Stranger Still: A Stranger Things Re-Watch

41 years ago Will Byers vanished!

Miles & Kathleen spend a surprising amount of time talking about the newly revealed titles and confirmed time jump.

Follow us on Twitter or Facebook @strangerstill 22. Subscribe to our podcast feeds. It's never a bad time for a RE-WATCH! Check out our feed for episode by episode reviews and our character by character episodes. We are a friendly podcast that digs into WHY we love Stranger Things.

Kathleen and Miles review the Season 5 First Look! Hawkins High, Linda Hamilton, release date speculation, and the question hanging over all of Stranger Things fandom- do main characters have to die?

(22:45) Then, we review the four exclusive candles for Bath & Body Works while learning why perhaps candle reviews are not particularly smooth podcast content.

Follow us on Twitter or Facebook @strangerstill 22. Subscribe to our podcast feeds. It's never a bad time for a RE-WATCH! Check out our feed for episode by episode reviews and our character by character episodes. We are a friendly podcast that digs into WHY we love Stranger Things.

Our 11th character is the van flippin’, meat flayer rippin’, eggo snackin’, Roller skate shcmakin’, pizza dough freezer piggybackin’, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, it's…. ELEVEN!!! 

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. 

Happy Stranger Things Day!

Our 10th character- the Castle Byers hiding, now memory providing, Mike and Eleven confiding, should he stay or should he go now? It’s Will Byers!

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5.

Our 9th character the Eleven lovin’, Quarry jumpin’, Friend truthin’ - the dungeon master, the HEART of the party, it’s Mike Wheeler!

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5.

Part 8 of 11: Jonathan...

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5.

Part 7 of 11: The upside down talkin’, snow ball walkin’, curiosity door unlockin’... welcome to the never ending storrrrryyyyy of Dustin Henderson! 

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5.

Part 6 of 11: the wrist rocket slingin’, firework bringing’, "dustin farted" singing; the sweeter-bolder-better New Coke enthusiast, it’s Lucas Sinclair!

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5.

Part 5 of 11: the Ace reportin’, Barb avengin’, demogorgan trappin’, pistol firin’, shotgun blasting’ bad ass - it’s Nancy Wheeler!

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5!

Part 4 of 11: the Russian Brute termination’, demogorgan decapitatin', coffee contemplatin' police chief- you don’t mess around with Jim Hopper! 

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5!

Part 3 of 11: the California dreamin’, Starcourt shoppin’, running up the road, running up that hill, running up that building - it's the first ever party Zoomer Max Mayfield!

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5!

Part 2 of 11: the nail-bat spinnin’, ice cream slingin’, Farah Fawcett spray sprain’ - always the god damn babysitter… Steve Harrington!

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. New episode every 3 weeks upon the long road to Season 5.

Our 2023 re-watch of Stranger Things is a character-by-character series in which we follow the journey of eleven of the main characters through seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4. 

We start it off with the wall-axing, mind flayer roasting, fridge magnet investigatin, antique chariot’s partner… it’s the wheelbarrow Joyce Byers! 

Miles & Kathleen check in from Ocean Shores to ponder: what if Stranger Things ended after one season? 

2:41 - Stranger Things News

10:20 - The Upside Down

15:45 - Winona Ryder’s Joyce Byers

20:13 - Hopper/Sarah arc

24:44 - Eleven’s climactic sacrifice

27:48 - Nancy, Jonathan and Steve

31:52 - Lucas the skeptic

35:12 - Dustin the smart comic relief

40:30 - Final question - how did the 1979 flashbacks change the re-watch of season 1?

Twitter: @StrangerStill22

Join us throughout out 2023 for our 11-part re-watch following the one main character through seasons 1-4 per episode. 

Often we have said Stranger Things is a Sci-Fi show not a romantic comedy, but it's Valentine's Day, so let's talk the relationships of Stranger Things.

From the wild high and lows of young love to the suspense of high school love triangles to the deep connection of Joyce and Hopper, Kathleen and Miles discuss it all!

(7:57) Max and Lucas

(14:10) Dustin and Suzie

(16:34) Mike and Will

(20:14) Mike and Eleven

(26:50) Robin and Vickie

(29:08) Nancy and Jonathan

(34:18) Nancy and Steve

(37:55) Joyce and Hopper

Miles & Kathleen ring in the new year. 

(1:30) Review the Stranger Things news! Season 5 updates, the real Creel house sells, and anime spin-off announced. 

(12:15) New Years resolutions for Stranger Things characters after Season 4 including Lucas, Will, Hopper, Nancy, Robin, Kali and Mr. Clark! 

Kathleen and Miles pop in ahead of Stranger Things Day (November 6th) to have some Stranger Things Fun!

(2:10) News- we talk some progress towards Season 5, some numbers, some saving Netflix, and give our thoughts on the fun ‘what if’ posts from the Stranger Things writers.

(17:14) Casting- we cast some famous trios with Stranger Things actors! Star Wars (Luke, Leia, Han) and Harry Potter (Harry, Hermione, Ron). Bonus: what real 1980s star would we want to see in ST5?

(35:15) Fantasy Draft- we draft our 4-person squads! Goal is to create a bad ass group needed to solve a classic ST/upside-downish mystery. The squad must both identify and take on the threat so got to balance draft thinkers and fighters!

Check out our episode by episode reviews of Stranger Things 1-4, our podcast is about s about positivity for Stranger Things, the tall task dig-dugging into WHY we love it.

Live from the red soup mind world, Kathleen & Miles flambe' Chapter 9 of Stranger Things 4!

Thank you all for joining us on this amazing journey. We will be back in between Seasons 4 and 5.

Today's final question RANK ALL FOUR STRANGER THINGS SEASONS! Then, Season 4 Awards!

Twitter: @StrangerStill22

*SPOILERS for all of Stranger Things 4*

We would do this but we have to meet Chaz at Taco Bell in ten so…. Part 1 of Chapter 9 of Stranger Things 4, gotta get clean to enter the mind!

We will be here all summer Wednesdays and Sundays going through the episode beats and closing with a Kathleen feeler moment, Miles music moment(s) and today's final question “Did you believe the team would be triumphant in Season 4?”

Twitter: @StrangerStill22

*SPOILERS for all of Stranger Things 4*

I think we're mad fools, the lost of us but if we don't do this podcast, who will? Kathleen & Miles borrow an RV for Chapter 8 of Stranger Things 4!

We will be here all summer Wednesdays and Sundays going through the episode beats and closing with a Kathleen feeler moment, Miles music moment(s) and a great discussion on the wonderful Will/Mike backseat scene.

Twitter: @StrangerStill22