It has been almost a decade since the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things first premiered on Netflix in 2016, capturing the hearts of many with its pitch-perfect ’80s nostalgia, fantasy elements, and core cast of adorable nerdy kids. The show—the epic saga of a group of friends led by a girl with telekinetic abilities who try, repeatedly, to save their town of Hawkins, Indiana, from supernatural ruin—instantly became a massive hit, spawning what has since become a five-season behemoth of a television series. Now, after nine years, we’ve made it to the end with the first volume of a staggered-release final season premiering on Wednesday. (The second part hits Netflix on Christmas Day and the series finale on New Year’s Eve.) While it would be difficult to keep track of everything that’s ha

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