One could argue (and I will, at length, whether you want me to or not) “prestige” TV shows take way too long to make. I get these are expensive series and, if it’s something like Game of Thrones , often have massive action set pieces with a billion extras. But in the case of Stranger Things , despite some certainly employing many visual effects, it just seems to take forever. I keep making jokes about how all the kids on the show can qualify for social security now, but it’s not that far off. Lots of TV shows have come and gone in the time of this one, but so did a lot of major world events.

Stranger Things premiered July of 2016. By time it drops its very final episode, it will be December 31, 2025. That’s 9 years, 5 months, 17 days. A very long time. The following are all the

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