“Stranger Things” has finally returned to Netflix , with its fifth and final season debuting Wednesday. And while fans hope the beloved pop-culture classic will come to a satisfying close, I have another hope, too: that the sheltered Latter-day Saint character of Suzie Bingham will get to leave her house and battle danger directly.

I love Suzie, and so far I’ve been delighted by how the series has presented her. That was surprising because some recent television series have given us flat, one-sided portrayals of the religion and its people.

But “Stranger Things,” created by two brothers who don’t appear to have any history with Mormonism, offers a more nuanced depiction. That’s impressive, particularly considering that the screen time allotted to Mormonism is so brief . Suzie is

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