Time flies when you’re battling monsters from a parallel dimension. “Stranger Things” fans have been watching the show’s young stars grow up for nearly a decade.

During season 1, which premiered in 2016 and took place in November 1983, the core characters — Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Eleven/Jane Hopper (Millie Bobby Brown), Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas Sinclar (Caleb McLaughlin), and Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) — were 12 years old.

Mike’s sister, Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer), and Will’s brother, Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton), were 16, while Nancy’s then-boyfriend, Steve Harrington (Joe Keery), was around 17.

There’s an 18-month time jump between season 4 of “Stranger Things,” which aired in 2022, and the show’s fifth and final season, which kicks off on Nov. 26. Season

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