but little did we know he would be both.

[arixandra]

Chrissy’s death also resembles Tina(Christina)’s death in Nightmare. With a “bad boy” being framed for it.

[ninjapumpkin]

The scene with Vecna and Nancy is also set up in a way that seems to be a reference to A Nightmare on Elm Street, with Nancy being the name of the lead survivor in said movie as well.

[louisberry]

Loved it. Bower and Sink deserve Emmy Nominations. Running Up That Hill and Vecna Ending scene are two of the best television has to offer. If they nail the last two episode this will be the best season.

[hashamnoman]

Y'all, I don't think any of us are ready for volume 2. The Last episode is nearly 2.5 hours, we are in for a journey. Can't wait!

[truth]

Season 1: Alien + E.T
Season 2: Aliens + Goonies
Season 3: Red Dawn + The Thing
Season 4: Nightmare on Elm + Hellraiser

[Atari_Safari]

I really enjoyed the one-shot style they filmed in the military shootout at the Byers house. I personally feel like this season from a narrative perspective is leagues ahead of the previous ones. The Duffer Brothers are getting better and everyone involved in the process, two thumbs up over here.

[Godlysound]

I figured the mysterious missing no. 1 was vecna as soon as they mentioned him, but I didn't put together that he was also Henry creel and was the cause for victors insanity. What a series! But overall I must say, vecna isn't as scary as the mind flayer, however it's a close up more personal horror this season, rather than something apocalyptic, and vecna is a brilliant evolution of the Lore.

[dimorix]

Neat callback regarding the Hellfire Club: back in season 1 Will races Dustin for his “X-men 134” comic. This is an issue in which the X-men face off against the Hellfire Club.

[AmberGirL]

I really hope they will let Eddie live! Such an amazing actor and the character is beyond loveable the first few minutes you saw him!

[IAmLiterallyGogeta]

i love how 001 and Vecna have that same death stare, they pay attention to detail

[Suprasec]

During 001 and El's confrontation you can see him on one side of the rainbow and El on the other, showing who's standing in "the upside down" and who on the real dimension, even in the wall the rainbow is turned upside down on his side of the room, really minor detail but it made me smile.

[michellecerna]

The scene where Max is running away from Vecna was a masterpiece!!!!

[MrLump]

I like that Vecna being formed by the lightning is very similar to how Palpatine’s wrinkly sith skin is reveled by his lightning powers.